The UK broadcast of Heroes is currently half way through season one so it will be a _long_ wait until I can see season two.
I don't feel too bad downloading it from newsgroups as the BBC already have the rights to broadcast Heroes season two next year and as I am unable to not pay my TV license (which goes to the BBC) I do not see anything wrong with download it and watching it. I am simply doing what the BBC is going to do next year anyway.
I am in the UK and just tried the link. It allows me to select an episode and then a chapter but when I select the chapter I want it says it is not available in my location. It does this for all the episodes and chapters I tried:(
If the user knows how to check their email then they should be able to master an application such as Mozy from http://mozy.com/. If they still can't get their head around such a simple app as Mozy they should do like they do with their car maintenance and out source it to a local IT company/person.
I only block adverts which piss me off. Such as flashing banners or flying "layers" which pretend to look like windows. I hate it. It makes mad as I remember when the web was decent, without all this crap. I am only 23 and I sound like an old man but I refuse to accept all these horrible adverts. A simple text advert or a well designed STATIC graphic is all that is needed.
Google did it right with their text adverts. I don't mind text adverts providing they do not get in the way of the content.
However as most sites go over the top (read: get greedy) with adverts I just simply block them (as well as Flash, JavaScript and Java). Much the same as with popups back in the late 90s when they were starting to become a big problem.
I agree it is poor but it is no different to any other service roles such as mechanics or plumbers. My other once had to call out a plumber who charged her £40 to basically tighten a screw. It isn't moral but it is the real world. The computer industry is no worse IMHO.
Apologies for replying to myself but I felt I should point out that the MBP did have a 2.4Ghz processor whereas the Vostro has a 2.2Ghz. Still I doubt that 200Mhz will make that much difference in the long run. Also the MBP has an LED backlit screen whereas the Vostro is CCFL however I didn't see any difference when using a LED MBP or Dell M1330 recently although it should keep the battery running longer.
I just bought a Dell Vostro 1500. I was _very_ tempted at a MacBook or MacBook Pro but neither of them suited me. I wanted a sub £1000 notebook with dedicated graphics and a 15.4" screen. The MacBook Pro may be more powerful than the Vostro I ordered but it was also more then £1000 more expensive as the MBP I customised up on Apple.com was £1978 with the 7200RPM HDD and 3 year apple care.
The Vostro I ordered was a 2.2Ghz Core2Duo, 2GB RAM (667Mhz), 160GB 7200RPM HDD, 15.4" 1440x900 screen, Nvidia 8600M GT 256MB graphics card, bluetooth, 802.11a/b/g/n, 4 year on site warrenty (I only get warranties on laptops as I find they tend to break for me:P and it was ok value at £103 for 4 years), some dodgy Dell all in one printer and a naff nylon carry back and Vista Home Premium for £847 delivered. While it might not have OS X and while its look and build might not be as good as the MacBook/MacBook Pro I cannot justify a price difference of more than £1000.
While I appreciate your view I believe it is possible to support the game while still being vocal about the negative issues surrounding it (i.e the rootkit and install limit). If we are not vocal about these things they will only become more common place and more invasive and annoying.
I have BioShock on the 360 and it is a seriously amazing game however I am fortunate not to have to deal with the rootkit and install limit. I would never purchase this game for the PC. I would simply wait until a cracked copy hit the net and use that instead.
Just because a game is good does not mean that you should just forget about other things that are important to you and to a lot of people the rootkit and install limitation is important.
I suggest you print out Microsoft' EULA from things such as Windows, Office, Visual Studio and the.NET Framework, highlight the paragraph stating you can't do anything to Microsoft if use of their product results in damage to your company, hardware, finances, etc. then leave it on their desk along with a cost of migrating from your LAMP environment to Windows Server/.NET
People think that because you pay for it you get support or compensation when it goes wrong but you don't. You cannot do anything, when you agree to that EULA you agree that it isn't a perfect solution, it may screw up and your business might lose billions because of it. If that happens tough luck, you c^Hshould have bought Enterprise Edition and had a clustered solution:P
Saying that I don't hate MS. For some thing Windows is fine and I am happy to use it just as I am happy to use Linux or Solaris or AIX.
At the end of the day if the company you work for wants to change to MS that is up to them, if you feel it is a bad move for the company explain why. If they still switch to MS you can always find another job if you hate it that much. Their are plenty of FOSS based companies around.
While a "Jack of all trades" is great you a hook to sell yourself on. Pick something you enjoy doing both as a hobby and for work and then become an expert in that field. If you really are competent then the step up from "good" to "great" shouldn't be that hard and great should be enough to get you the job except for very specialist roles.
Also be honest when you get interviews. There is nothing wrong with saying you have recently decided to aim at a particular area in which to become an expert.
You are worrying more about the problem than just getting on with it.
Because it "scatters files" you write it off and buy another product? Its a beta, it is trivial to tidy up the files an application uses when you consider how complex a virtualization application is. Seems a bit gung ho to me. Not saying Parallels isn't a great application as well, its just you are much to quick to disregard an application for a superficial reason in a beta product.
I will be perfectly honest. I like Microsoft. Windows, while not perfect, is pretty damn good for a lot of stuff. Sure it costs money but I am using it to make money so I see it as a moot point. Providing its costs are proportionate to what I will make from the software I don't mind paying.
Now 10 years ago Microsoft wasn't so great but then neither was Linux (or Mac for that matter) so that is a moot point, plus it is all in the past. Lets move on.
Today Windows XP is a decent, enterprise and home user OS. Server 2003 is a decent enterprise and small business server platform. Windows Vista is similar to XP in that its look is a bit dodgy but its pretty solid under the hood (or at least it will be).
HOWEVER. I really hate all this crap with patents. Everytime I see Microsoft do this I equate it to bullying. They are scared to rather than face up to their problems and realise that OSS isn't the enemy but something that can help them develop better applications and be a stepping stone for smaller businesses to step up from or down to.
They need to realise that they don't appeal to everyone, I know that is hard for them to understand but its the way it is and the sooner they realise this the better. Not realising this won't kill them (I don't much can to be honest) but it won't do them any good either.
For me everytime I see this it makes me more determined to use Linux. It is all bull and anyone who is worth employing as an SA or similar knows this and can explain why IMHO.
Sadly option 1. Interestingly I tried this at work today on an IBM Workstation with a Quadro NVS card and the exact same problem occurred so I think it is Nvidia. I am gonna head to #ubuntu on freenode when I get some time this weekend and see if I can help them resolve this for Gutsy.
You know you can open the URL for the WMV in WMP and it will stream it just the same. You might have to wait 30 seconds for it to get enough buffered but its better than using Silverlight.
I wish my experience was as good as yours. I have tried both 6.10 and 7.04 on my Dell Dimension 9100 but for some reason it refuses to work with my Nvidia 6800 graphics card. I was able to get it working by installing the nvidia binary driver however it is disappointing that it didn't work out of the box like it does for everyone else:(
First of all what is your SLA? You should measure yourself firstly against the SLA in place. If you are way out you need to figure our why and/or maybe adjust the SLA. Do you offer a standard 9x5x5 (9am to 5am 5 days a week)? You need to have a clear cut definition of what services and at what level you will supply those services. Does your company outsource code infrastructure such as core network and telephony to another company? If so how does their SLA measure up to yours? Your SLA should be lower their your suppliers for obvious reasons.
How many 9s do you provide? In all honesty anything 97% or above should be acceptable to standard office users. Along with allowed scheduled downtime during office hours (such as lunch, first or last hour of the day) it should be fine. For core services this can be difficult (such as email) however you can resolve this in many ways most of which are rather simple (although require more hardware/software).
What is your DR plan? In case of fire/flood can you get your hands on the off site backups in 24 hours? Can you have a fully operational network with all data restored in 48-72 hours? These are realistic numbers for most businesses.
Other areas you should measure yourself on are how well your support your company with new technology? Have you looked into things such as server and storage virtualization? What are your storage technologies? SAN based? What backup systems do you use? Are they the most efficient for your business? I am not saying you have to use the latest greatest but you should know about them, their pros and cons, why they are/are not suitable for your business (And money is a perfectly acceptable answer).
What are your infrastructure forecasts? Things such as storage, CPU power, accessibility (internal and external, VPN?). In 1 year how much additional storage will you require? Can your current solution support this? Will you need to purchase a new system? Can your backup solution cope with this growth? Will you need a bigger tape library? Will this effect your scheduled downtime? What about DR numbers?
Providing you can answer all these questions you can consider yourself in good shape. Don't measure yourself just on uptime. Uptime is just one part of a much bigger picture, yes it's important but there are many other bits just as important.
Sorry but thats bull. The only "learning curve" is the new features. The regular word processing features were in the same place from Word 6.0 all the up to Word 2003. That is at least 10 years of the same UI.
I used it more of an example that there is not a standards body for XviD ergo you cannot guarantee that a rip will play in your player however with DVD you do have that guarantee, or at least you had it.
I am yet to see a rip that is better than a retail release however you are correct in saying that the majority all play fine. However every now and then I still get a poor rip (dodgy audio, poor cropping, etc).
that this new copy protection system will not stop the DVD from being ripped and will only effect people who legally bought the DVD.
It is things like this that make me cautious about buying media from Sony these days. I have no problem with buying DVDs however one of the reasons I buy a DVD is that I know it will work perfectly in any DVD I wish to buy (unlike XviD rips from BitTorrent or Usenet) however apparently this isn't true anymore so DVD is now no better than a rip downloaded from the internet.
It is a shame that the companies are worsening their products with these copy protection systems to help fight piracy when all they end up doing is ruining it for the people who want to buy DVDs.
One thing that I have wondered about for a while is how many DVD rips online originate from retail DVDs? I would have thought the majority (if not all) came from pre-release copies as the DVD rips are normally several weeks (if not months) ahead of a retail DVD release.
TrueCrypt on a memory stick with an encrypted volume file with a good passphrase and your data will be secure from pretty much anything. I have not heard of TrueCrypt being cracked yet.
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The UK broadcast of Heroes is currently half way through season one so it will be a _long_ wait until I can see season two.
I don't feel too bad downloading it from newsgroups as the BBC already have the rights to broadcast Heroes season two next year and as I am unable to not pay my TV license (which goes to the BBC) I do not see anything wrong with download it and watching it. I am simply doing what the BBC is going to do next year anyway.
Anyone else feel the same?
I am in the UK and just tried the link. It allows me to select an episode and then a chapter but when I select the chapter I want it says it is not available in my location. It does this for all the episodes and chapters I tried :(
If the user knows how to check their email then they should be able to master an application such as Mozy from http://mozy.com/. If they still can't get their head around such a simple app as Mozy they should do like they do with their car maintenance and out source it to a local IT company/person.
I only block adverts which piss me off. Such as flashing banners or flying "layers" which pretend to look like windows. I hate it. It makes mad as I remember when the web was decent, without all this crap. I am only 23 and I sound like an old man but I refuse to accept all these horrible adverts. A simple text advert or a well designed STATIC graphic is all that is needed.
Google did it right with their text adverts. I don't mind text adverts providing they do not get in the way of the content.
However as most sites go over the top (read: get greedy) with adverts I just simply block them (as well as Flash, JavaScript and Java). Much the same as with popups back in the late 90s when they were starting to become a big problem.
I agree it is poor but it is no different to any other service roles such as mechanics or plumbers. My other once had to call out a plumber who charged her £40 to basically tighten a screw. It isn't moral but it is the real world. The computer industry is no worse IMHO.
Apologies for replying to myself but I felt I should point out that the MBP did have a 2.4Ghz processor whereas the Vostro has a 2.2Ghz. Still I doubt that 200Mhz will make that much difference in the long run. Also the MBP has an LED backlit screen whereas the Vostro is CCFL however I didn't see any difference when using a LED MBP or Dell M1330 recently although it should keep the battery running longer.
I just bought a Dell Vostro 1500. I was _very_ tempted at a MacBook or MacBook Pro but neither of them suited me. I wanted a sub £1000 notebook with dedicated graphics and a 15.4" screen. The MacBook Pro may be more powerful than the Vostro I ordered but it was also more then £1000 more expensive as the MBP I customised up on Apple.com was £1978 with the 7200RPM HDD and 3 year apple care.
:P and it was ok value at £103 for 4 years), some dodgy Dell all in one printer and a naff nylon carry back and Vista Home Premium for £847 delivered. While it might not have OS X and while its look and build might not be as good as the MacBook/MacBook Pro I cannot justify a price difference of more than £1000.
The Vostro I ordered was a 2.2Ghz Core2Duo, 2GB RAM (667Mhz), 160GB 7200RPM HDD, 15.4" 1440x900 screen, Nvidia 8600M GT 256MB graphics card, bluetooth, 802.11a/b/g/n, 4 year on site warrenty (I only get warranties on laptops as I find they tend to break for me
While I appreciate your view I believe it is possible to support the game while still being vocal about the negative issues surrounding it (i.e the rootkit and install limit). If we are not vocal about these things they will only become more common place and more invasive and annoying.
I have BioShock on the 360 and it is a seriously amazing game however I am fortunate not to have to deal with the rootkit and install limit. I would never purchase this game for the PC. I would simply wait until a cracked copy hit the net and use that instead.
Just because a game is good does not mean that you should just forget about other things that are important to you and to a lot of people the rootkit and install limitation is important.
I suggest you print out Microsoft' EULA from things such as Windows, Office, Visual Studio and the .NET Framework, highlight the paragraph stating you can't do anything to Microsoft if use of their product results in damage to your company, hardware, finances, etc. then leave it on their desk along with a cost of migrating from your LAMP environment to Windows Server/.NET
:P
People think that because you pay for it you get support or compensation when it goes wrong but you don't. You cannot do anything, when you agree to that EULA you agree that it isn't a perfect solution, it may screw up and your business might lose billions because of it. If that happens tough luck, you c^Hshould have bought Enterprise Edition and had a clustered solution
Saying that I don't hate MS. For some thing Windows is fine and I am happy to use it just as I am happy to use Linux or Solaris or AIX.
At the end of the day if the company you work for wants to change to MS that is up to them, if you feel it is a bad move for the company explain why. If they still switch to MS you can always find another job if you hate it that much. Their are plenty of FOSS based companies around.
Here in the UK most new next gen games are $90-100!
$60 games would be like £30. I might actually buy games regularly if they were that cheap rather than one game every 6-9 months like I do now.
While a "Jack of all trades" is great you a hook to sell yourself on. Pick something you enjoy doing both as a hobby and for work and then become an expert in that field. If you really are competent then the step up from "good" to "great" shouldn't be that hard and great should be enough to get you the job except for very specialist roles.
Also be honest when you get interviews. There is nothing wrong with saying you have recently decided to aim at a particular area in which to become an expert.
You are worrying more about the problem than just getting on with it.
Unfortunately Virtual PC has no USB support so your plan fails :(
Because it "scatters files" you write it off and buy another product? Its a beta, it is trivial to tidy up the files an application uses when you consider how complex a virtualization application is. Seems a bit gung ho to me. Not saying Parallels isn't a great application as well, its just you are much to quick to disregard an application for a superficial reason in a beta product.
I will be perfectly honest. I like Microsoft. Windows, while not perfect, is pretty damn good for a lot of stuff. Sure it costs money but I am using it to make money so I see it as a moot point. Providing its costs are proportionate to what I will make from the software I don't mind paying.
Now 10 years ago Microsoft wasn't so great but then neither was Linux (or Mac for that matter) so that is a moot point, plus it is all in the past. Lets move on.
Today Windows XP is a decent, enterprise and home user OS. Server 2003 is a decent enterprise and small business server platform. Windows Vista is similar to XP in that its look is a bit dodgy but its pretty solid under the hood (or at least it will be).
HOWEVER. I really hate all this crap with patents. Everytime I see Microsoft do this I equate it to bullying. They are scared to rather than face up to their problems and realise that OSS isn't the enemy but something that can help them develop better applications and be a stepping stone for smaller businesses to step up from or down to.
They need to realise that they don't appeal to everyone, I know that is hard for them to understand but its the way it is and the sooner they realise this the better. Not realising this won't kill them (I don't much can to be honest) but it won't do them any good either.
For me everytime I see this it makes me more determined to use Linux. It is all bull and anyone who is worth employing as an SA or similar knows this and can explain why IMHO.
Sadly option 1. Interestingly I tried this at work today on an IBM Workstation with a Quadro NVS card and the exact same problem occurred so I think it is Nvidia. I am gonna head to #ubuntu on freenode when I get some time this weekend and see if I can help them resolve this for Gutsy.
You know you can open the URL for the WMV in WMP and it will stream it just the same. You might have to wait 30 seconds for it to get enough buffered but its better than using Silverlight.
i smell bullahit. there are no women on /. ;)
I wish my experience was as good as yours. I have tried both 6.10 and 7.04 on my Dell Dimension 9100 but for some reason it refuses to work with my Nvidia 6800 graphics card. I was able to get it working by installing the nvidia binary driver however it is disappointing that it didn't work out of the box like it does for everyone else :(
First of all what is your SLA? You should measure yourself firstly against the SLA in place. If you are way out you need to figure our why and/or maybe adjust the SLA. Do you offer a standard 9x5x5 (9am to 5am 5 days a week)? You need to have a clear cut definition of what services and at what level you will supply those services. Does your company outsource code infrastructure such as core network and telephony to another company? If so how does their SLA measure up to yours? Your SLA should be lower their your suppliers for obvious reasons.
How many 9s do you provide? In all honesty anything 97% or above should be acceptable to standard office users. Along with allowed scheduled downtime during office hours (such as lunch, first or last hour of the day) it should be fine. For core services this can be difficult (such as email) however you can resolve this in many ways most of which are rather simple (although require more hardware/software).
What is your DR plan? In case of fire/flood can you get your hands on the off site backups in 24 hours? Can you have a fully operational network with all data restored in 48-72 hours? These are realistic numbers for most businesses.
Other areas you should measure yourself on are how well your support your company with new technology? Have you looked into things such as server and storage virtualization? What are your storage technologies? SAN based? What backup systems do you use? Are they the most efficient for your business? I am not saying you have to use the latest greatest but you should know about them, their pros and cons, why they are/are not suitable for your business (And money is a perfectly acceptable answer).
What are your infrastructure forecasts? Things such as storage, CPU power, accessibility (internal and external, VPN?). In 1 year how much additional storage will you require? Can your current solution support this? Will you need to purchase a new system? Can your backup solution cope with this growth? Will you need a bigger tape library? Will this effect your scheduled downtime? What about DR numbers?
Providing you can answer all these questions you can consider yourself in good shape. Don't measure yourself just on uptime. Uptime is just one part of a much bigger picture, yes it's important but there are many other bits just as important.
Sorry but thats bull. The only "learning curve" is the new features. The regular word processing features were in the same place from Word 6.0 all the up to Word 2003. That is at least 10 years of the same UI.
I used it more of an example that there is not a standards body for XviD ergo you cannot guarantee that a rip will play in your player however with DVD you do have that guarantee, or at least you had it.
I am yet to see a rip that is better than a retail release however you are correct in saying that the majority all play fine. However every now and then I still get a poor rip (dodgy audio, poor cropping, etc).
Oops typo!
That should be - "work perfectly in any DVD player I wish to buy"
that this new copy protection system will not stop the DVD from being ripped and will only effect people who legally bought the DVD.
It is things like this that make me cautious about buying media from Sony these days. I have no problem with buying DVDs however one of the reasons I buy a DVD is that I know it will work perfectly in any DVD I wish to buy (unlike XviD rips from BitTorrent or Usenet) however apparently this isn't true anymore so DVD is now no better than a rip downloaded from the internet.
It is a shame that the companies are worsening their products with these copy protection systems to help fight piracy when all they end up doing is ruining it for the people who want to buy DVDs.
One thing that I have wondered about for a while is how many DVD rips online originate from retail DVDs? I would have thought the majority (if not all) came from pre-release copies as the DVD rips are normally several weeks (if not months) ahead of a retail DVD release.
TrueCrypt on a memory stick with an encrypted volume file with a good passphrase and your data will be secure from pretty much anything. I have not heard of TrueCrypt being cracked yet.
I'm 23. I'm not old, am I?