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You spelled FAARRRKKKK!!!!! wrong
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: You spelled FAARRRKKKK!!!!! wrong
He faarrrkkkking well did and you got it right. Bloody Dutch bastards.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Crikey! I bought my first in about 1999, and it took months to get it configured, using extensive help from the ISP and the SonicWall support experts (not first level). This one's no simpler, and it didn't come with a manual. Why do they have to make these machines so difficult set up? All acronyms, no explanations, and online help that is utterly useless - true Microsoft copies. It's an amazingly powerful machine for protecting a network, but how does one tell if it's been set up right, when everything is written in a foreign language? Grrrr....
Will Rogers never met me.
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I hate to say this, but ... it's our fault.
The people who write technical manuals are often the people who write the software, and most of 'em have difficulty stringing two sentences together, much less thinking like a user! It's easy to understand - for them - because it is an abstract of the software, rather than something genuinely written to help a novice. And that's probably because it's documentation, and that's "boring" so it gets chucked together with as little effort as possible.
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I know how bad I'm when explaining technical things to non-technical people, so I constantly refuse to write documentation... The only kid of documentation I write is for fellow developers on the team...
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Does your team need a technical writer ?
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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Desperately... Perfect in Hebrew... And with gift to persuade the boss for such trivial thing like documentation...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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My French is pretty good. Would that count?! 
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Only if you can do 10 out of this list under any conditions...
french food - Google Search[^]
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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I think I could eat any ten of those. Does that count?
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Definitely not! Eating is for developers only!
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Bummer!
That is not for me, I can see now! 
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Then I don't want the job anyway!
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I'll keep it in mind for when I retire... 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I blame my instructor in college Technical Writing class. He warned me to never let anyone know what I can do (write well), else I'd never be allowed to design anything. Employers would stick me in a corner and make me write clear, accurate, and understandable tech manuals for the rest of my life. I guess he told too many students the same thing, and here we are today because of it.
Will Rogers never met me.
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In the early days, some 20 years ago, they would connect remotely and help you. Guess too many people abused that. They have some pretty good KB articles, google them.
Lou
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Once you master SonicOS there is no looking back, you have become a Zen Master !
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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I don't take much interest in all the "amazing" photographs splattered all over the Internet. However they have become quite ubiquitous. Here is an example of what is possible, these images even fooling historians: The art of fake news: The Indonesian artist fooling the world with his photos - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)[^]
I naively thought that it would be easy to detect these fakes by the use of smart algorithms. This does not appear to be the case partly because image manipulation software has become very sophisticated. The best forensic tools seem to be common sense and scepticism: Spot faked photos using digital forensic techniques | Science | Australian Popular Science[^]
It is true that there have always been fake photos of UFOs, fairies, ghosts and other subjects but in the digital age the numbers have grown enormously.
Do you think it will ever be possible to secure a digital image so that it cannot be manipulated - some kind of blockchain for images?
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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at least fake videos would be a step up from the current idiots doing videos of fake pictures (along with annoying background music and power point style page flipping / countdown title pages.)
In a similar light was looking at reviews of surge protectors t'other day, for some newer/less common brands there are not many proper technical reviews so I thought look maybe at some of the youtube results... so many youtube "reviews" are barely more then some dull dickhead taking the item out of the wrapping.
The internet is a brilliant idea, letting people use it: not so much.
Hmm, I see my next signature.
Signature ready for installation. Please Reboot now.
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They already exist apparently (and some people are annoyed about them): Deepfake - Wikipedia[^]
Mind you, if someone made a deepfake of me, I'd be impressed. Might not watch it though... 
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Like in Rouge One (Star Wars), where the actor from 1977 plays his own role - without aging a bit...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Indeed yes. It will be possible to replace one actor with another in classic movies. Something to think about.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
modified 27-May-18 9:00am.
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Oh wow! You could replace Nicolas Cage with someone who can act!
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