I would not mind having to tweak the registry, or an INI file, but please just document it! I hate having to search through 100 web pages just to find out how to turn off the damn balloon pop-up!
Google's doc and spreadsheet are just for the "average Joe". I do not need all the features of Excel to make a spreadsheet of my CD collection, or to calculate my bank balance. This is the market Google is aiming for; people who are confused by Excel and all it's options (this includes OpenOffice). Like the saying goes; most people only use 10% of Office. Well, Google has given you only that 10% and it's free!
I would even say that people vote for a number of reasons, and until these issues are put forward in a referendum you can not say that the voters voted for it. Your argument about it is faulty at best, and you do not seem to realize that the EU is in Europe and not in the USA.
The reason MS is being fined is because, like the USA, the EU took MS to court and found them to be maintaining and using their monopoly illegally. The EU is only following through on that judgment and MS is dragging their feet in complying with it.
Sure but most people are not computer people, and companies also have to worry about internal hackers , and people who will run unknown exe's from a link that was in an email sent by Uncle Stuart...
As we are all computer people, yes I think you are fine.
I'm going to install Vista on a new laptop at work, but only because it will give me a better computer;-) (gotta love the required specs!), and I need to know about it for my job.
Most things in Vista are not really worth it with a couple of exceptions.
1) Security. Vista has improved security, and Micro$oft will not update XP to the same level as Vista to ensure that people have a reason to switch. IMHO that's what happened with the upgrade from Windows 2000 to XP.
It should not take too long for it to pay for itself. If you generate excess electricity your meter actually goes backwards, and the electricity company may pay you for the electricity you have put back on the grid, plus you get nice big tax breaks too!
I'm almost finished with my divorce and have Joint Custody of my kids. My Ex did try to get Full, but I had been a bit anal in keeping a log of all the time I spent with the children since the seperation, so I won that part of it.
The one part I would say about the IT field is that the after hours work / on-call does impact the time I spend with the kids, and can cause problems. I had to go on training to Chicago this year, and some emergancy visits to Atlanta when I had to tell my kids that I would not see them. She could argue that because of this she needs full, but it is unlikely she would get it.
I am surprised that they do not take a lesion from the DOT departments. Put in clauses in the contract giving them penalties if the project fails or is late, and rewards if it is early and does more then originally planned. Remember the highway bridge in LA that was finished something like a year ahead of schedule? The contractor was rewarded with a few million because of that. (I'm going by memory, so I might be off a bit...)
I thought this type of thing was now standard in any software / hardware implementation, be it within a business or government agency.
People get an Ipod and they like it. They are impressed with the quality and service that they get, and the perceived "value for money" in their investment. ITunes is not that bad, and as software goes it works well on Windows.
Now, when they shop for a new computer they see that Apple sells them too! The quality is as good as the IPod, and it all "just works". Guess what they do? They buy an IBook or IMac and Micro$oft has lost another customer because of the IPod.
When Apple released the IMac it was praised for the design and sold a lot. It has been selling well since then, but about two years ago, when the IPod really took off, the IMac's and IBooks started to sell even better! And now they are getting 20% of the new computer sales?
Micro$oft is scared that they might loss their cash-cow because they thought that everyone would want their TV connected to the computer (AKA Windows Multimedia), but that is not the case. People want music and video -to-go. That is why Micro$oft is selling an MP3 player.
Apple on the other hand sells a computer, but treats it as a piece of consumer electronics. They control the hardware, OS and software (via their "Approved for Mac" label) so everything works well.
I like the wired option because of the much better bandwidth you get. 54mb *shared* compared to 100mb (or 1gb ) dedicated is a no-brainer. I only ever use wireless when surfing the web as most Internet connections are still below 10mb.
Now I must admit that I am really talking about a business situation, but even at home wired is so much faster if you are talking to another local computer (which is getting to be the norm now).
I don't mean to start a flame war or be modded down into the 9th level of Hell, but why has no browser achieved 100% compliance with CSS? If it is this hard to comply with, maybe the spec is not realistic?
But what about the precursor to html and http; Gopher? I remember sitting in a lab in Reading, UK and telling someone in South Carolina, USA about their weather forecast using Gopher.
To me the addition of pictures to this type of system only made it easier to find the porn! Searching FTP for porn was just too hard!!!
No, the real nerd uses Binary 1000/100/110 (8/4/6) (and no, I didn't use Calc to figure that out.)
I can't wait until 1000/1000/1000 (8/8/8). It works the same in all time zones (OK, North Korea is just strange) and has to be one of the geekiest dates out there (1/1/1 was good too!).
"since they both would just be sending encrypted data over the net."
Hum... VoIP traffic is very easy to spot. It uses UDP because dropped packets don't matter that much, and is a constant stream of data. Even if you encrypted it the pattern will look the same, it would just be harder to dismantle it but they only need time and a big computer. You can encrypt the email, but that is easy to spot too. Attachments are just big blocks of data, with no distinguishing patterns relating to what they are. Make a wav or mp3, encrypt it and send it as an attachment and you will not raise any flags, and that is the most important thing of all.
Record a Wav file, encrypt it and send it via email. It's not real time, but if you need to talk to someone it will not get intercepted; it would look like normal net traffic. This is not hard...
So why haven't rodents gone through the same evolutionary steps? I don't think that snakes would have killed enough primates to cause this. Also, who says that the early primates were even capable of feeling fear to this level?
We have no policy either way, although it's hard to get anything else installed on the servers. They are also going though a "server consolidation" effort, so there are not many boxes left to "play" with anything else.
I think the idea is more along the lines of "It's going to get hotter by 5 degrees C in 30 years, and so giving us 15 typhoons in year 25, and 17 in year 30" etc...
This type of prediction is possible, not the "Japan will get hit with a typhoon on the 15th July, 2015 at 6:37:28am GMT". Global predictions are possible as the small forces that change local weather are not an issue.
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Check out XP-AntiSpy at http://www.xp-antispy.org/. Lots of nice hidden settings all in one page. :D
I would not mind having to tweak the registry, or an INI file, but please just document it! I hate having to search through 100 web pages just to find out how to turn off the damn balloon pop-up!
Google's doc and spreadsheet are just for the "average Joe". I do not need all the features of Excel to make a spreadsheet of my CD collection, or to calculate my bank balance. This is the market Google is aiming for; people who are confused by Excel and all it's options (this includes OpenOffice). Like the saying goes; most people only use 10% of Office. Well, Google has given you only that 10% and it's free!
I would even say that people vote for a number of reasons, and until these issues are put forward in a referendum you can not say that the voters voted for it. Your argument about it is faulty at best, and you do not seem to realize that the EU is in Europe and not in the USA.
The reason MS is being fined is because, like the USA, the EU took MS to court and found them to be maintaining and using their monopoly illegally. The EU is only following through on that judgment and MS is dragging their feet in complying with it.
Sure but most people are not computer people, and companies also have to worry about internal hackers , and people who will run unknown exe's from a link that was in an email sent by Uncle Stuart...
;-) (gotta love the required specs!), and I need to know about it for my job.
As we are all computer people, yes I think you are fine.
I'm going to install Vista on a new laptop at work, but only because it will give me a better computer
Most things in Vista are not really worth it with a couple of exceptions.
r ary/gpol/a8366c42-6373-48cd-9d11-2510580e4817.mspx ?mfr=true for more.
1) Security. Vista has improved security, and Micro$oft will not update XP to the same level as Vista to ensure that people have a reason to switch. IMHO that's what happened with the upgrade from Windows 2000 to XP.
2) Group Profiles. If you are a M$ shop you will be using Group Profiles to control XP. Vista has new setting you can play with including the Power Settings, blocking Device Installations (including USB drives) and a vastly improved "Network Location Awareness" which takes into account VPN clients. See http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/lib
If you don't use GPO's, or you really care don't about the security improvements, then I don't think it's worth upgrading.
No, I'm not an M$ fanboy... I just make my money supporting their mess-ups!
It should not take too long for it to pay for itself. If you generate excess electricity your meter actually goes backwards, and the electricity company may pay you for the electricity you have put back on the grid, plus you get nice big tax breaks too!
I'm almost finished with my divorce and have Joint Custody of my kids. My Ex did try to get Full, but I had been a bit anal in keeping a log of all the time I spent with the children since the seperation, so I won that part of it.
The one part I would say about the IT field is that the after hours work / on-call does impact the time I spend with the kids, and can cause problems. I had to go on training to Chicago this year, and some emergancy visits to Atlanta when I had to tell my kids that I would not see them. She could argue that because of this she needs full, but it is unlikely she would get it.
My $0.02 worth.
IANAL!!!
The politicians have to justify their existence somehow..
I am surprised that they do not take a lesion from the DOT departments. Put in clauses in the contract giving them penalties if the project fails or is late, and rewards if it is early and does more then originally planned. Remember the highway bridge in LA that was finished something like a year ahead of schedule? The contractor was rewarded with a few million because of that. (I'm going by memory, so I might be off a bit...)
I thought this type of thing was now standard in any software / hardware implementation, be it within a business or government agency.
People get an Ipod and they like it. They are impressed with the quality and service that they get, and the perceived "value for money" in their investment. ITunes is not that bad, and as software goes it works well on Windows.
Now, when they shop for a new computer they see that Apple sells them too! The quality is as good as the IPod, and it all "just works". Guess what they do? They buy an IBook or IMac and Micro$oft has lost another customer because of the IPod.
When Apple released the IMac it was praised for the design and sold a lot. It has been selling well since then, but about two years ago, when the IPod really took off, the IMac's and IBooks started to sell even better! And now they are getting 20% of the new computer sales?
Micro$oft is scared that they might loss their cash-cow because they thought that everyone would want their TV connected to the computer (AKA Windows Multimedia), but that is not the case. People want music and video -to-go. That is why Micro$oft is selling an MP3 player.
Apple on the other hand sells a computer, but treats it as a piece of consumer electronics. They control the hardware, OS and software (via their "Approved for Mac" label) so everything works well.
I like the wired option because of the much better bandwidth you get. 54mb *shared* compared to 100mb (or 1gb ) dedicated is a no-brainer. I only ever use wireless when surfing the web as most Internet connections are still below 10mb.
Now I must admit that I am really talking about a business situation, but even at home wired is so much faster if you are talking to another local computer (which is getting to be the norm now).
Damn! Now I feel bad thinking about all the porn I missed! :-(
But it's not just IE. Firefox fails Acid2 too. :-(
I don't mean to start a flame war or be modded down into the 9th level of Hell, but why has no browser achieved 100% compliance with CSS? If it is this hard to comply with, maybe the spec is not realistic?
But what about the precursor to html and http; Gopher? I remember sitting in a lab in Reading, UK and telling someone in South Carolina, USA about their weather forecast using Gopher.
To me the addition of pictures to this type of system only made it easier to find the porn! Searching FTP for porn was just too hard!!!
Now I'm just showing my age!
No, the real nerd uses Binary 1000/100/110 (8/4/6) (and no, I didn't use Calc to figure that out.)
I can't wait until 1000/1000/1000 (8/8/8). It works the same in all time zones (OK, North Korea is just strange) and has to be one of the geekiest dates out there (1/1/1 was good too!).
"It is the year 2000, but where are the flying cars? I was promised flying cars. I don't see any flying cars. Why? Why? Why?"
--Avery Brooks
"since they both would just be sending encrypted data over the net."
Hum... VoIP traffic is very easy to spot. It uses UDP because dropped packets don't matter that much, and is a constant stream of data. Even if you encrypted it the pattern will look the same, it would just be harder to dismantle it but they only need time and a big computer. You can encrypt the email, but that is easy to spot too. Attachments are just big blocks of data, with no distinguishing patterns relating to what they are. Make a wav or mp3, encrypt it and send it as an attachment and you will not raise any flags, and that is the most important thing of all.
Record a Wav file, encrypt it and send it via email. It's not real time, but if you need to talk to someone it will not get intercepted; it would look like normal net traffic. This is not hard...
When does the question "Should we do this?" override the "We can do this!"? Privacy doesn't have the weight of the mighty $ in things like these. But at least we can use it to spy on our Representatives! Actually, I think they will make it illegal to spy on just them in this way in the next year and screw the rest of us! They have rights you know, and think what would happen if The Terrorists © use it against them?
So why haven't rodents gone through the same evolutionary steps? I don't think that snakes would have killed enough primates to cause this. Also, who says that the early primates were even capable of feeling fear to this level?
We have no policy either way, although it's hard to get anything else installed on the servers. They are also going though a "server consolidation" effort, so there are not many boxes left to "play" with anything else.
So having all your script read on one line is a bad thing?
:-D
Writing ASP script I always add " & vbcrlf" at the end of a "Response.write" line of code. Makes it a lot easier to find errors anyway...
I know, Perl, PHP, RoR is better. (Added for karma. Why not??)
I think the idea is more along the lines of "It's going to get hotter by 5 degrees C in 30 years, and so giving us 15 typhoons in year 25, and 17 in year 30" etc...
This type of prediction is possible, not the "Japan will get hit with a typhoon on the 15th July, 2015 at 6:37:28am GMT". Global predictions are possible as the small forces that change local weather are not an issue.
By the way, IANAWP (I am not a weatherperson)