Then why not click the first search result rather than the first sponsored link?
I searched for Windows Vista and one of the sponsored results was for Symantec... OMG!
I'm pretty sure they are tards... US mobile networks and the devices they spec out are pretty much the bottom of the barrel and embarrassing. I really hoped the 700mhz auction would be a cataclysm and maybe it will, but I doubt it. No wonder we swarmed to the iPhone while the rest of the world said wtf it's not 3g?
Because you mention Verizon, I'm assuming you live in a country where they generally lock handsets to a particular provider (ie the states), so...
My SLVR L7 (imported so it's unlocked and I have yet to see another one with the same build quality) works quite well. I've had it for a long time and abuse the hell outta it. With all the monsterpacks available for flashing, I am really happy with my (originally vodafone) mobile used on att's gsm network. I wouldn't blame the handset manufacturers, but the network operators for requiring shitty handsets with minimal features.
Moto hasn't made a good flip phone since the startac, but that isn't their fault, it's the underlying fault of clamshells, gimme a candy bar design anyday.
I kinda think Nokia hasn't sold a phone in the US since the 5160... at least not one that was widely adopted. My UK friends indicate that Nokia is still popular, but you coulda fooled me. Crackberries (and iPhones on more of a consumer scale) rule the states' smartphone market.
I know plenty of people who live somewhere between suburbia and rural who are only now beginning to receive cable(Internet, not TV) or DSL service availability to their homes. It's quite unfortunate, but there are service deprived pockets in populated areas.
I know people usually mock windows users for thinking a reboot is the first thing to do when things don't work, but when my freebsd and linux boxes act oddly, I reboot them. And guess what, it usually remedies the problem I was experiencing... So maybe the installation instructions didn't include manually starting the daemon, but it was added to the startup scripts... big deal.
My experiences have been that they give you the card and a postcard type of form to fill out your info and then mail in. I've never mailed it in out of laziness and sometimes get new ones when I've been caught at the store without a card. Perhaps we shop at different places, only 2 grocers in my area use those.
My experience in a mixed environment for a media company are that the problem machines are whatever's oldest at the time. Doesn't matter if it's the XP machines in sales or the OS X machines in design, the machines next in line to be replaced are the ones that start to bite it... I love how you're comparing OS 9 to OS X. When we were running 98, often times a simple reboot would fix the problem, that doesn't work as much with XP so obviously 98 is superior.
I like OS X and all, but most organizations are very careful with upgrading to a new release of Windows (or any OS for that matter). There are always going to be 3rd party apps that interfere with any new OS version, regardless of flavor. The best process for business/gov is to have some test machines and if you are a casual home user, the best process it to wait to make sure your favorite apps are compatible, installing it on launch day is for the early adopters who weren't in the beta program, not for mission critical tasks.
Who cares deeply about CMYK support?
Anyone in the print industry that needs to watch a tight budget and enjoys using open source software. There are many struggling publications that utilize open source software. I have a dream of converting my shop to be Open Office, Scribus and GIMP, but until we can provide PDFs to the printer that are of the same quality as that same workflow in Adobe, we can't.
If you subscribe to cable, your receiver is going to do all the translating for you. You don't have to upgrade your kit unless you want HD-DVD or anything that requires something more advanced than component.
The analog conversion issue is for people that use OTA signals. 2009 will come and your TVs will continue to work as expected.
Or you could purchase a new tv? Seriously, the people complaining about losing analog tv need to update their equipment. You seriously don't have a newish tv or subscribe to satellite/cable?
You have my sympathy for the 4 local channels you're losing...
near-instant starts of MS Office though. This must be a new version I never heard of. My userbase has installs of 2k, 2k2, 2k3 and 2k7 and constantly bitch about the speed it takes to open a file. Maybe we should revert back to 97 in an effort to find the version you are speaking about.
My OOo boots faster than MS office.
The point of radio is to share the music. The artists have already been compensated and the stations want as many listeners as possible, if you have the station playing in a business, that's even more people whom the advertisers reach. This seems like such a basic function of radio (the only other time people listen is while in the car) that I can't believe they don't see the light. If you can't play commercial radio at work, businesses will end up playing freely available music and everyone will think they are are either on hold or in an elevator...
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Then why not click the first search result rather than the first sponsored link? I searched for Windows Vista and one of the sponsored results was for Symantec... OMG!
I'm pretty sure they are tards... US mobile networks and the devices they spec out are pretty much the bottom of the barrel and embarrassing. I really hoped the 700mhz auction would be a cataclysm and maybe it will, but I doubt it. No wonder we swarmed to the iPhone while the rest of the world said wtf it's not 3g?
Because you mention Verizon, I'm assuming you live in a country where they generally lock handsets to a particular provider (ie the states), so... My SLVR L7 (imported so it's unlocked and I have yet to see another one with the same build quality) works quite well. I've had it for a long time and abuse the hell outta it. With all the monsterpacks available for flashing, I am really happy with my (originally vodafone) mobile used on att's gsm network. I wouldn't blame the handset manufacturers, but the network operators for requiring shitty handsets with minimal features. Moto hasn't made a good flip phone since the startac, but that isn't their fault, it's the underlying fault of clamshells, gimme a candy bar design anyday.
I kinda think Nokia hasn't sold a phone in the US since the 5160... at least not one that was widely adopted. My UK friends indicate that Nokia is still popular, but you coulda fooled me. Crackberries (and iPhones on more of a consumer scale) rule the states' smartphone market.
TFA says they were responding to a subpoena. Last I heard subpoenas were issued by the justice system, not other businesses.
Kill us all by destroying the Internet? But I learned last night that when the Internet stops working, everyone will just head out the Californee way.
It's similar to Dunder Mifflin Infinity, but apples instead of paper.
I know plenty of people who live somewhere between suburbia and rural who are only now beginning to receive cable(Internet, not TV) or DSL service availability to their homes. It's quite unfortunate, but there are service deprived pockets in populated areas.
Why do so many people leave SELECT out of that code? Weren't you ever playing two-player? It's select start for goodness sakes.
Now that you've broken the anti-collusion rule, hopefully we'll be saved from your wrath...
I know people usually mock windows users for thinking a reboot is the first thing to do when things don't work, but when my freebsd and linux boxes act oddly, I reboot them. And guess what, it usually remedies the problem I was experiencing... So maybe the installation instructions didn't include manually starting the daemon, but it was added to the startup scripts... big deal.
Yes it does, remove the trailing slash...
My experiences have been that they give you the card and a postcard type of form to fill out your info and then mail in. I've never mailed it in out of laziness and sometimes get new ones when I've been caught at the store without a card. Perhaps we shop at different places, only 2 grocers in my area use those.
My experience in a mixed environment for a media company are that the problem machines are whatever's oldest at the time. Doesn't matter if it's the XP machines in sales or the OS X machines in design, the machines next in line to be replaced are the ones that start to bite it... I love how you're comparing OS 9 to OS X. When we were running 98, often times a simple reboot would fix the problem, that doesn't work as much with XP so obviously 98 is superior.
Except that floppy disks require unique hardware to read them. I'm against OOXML, but soft formats would not suffer in the same manner as floppies.
Ummm... it's here and they call it postini...
Yes I know Postini was around before Google, but they still rock at corporate filtering needs and have made my life easier
haha I wish I had mod points, or I would...
I like OS X and all, but most organizations are very careful with upgrading to a new release of Windows (or any OS for that matter). There are always going to be 3rd party apps that interfere with any new OS version, regardless of flavor. The best process for business/gov is to have some test machines and if you are a casual home user, the best process it to wait to make sure your favorite apps are compatible, installing it on launch day is for the early adopters who weren't in the beta program, not for mission critical tasks.
Who cares deeply about CMYK support?
Anyone in the print industry that needs to watch a tight budget and enjoys using open source software. There are many struggling publications that utilize open source software. I have a dream of converting my shop to be Open Office, Scribus and GIMP, but until we can provide PDFs to the printer that are of the same quality as that same workflow in Adobe, we can't.
If you subscribe to cable, your receiver is going to do all the translating for you. You don't have to upgrade your kit unless you want HD-DVD or anything that requires something more advanced than component.
The analog conversion issue is for people that use OTA signals. 2009 will come and your TVs will continue to work as expected.
Or you could purchase a new tv? Seriously, the people complaining about losing analog tv need to update their equipment. You seriously don't have a newish tv or subscribe to satellite/cable?
You have my sympathy for the 4 local channels you're losing...
Not necessarily, Google and many others use the Open Directory Project for the snippets. Sure you can tell Google to not use it, via a meta tag, but others still may. http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35264
The point of radio is to share the music. The artists have already been compensated and the stations want as many listeners as possible, if you have the station playing in a business, that's even more people whom the advertisers reach. This seems like such a basic function of radio (the only other time people listen is while in the car) that I can't believe they don't see the light. If you can't play commercial radio at work, businesses will end up playing freely available music and everyone will think they are are either on hold or in an elevator...