Olet your boss pay you in exactly X ounces of gold. This will become more and more expensive to him, when his money loses value. But you won’t notice any problems AT ALL.
I can't help but notice that, in in a thread suggesting the avoidance of money and "smoke and mirrors" investments, you've just suggested taking payment for work in... gold futures.:-)
If I had mod points, I'd have a hard time deciding whether to mod you Funny or Insightful! I agree 100%.
I work on cars sometimes as a hobby, but I'm sure I'd soon come to hate it if I had to do it for a living. It can be fun when you don't care if it's still not running at the end of the day, and you can come back to it tomorrow, or next weekend, or whenever.
But when you HAVE to do it, and QUICKLY, because the user/driver is complaining because they can't work/get to work until you get their email/starter fixed, and there are 10 more frustrated people in line behind them, it can eventually become somewhat of a drag. And you start to REALLY question why software/car companies have to make such simple things so damn much work to fix! (Seriously, though, why do they? I'd think car manufacturers, at least, could save some money on warranty work by designing cars to be more serviceable. Dell IMO does quite a good job with this.)
With this configuration in place I can even read my work e-mail from home, which is something I can't fathom how to do with the Outlook 2007.
Really?? Outlook 2007 does of course have that functionality, as well as that same ability to set itself up automatically. Perhaps your Outlook was set up before your company moved you over to Exchange 2007, which made the automated setup possible.
I'm pretty sure he meant that his company network enforces a policy that instructs Windows to update - meaning he CAN'T change the setting. It also likely means he only gets updates that his company has released, so he might be spared from this one.
The people who are most likely to try to break into your internet are people you know and especially people you live and/or work with.
This may be true, but these are NOT the people a WPA password is supposed to protect you from. If they have access to your drawer, and they intend to do your harm, your WPA password is the least of your worries. And, if they already have physical access, then they don't need your WPA password to "break into your internet" anyway.
If we were talking about an online banking password that someone could steal from your drawer and use to empty your account, then I might agree with you (although the same idea applies, that there are probably much more dangerous things in that drawer already). But wireless network encryption is only capable of protecting against someone who doesn't already have physical access anyway. So how is it not a good choice to make that a secure password that's written down and filed away?
Yes, people lose perspective in computer security.
Management is a task that has no upside. If you suck at managing people, they're fire you. If you're great at managing people, they will increase your responsibilities, inching you closer to your Peter Point... If you handle the heightened expectations, they will raise you to a higher management level, thereby eliminating your chance to contribute in your old way, or they will reassign you to fix some ailing project.
If you suck at tech, they'll fire you. If you're great at tech, they will increase your responsibilities, inching you closer to your Peter Point. If you handle the heightened expectations, they will raise you to a management level, thereby eliminating your chance to contribute in your old way, or they will reassign you to fix some ailing project.
That last part is sometimes called "career growth."
As others have said, the OP should do whichever he'll enjoy most. There's nothing wrong with trying new things and taking on new challenges.
Wouldn't it also make sense to educate car drivers in this country so they drive better and cause fewer accidents, rather than just handing a driver's license to anyone who can pass a simple vision test with no regard to their driving skills?
No!! The obvious solution is to ban cars, since they can be deadly if used improperly.
Agreed - Printing is much cheaper than buying a hard bound version.
You're assuming that the textbook companies are going to GIVE California schools the rights to use electronic versions of their books, and to print as many copies as they'd like.
Where are my mod points when I need them? This is probably the only actually "insightful" reply on this post. You have 78 of something useful that you don't need, and you're asking what you should do with them for Christmas? (And most of the other replies suggest, in one way or another, that you send them to 78 people who don't need them and won't appreciate them.)
Well, floppy disks were finally, mercifully replaced by flash drives. As you said, Zip drives and CD-RW's were never really good technologies, they were just the best we had at the time. Maybe the same is true for Blu-Ray, and we will someday have an actually-better solid state system that replaces it?
This is not even news... Dell is following Microsoft's mandate for OEM's on this. They are allowed to sell XP until June. After that, until February or so, they will only be allowed to sell Vista licenses, but can downgrade machines to XP at the factory. After that, they can only ship machines from the factory with Vista. However they currently plan to continue to release XP drivers for their enterprise-level hardware for at least 3-4 more years. The same is true for HP etc. This is not some maverick move by Dell, as the post implies. If it was, they would be seriously violating their contract with Microsoft as an OEM.
What's with all the anti-gun people (I'll be nice and say people instead of hippies) making their first response to every situation "OMG YOU WOULD USE A GUN!?" I thought that was a last resort? What's so wrong with locking your bedroom door and waiting for the police to show up, while the bad guys kick the door down because they heard the alarm your cell phone gave out when you called 911? Or just holding someone at gunpoint, after they've kicked your bedroom door open because they intend to kill you? It seems like everyone just thinks nobody has any business defending themselves. (Maybe there's another 10 "cowboys" who just don't bother posting, but it seems all the vocal types are just itching for an excuse to be helpless while they sit and wait for the police, and hope they get there in time.)
Seriously though... The context of this discussion is a situation in which your life is danger if the bad guy knows you're there and knows you've called 911. This implies that said bad guy would not think twice about using a gun or some other deadly weapon against you for his own selfish gain. And holding that bad guy at gunpoint isn't going to be an option, because he's going to shoot you first if you give him the chance. I think it's fair to say that most people, under those circumstances, would NOT tolerate the threat to their life and would use a gun to eliminate the threat if they felt it was appropriate at the time. Implying that makes them "gun nuts" and irrational is, frankly, insulting. And no, that situation isn't every situation - it's probably the minority by far - but it is more or less the situation that this discussion was based on.
The difference being that California wildfires happen every year, almost like clockwork. The hurricane that devistated New Orleans and the coastal regions of Mississippi, while perhaps inevitable, had not occured until that point.
Baloney. Saying that California wildfires "happen every year, almost like clockwork" is like saying the same for hurricanes hitting the gulf coast, and discounting Katrina as a minor, typical event. Wildfires may be common, but fires that burn down hundreds of homes (many of them track homes, not out in the wilderness somewhere), shut down the greater part of a county, and force the evacuation of a half million people, are another thing altogether.
That said, I do agree with the poster above you that pointed out that the devastation caused by Katrina was probably far greater and that much harder to manage than the CA fires. FEMA had a relatively small role in this one. Evacuations were coordinated by the county and city. Firefighting was coordinated by Cal Fire. And FEMA did what exactly? Oh yes, they had news conferences. At least that's what I got from watching it on the news for 2-3 days non stop.
My company has about 1,500 Dells and we've replaced dozens if not hundreds of motherboards. To their credit, Dell replaces them without an argument, often even on out-of-warranty machines.
plx be embarrassed that a 15 year old is telling u how to think and make ur own opinions and not just say what the gov't wants us to say.
U are trolling and ur intellect is not as superior to everyone else's as u think.
"Hire a teenager, while they still know everything." Seriously though, the "I'm 15 and I know how to think better than you" is not going to get you anywhere. Yeah, you were 9 years old on 9/11 and you're telling me why we hate terrorists. If you have an argument, just make your argument. But stop thinking you're the only one in the world with any critical thinking ability.
my point is, try thinking for urself with solid facts.
What is your point, exactly? Because all I got was that you're smarter than us.
May I suggest buying US insert-music-store-here gift cards from eBay? It doesn't make the situation any less frustrating in principle, but it might be a good practical solution. I know a guy here in the US that gets Japanese iTunes gift cards so he buy their music.
But what if it's painfully obvious upon looking at the car in the dealer showroom, prior to purchase, that the wheels were welded to the axles, and you chose to buy it anyhow? And what if, once you got the car home and discovered that the wheels were welded to the axles, you had 14 days to return it for a full refund, but you chose to keep it? And what if, in addition, this particular car was a $150,000 sports car for which there was a performance and styling advantage to having the wheels welded to the axles?
If this case doesn't get thrown out of court, and if Apple doesn't countersue for court costs due to a frivolous lawsuit, then I will have lost the last thread of faith I have in our court system. Unless there's more to it than meets the eye.
Won't they have to move some units to bring the prices down in the first place? Who's going to pay $300 for a 300GB disc that requires an $18K drive when a 300GB hard drive can be had for $100? I'd hate to be the one who invested in this!
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Olet your boss pay you in exactly X ounces of gold. This will become more and more expensive to him, when his money loses value. But you won’t notice any problems AT ALL.
I can't help but notice that, in in a thread suggesting the avoidance of money and "smoke and mirrors" investments, you've just suggested taking payment for work in... gold futures. :-)
I work on cars sometimes as a hobby, but I'm sure I'd soon come to hate it if I had to do it for a living. It can be fun when you don't care if it's still not running at the end of the day, and you can come back to it tomorrow, or next weekend, or whenever.
But when you HAVE to do it, and QUICKLY, because the user/driver is complaining because they can't work/get to work until you get their email/starter fixed, and there are 10 more frustrated people in line behind them, it can eventually become somewhat of a drag. And you start to REALLY question why software/car companies have to make such simple things so damn much work to fix! (Seriously, though, why do they? I'd think car manufacturers, at least, could save some money on warranty work by designing cars to be more serviceable. Dell IMO does quite a good job with this.)
Only being able to get 3 years max of warranty/support probably doesn't fly well, either.
With this configuration in place I can even read my work e-mail from home, which is something I can't fathom how to do with the Outlook 2007.
Really?? Outlook 2007 does of course have that functionality, as well as that same ability to set itself up automatically. Perhaps your Outlook was set up before your company moved you over to Exchange 2007, which made the automated setup possible.
I'm pretty sure he meant that his company network enforces a policy that instructs Windows to update - meaning he CAN'T change the setting. It also likely means he only gets updates that his company has released, so he might be spared from this one.
What happens if you run a clean ship but they find something you've (sincerely) accidentally overlooked?
The people who are most likely to try to break into your internet are people you know and especially people you live and/or work with.
This may be true, but these are NOT the people a WPA password is supposed to protect you from. If they have access to your drawer, and they intend to do your harm, your WPA password is the least of your worries. And, if they already have physical access, then they don't need your WPA password to "break into your internet" anyway.
If we were talking about an online banking password that someone could steal from your drawer and use to empty your account, then I might agree with you (although the same idea applies, that there are probably much more dangerous things in that drawer already). But wireless network encryption is only capable of protecting against someone who doesn't already have physical access anyway. So how is it not a good choice to make that a secure password that's written down and filed away?
Yes, people lose perspective in computer security.
Management is a task that has no upside. If you suck at managing people, they're fire you. If you're great at managing people, they will increase your responsibilities, inching you closer to your Peter Point... If you handle the heightened expectations, they will raise you to a higher management level, thereby eliminating your chance to contribute in your old way, or they will reassign you to fix some ailing project.
If you suck at tech, they'll fire you. If you're great at tech, they will increase your responsibilities, inching you closer to your Peter Point. If you handle the heightened expectations, they will raise you to a management level, thereby eliminating your chance to contribute in your old way, or they will reassign you to fix some ailing project.
That last part is sometimes called "career growth."
As others have said, the OP should do whichever he'll enjoy most. There's nothing wrong with trying new things and taking on new challenges.
Wouldn't it also make sense to educate car drivers in this country so they drive better and cause fewer accidents, rather than just handing a driver's license to anyone who can pass a simple vision test with no regard to their driving skills?
No!! The obvious solution is to ban cars, since they can be deadly if used improperly.
Agreed - Printing is much cheaper than buying a hard bound version.
You're assuming that the textbook companies are going to GIVE California schools the rights to use electronic versions of their books, and to print as many copies as they'd like.
Where are my mod points when I need them? This is probably the only actually "insightful" reply on this post. You have 78 of something useful that you don't need, and you're asking what you should do with them for Christmas? (And most of the other replies suggest, in one way or another, that you send them to 78 people who don't need them and won't appreciate them.)
Well, floppy disks were finally, mercifully replaced by flash drives. As you said, Zip drives and CD-RW's were never really good technologies, they were just the best we had at the time. Maybe the same is true for Blu-Ray, and we will someday have an actually-better solid state system that replaces it?
This is not even news... Dell is following Microsoft's mandate for OEM's on this. They are allowed to sell XP until June. After that, until February or so, they will only be allowed to sell Vista licenses, but can downgrade machines to XP at the factory. After that, they can only ship machines from the factory with Vista. However they currently plan to continue to release XP drivers for their enterprise-level hardware for at least 3-4 more years. The same is true for HP etc. This is not some maverick move by Dell, as the post implies. If it was, they would be seriously violating their contract with Microsoft as an OEM.
What's with all the anti-gun people (I'll be nice and say people instead of hippies) making their first response to every situation "OMG YOU WOULD USE A GUN!?" I thought that was a last resort? What's so wrong with locking your bedroom door and waiting for the police to show up, while the bad guys kick the door down because they heard the alarm your cell phone gave out when you called 911? Or just holding someone at gunpoint, after they've kicked your bedroom door open because they intend to kill you? It seems like everyone just thinks nobody has any business defending themselves. (Maybe there's another 10 "cowboys" who just don't bother posting, but it seems all the vocal types are just itching for an excuse to be helpless while they sit and wait for the police, and hope they get there in time.)
Seriously though... The context of this discussion is a situation in which your life is danger if the bad guy knows you're there and knows you've called 911. This implies that said bad guy would not think twice about using a gun or some other deadly weapon against you for his own selfish gain. And holding that bad guy at gunpoint isn't going to be an option, because he's going to shoot you first if you give him the chance. I think it's fair to say that most people, under those circumstances, would NOT tolerate the threat to their life and would use a gun to eliminate the threat if they felt it was appropriate at the time. Implying that makes them "gun nuts" and irrational is, frankly, insulting. And no, that situation isn't every situation - it's probably the minority by far - but it is more or less the situation that this discussion was based on.
Baloney. Saying that California wildfires "happen every year, almost like clockwork" is like saying the same for hurricanes hitting the gulf coast, and discounting Katrina as a minor, typical event. Wildfires may be common, but fires that burn down hundreds of homes (many of them track homes, not out in the wilderness somewhere), shut down the greater part of a county, and force the evacuation of a half million people, are another thing altogether.
That said, I do agree with the poster above you that pointed out that the devastation caused by Katrina was probably far greater and that much harder to manage than the CA fires. FEMA had a relatively small role in this one. Evacuations were coordinated by the county and city. Firefighting was coordinated by Cal Fire. And FEMA did what exactly? Oh yes, they had news conferences. At least that's what I got from watching it on the news for 2-3 days non stop.
*cough* Dell *cough*
My company has about 1,500 Dells and we've replaced dozens if not hundreds of motherboards. To their credit, Dell replaces them without an argument, often even on out-of-warranty machines.
And I thought I had flamed him!
But your post didn't contain the words "rootkit," "spyware," "DRM," or "RIAA."
Sad, but I think largely true. We're protecting our constitutional right to be materialistic, at all cost.
U are trolling and ur intellect is not as superior to everyone else's as u think.
"Hire a teenager, while they still know everything." Seriously though, the "I'm 15 and I know how to think better than you" is not going to get you anywhere. Yeah, you were 9 years old on 9/11 and you're telling me why we hate terrorists. If you have an argument, just make your argument. But stop thinking you're the only one in the world with any critical thinking ability.
my point is, try thinking for urself with solid facts.What is your point, exactly? Because all I got was that you're smarter than us.
LemonLINK? LemonLINK???
Only from a school district. *shakes head*
May I suggest buying US insert-music-store-here gift cards from eBay? It doesn't make the situation any less frustrating in principle, but it might be a good practical solution. I know a guy here in the US that gets Japanese iTunes gift cards so he buy their music.
But what if it's painfully obvious upon looking at the car in the dealer showroom, prior to purchase, that the wheels were welded to the axles, and you chose to buy it anyhow? And what if, once you got the car home and discovered that the wheels were welded to the axles, you had 14 days to return it for a full refund, but you chose to keep it? And what if, in addition, this particular car was a $150,000 sports car for which there was a performance and styling advantage to having the wheels welded to the axles? If this case doesn't get thrown out of court, and if Apple doesn't countersue for court costs due to a frivolous lawsuit, then I will have lost the last thread of faith I have in our court system. Unless there's more to it than meets the eye.
Won't they have to move some units to bring the prices down in the first place? Who's going to pay $300 for a 300GB disc that requires an $18K drive when a 300GB hard drive can be had for $100? I'd hate to be the one who invested in this!