Stereodude
Not really a
You should find out if it's a crime to lie to census workers. If it's not you should start telling all sorts of tall tales to them.
Something Random
- Thread starter ddrueding
- Start date
Having so much trouble with corporate IT lately. If I leave my machine connected I get some forced reboots due to landesk "updates" and the notification has a count down timer, if you don't catch it it reboots itself regardless of what you are doing. If you are working in something on our weakish laptops and an update comes through tough, you can't schedule it for later and whatever you are doing comes to a halt. Now this comes through.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Yes, because I love it when my 50Mbit home internet connectivity has to be piped through to an office that only has a 5Mbit connection and 49 other people using it.
Another ebay thing to * you off today. They charge you a final value fee on the shipping amount quoted on the site. This is assuming you didn't pay for shipping through ebay, just using them to price it. Additionally their pricing on shipping in my experience has always been way off, usually low by half.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
They might not be able to properly implement it. QoS doesn't do shit if you can only use it for originating packets. The upstream router needs to understand and respect your QoS needs as well, which often means dealing with an ISP or a corporate WAN guy who doesn't give a crap what you want.
Will Rickards
Storage Is My Life
Is it possible to route only some traffic through a VPN? Say have remote desktop and IE go over the VPN but chrome go through local wireless?
That's the brick wall I ran into when I discussed this with them. Far as I can tell the ISP might want a business account before they turn it on. A business account goes way above my $50 expense reimbursement limit. So I get a throttled pipe to the office and I don't know what their connection is to the outside world.
Not that I am allowed to do, I'm sure they would see this as a violation of security too.
The whole system is geared for people that aren't really computer literate.
ddrueding
Fixture
Usually you can mess with route settings to get stuff to go elsewhere. But it isn't easy or intuitive.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Actually, it's not that difficult to do with Vista and 7: Just untick the box for "Use Default Gateway on Remote Network." The problem comes from workplace policies that say someone has to send all their traffic through the VPN to the corporate proxy server or something regardless.
My workplace is also guilty of routing traffic through their VPN when I work from home. I've since setup a VM dedicated to my work environment so the VPN traffic is contained at that level rather than my personal desktop.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I understand the usefulness of Twitter for serious journalism or as kind of a replacement for RSS feeds in breaking news of interest to some group of people.
I still don't have any fucking clue what a regular person needs twitter for.
I still don't have any fucking clue what a regular person needs twitter for.
Chewy509
Wotty wot wot.
So they can tell you they got a crap cup of coffee from Starbucks... or... crap I don't know.
I've occasionally used twitter to follow the geeky sci fi people and music artists I'm a fan of. Doing so has lead to interesting links, stories, and info. I don't find it interesting enough to read every day, but after a few weeks I check in on it.
DrunkenBastard
Storage is cool
ddrueding
Fixture
I'm pretty sure it was the smoked beef carpaccio that has inspired my sudden weight loss. Shame, I love that restaurant.
ddrueding
Fixture
when I'm traveling and have that issue I fall back to snickers bars and coke. you can get them anywhere and they are always safe.
ddrueding
Fixture
Friend's wedding in San Francisco. He has this ability to complicate things more than most women I know.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
Working this weekend, including Monday.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Shouldn't you be retired at your age and with your past heart history?
Cancer reared its ugly head in my life again this past week and I once again lost one of my little treasures -- had her put down yesterday late afternoon/early evening (and I'm very greatful to my vets for that - they met me well after Sat hours, and on a holiday long w/e). An affectionate, smart, and beautiful calico. She had a good long life -- she was one of mother's (before she past), and had out lived her litter siblings, whom I had also assumed care of, so there is some legacy aspect to it as well. Hated making the decision and hated doing it (its a horrible experience, and it certainly doesn't seem to get any easier no matter how many times you've done it) but it was the right thing to do. My last night and up through most of the morning with her were amazing -- the connection we shared in those hours was beyond anything that I know how to describe. If you let yourself get swept away by the emotion and awe that these videos inspire then you may have a sense of what I mean:
- http://vimeo.com/47224216
- http://vimeo.com/35396305 (I know that many of you have already seen this one but its cut from the same ilk)
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
Yes. But without medical insurance it is imposible. Next year I am eligible for Medicare. I'll look into retirement then.
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
Sorry to hear that, cityk. The loss of a companion is hard, whether human, canine, feline, or whatever.
My sister was so attached to her yellow lab (he was like her third son), and when they had to put him down, she didn't want to get another one; the giref was too much for her.
My sister was so attached to her yellow lab (he was like her third son), and when they had to put him down, she didn't want to get another one; the giref was too much for her.
time
Storage? I am Storage!
CityK, thanks for sharing that. About two years ago, our best ever 'people' cat suffered renal failure, consequent retina detachment and blindness. When younger she was exceptionally agile, and even in her dotage loved to ride around on our necks/shoulders/backs and just generally hang out with humans: she was a 'talker'. She was very smart and something of an escapologist, able to open sliding aluminium windows by pulling back on the release catch and then tugging the window open. Loved being brushed and had the most magnificent tail that would fluff up like a feather duster.
Waiting with her at the vet's while she staggered around was really tough. Holding her and trying to make her last moments as calm as possible was tougher. But she left us all with special memories of her great personality.
Waiting with her at the vet's while she staggered around was really tough. Holding her and trying to make her last moments as calm as possible was tougher. But she left us all with special memories of her great personality.
Very sorry to hear that CityK. That has to be one of the more difficult decisions to make in life. I'm happy for her and you that she's no longer suffering. I dread the day I may have to do the same for mine.
ddrueding
Fixture
ThinkGeek sells a great Ti spork, but it doesn't have USB. That would just be weird.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I found a tool that lets me download tumblr sites in their entirety about a week ago. Since then I've downloaded about five and a half million pictures.
Stereodude
Not really a
Thanks for sharing! :thumbright: