I think the first facet you should look for is uptime / accurate data rates (eg. 1% lost data etc). Beyond that, while being nearly a crapshoot, I think the satisfaction that the rest of your company is getting from your department is paramount - perhaps having a anonymous survey given company-wide to see how you're doing. Also, your upper managers may want to hear numbers such as ROI as well as IT costs as a percentage of revenue brought in...maybe even what revenue would be lost without the department.
Myspace can't stop the barrage of stalkers and child predators, but they will be able to find and remove copyrighted files? Sounds like Murdoch's priorities need a bit of realignment.
Admittedly, you are correct in saying they are moving in that direction. My point was that once people realized that AOL was feeding the government prosecution fodder, they would avoid using AOL. At any rate, AOL is undoubtedly a sinking ship.
Because there would be a huge backlash from the consumer base. IE: Once people found out that AOL was helping prosecute its users, subscriptions would start dropping like rats from a sinking ship. AOL has the ability, but they have to think business first, or else they will go the way of the other.com bubble companies.
The NSA terrorist surveillance program approved by President Bush is an effective tool for law enforcement...
Really? I didn't realize that, since I have not heard of one terrorist activity being prevented by the NSA. After all, what are wiretapped grandmas going to do?
I have no problem with wiretaps, if they are warranted. These days, it is not difficult to get the warrant...you could just show some evidence that the person may be linked to a terrorist organization, and wahlah, you have a warrant. All that I ask is that the get the warrant first, or at least get one period.
Oh, and if you can show me where this wiretapping has been more successful than traditional techniques, I'd be all ears. Until then I will continue to not jump on the 'kill the jihad' bandwagon. This country needs at least a few sane heads.
haha...well, I just finished writing my letter, so he'll definitely be hearing it from me. No need to doubt on that front. Besides, I get to sit in on a meeting with him next week, just in case he doesn't get it the first time around.
Well, I knew it wasn't going to be long before companies decided to openly admit that playing politics was more important than treating their customers right. Agreed that they had been playing politics in the past *cough* Bush's domestic wiretapping *cough*, but only now are they confirming that and trying to save their behinds from lawsuits like the kind the EFF has filed for unwarranted wiretaps.
This is exactly the treachery that leads to companies going under...You f*ck the consumer, you get f*cked right back.
I say call up your local congressman/woman and tell them that you want the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 to include provisions for all methods of distributing content, including IPTV. Also explain to them that your privacy is important to you and that you want them to support as many privacy bills as they can.
Of course, if that doesn't work, just ditch AT&T. I know there is enough competition out there to cripple them. Alas, you might end up paying a bit more, but think of it as the price you pay for privacy, and consumer-friendliness.
It doesn't really solve the problem of interference.
Let's say you have a 900 Mhz (old tech, I know) phone, which has constant interference. You buy one of these spectrum analyzers and find, not surprisingly, there is some interference at the 900 Mhz range. So what is someone going to do? Buy another phone, either at 2.4 Ghz or 5.6 Ghz, which would have less interference, but you didn't need a spectrum analyzer to get you to buy the higher frequency phones. You would have done that anyway.
Well since it is a non-profit, the company may be able to reduce its tax liability by taking the write-off, so in essence, it is not just throwing money around, it is actually doing the company some good.
Even if you don't use GAIM (although I do), you need to be aware to:
a) not click on random links
b) disable running.com, etc files from your browser
c) realize that your friends usually mention something about a link they send...see a)
It is just a common sense thing, just like how to drive safely, cook safely, or even eat safely (if theres a razor blade in it, don't eat it).
Educating the public is cheaper than patching the problem. Or in proverb form : "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
There has been periodic change in water levels for thousands, if not millions of years. While it may seem alarming, and probably does have a large effect on our climate, it is not just CO2 emissions to blame. I'm sure the tectonic plates shifting (I'm no geologist) and various other natural phenomena contribute a significant amount to the change in the earth's water level, just like they have for a long time before we were around.
Social Networking sites have been doing this for ages, including Rupert's Myspace. What started as fairly simple became elaborate, with space for video , music, etc, and each site borrowed features from the others. This is what you call convergenge, where the basic features of facebook, tagworld, myspace, etc are all the same, with their own unique twist. Welcome to 5 years ago.
Remember that MS has this tendancy to use old code in new OS's (See win2k leaked source). Doing this would likely result to more security holes being found in newer versions of Windows.
IMHO, Windows ME support should have been dropped before Win 98. Why? Because most home users that used ME became so hopelessly frustrated and their computer repairmen so irritated that they forced them to switch to either 98 or XP (I know I recommended that). Plus the market share of ME compared to 98 and XP is trivial. Why support an operating system that the majority of your customers don't run (and paid less for, seeing how ME was common on entry-level computers)?
I would love to see video game manufacturers being sued for "death due to overplaying". I mean they already have to put on rating stickers.
Next sticker on the box: "Warning: Death or dismemberment may ensue if this product is used in excess"
Wow. If only people acted like the "advanced species" we are supposed to be.
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I think the first facet you should look for is uptime / accurate data rates (eg. 1% lost data etc). Beyond that, while being nearly a crapshoot, I think the satisfaction that the rest of your company is getting from your department is paramount - perhaps having a anonymous survey given company-wide to see how you're doing. Also, your upper managers may want to hear numbers such as ROI as well as IT costs as a percentage of revenue brought in...maybe even what revenue would be lost without the department.
Myspace can't stop the barrage of stalkers and child predators, but they will be able to find and remove copyrighted files? Sounds like Murdoch's priorities need a bit of realignment.
Admittedly, you are correct in saying they are moving in that direction. My point was that once people realized that AOL was feeding the government prosecution fodder, they would avoid using AOL. At any rate, AOL is undoubtedly a sinking ship.
Because there would be a huge backlash from the consumer base. IE: Once people found out that AOL was helping prosecute its users, subscriptions would start dropping like rats from a sinking ship. AOL has the ability, but they have to think business first, or else they will go the way of the other .com bubble companies.
my bad. it should be voila, not wahlah. Correction noted.
Really? I didn't realize that, since I have not heard of one terrorist activity being prevented by the NSA. After all, what are wiretapped grandmas going to do?
I have no problem with wiretaps, if they are warranted. These days, it is not difficult to get the warrant...you could just show some evidence that the person may be linked to a terrorist organization, and wahlah, you have a warrant. All that I ask is that the get the warrant first, or at least get one period.
Oh, and if you can show me where this wiretapping has been more successful than traditional techniques, I'd be all ears. Until then I will continue to not jump on the 'kill the jihad' bandwagon. This country needs at least a few sane heads.
haha...well, I just finished writing my letter, so he'll definitely be hearing it from me. No need to doubt on that front. Besides, I get to sit in on a meeting with him next week, just in case he doesn't get it the first time around.
Well, I knew it wasn't going to be long before companies decided to openly admit that playing politics was more important than treating their customers right. Agreed that they had been playing politics in the past *cough* Bush's domestic wiretapping *cough*, but only now are they confirming that and trying to save their behinds from lawsuits like the kind the EFF has filed for unwarranted wiretaps.
This is exactly the treachery that leads to companies going under...You f*ck the consumer, you get f*cked right back.
I say call up your local congressman/woman and tell them that you want the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 to include provisions for all methods of distributing content, including IPTV. Also explain to them that your privacy is important to you and that you want them to support as many privacy bills as they can.
Of course, if that doesn't work, just ditch AT&T. I know there is enough competition out there to cripple them. Alas, you might end up paying a bit more, but think of it as the price you pay for privacy, and consumer-friendliness.
It doesn't really solve the problem of interference. Let's say you have a 900 Mhz (old tech, I know) phone, which has constant interference. You buy one of these spectrum analyzers and find, not surprisingly, there is some interference at the 900 Mhz range. So what is someone going to do? Buy another phone, either at 2.4 Ghz or 5.6 Ghz, which would have less interference, but you didn't need a spectrum analyzer to get you to buy the higher frequency phones. You would have done that anyway.
I almost cried laughing when I saw the 'crack whores'...thanks for that
Well since it is a non-profit, the company may be able to reduce its tax liability by taking the write-off, so in essence, it is not just throwing money around, it is actually doing the company some good.
Even if you don't use GAIM (although I do), you need to be aware to: a) not click on random links b) disable running .com, etc files from your browser
c) realize that your friends usually mention something about a link they send...see a)
It is just a common sense thing, just like how to drive safely, cook safely, or even eat safely (if theres a razor blade in it, don't eat it).
Educating the public is cheaper than patching the problem. Or in proverb form : "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
There has been periodic change in water levels for thousands, if not millions of years. While it may seem alarming, and probably does have a large effect on our climate, it is not just CO2 emissions to blame. I'm sure the tectonic plates shifting (I'm no geologist) and various other natural phenomena contribute a significant amount to the change in the earth's water level, just like they have for a long time before we were around.
Pope Palpatine will advocate not studying conception...since it is an act of God. Great. Guess my girlfriend won't be putting out.
Social Networking sites have been doing this for ages, including Rupert's Myspace. What started as fairly simple became elaborate, with space for video , music, etc, and each site borrowed features from the others. This is what you call convergenge, where the basic features of facebook, tagworld, myspace, etc are all the same, with their own unique twist. Welcome to 5 years ago.
Remember that MS has this tendancy to use old code in new OS's (See win2k leaked source). Doing this would likely result to more security holes being found in newer versions of Windows.
IMHO, Windows ME support should have been dropped before Win 98. Why? Because most home users that used ME became so hopelessly frustrated and their computer repairmen so irritated that they forced them to switch to either 98 or XP (I know I recommended that). Plus the market share of ME compared to 98 and XP is trivial. Why support an operating system that the majority of your customers don't run (and paid less for, seeing how ME was common on entry-level computers)?
I would love to see video game manufacturers being sued for "death due to overplaying". I mean they already have to put on rating stickers.
Next sticker on the box: "Warning: Death or dismemberment may ensue if this product is used in excess"
Wow. If only people acted like the "advanced species" we are supposed to be.