I am hourly and on the lower end of the totem pole at my IT job, but I have got a BB and I loooove it. It has made me way more efficient because I don't have to go back to my desk to check my e-mail or my helpdesk tickets. Also, it allows for me to spend more time away from the office doing fun things (in cell data range) because I can do a lot of my job from my BB. And I firmly believe that you have to spend money(time) to make money. I fully intend to climb the ladder and if I am always the first to respond and fix a problem, I will be the first person thought of when promotion time comes around.
I haven't had too much of a problem with this either. We have around 300 dell optiplex's / latitudes and gold support has generally been good. occasionally you get the old guy who refuses to budge from his script and once I swear I got Mr. Mackey. I do hate it when a computer is out of warranty and they send me to india.
I didn't have any problems with my personal inspiron when I had to have the LCD replaced and then the MB either, but that was about 4-5 years ago. I'm sure things have changed.
My house was broken into last year and they stole about 150 movies. So, if I catch the bastards, am I entitled to 4.5 million? Or will that money have to go to the MPAA?
For a cut of 4.5 million, I think even my lazy local police department would be willing to put down the donuts long enough to catch them some crack heads.
Stick to criticizing America, you have all that right. As for Europe, they don't have a bill of rights like we do and very few written "freedoms". There is no expectation of religious freedom or privacy based on laws. I have a BA in french and have been watching french news for the last decade. Striking is what those people do best. They love to take to the streets when they have a beef with their government. matter of fact, I don't think it is even possible to go to France without seeing at least one strike.
As for the Germans, they have been rife with religious intolerance and upheaval for centuries. Can you say Martin Luther?
And the UK, are you kidding me? My american history isn't that great, but I was under the impression that the existance of America is owed to people being fed up with the brits and their heavy handed ways. i.e. religion, taxes, crime and punishment.
I don't really know anything about Canada, so I can't speak to that, but this law has the potential to do us all some good. People aren't going to buy the same song 5 times so that they can play it in 5 different ways. Music is not that important and it isn't that much of a hardship to abide by the law. The only way to beat the RIAA at their own game is to hit them in the wallet. Stop buying music, stop going to concerts. It sucks for the musicians, but they will just have to get more creative in how they distribute and it may work out better for them (and the fans) in the end anyhow. from what I have read of the music industry, the labels do their best to screw artists and they need to be brought to heel. That's how I make my stand.
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I am hourly and on the lower end of the totem pole at my IT job, but I have got a BB and I loooove it. It has made me way more efficient because I don't have to go back to my desk to check my e-mail or my helpdesk tickets. Also, it allows for me to spend more time away from the office doing fun things (in cell data range) because I can do a lot of my job from my BB. And I firmly believe that you have to spend money(time) to make money. I fully intend to climb the ladder and if I am always the first to respond and fix a problem, I will be the first person thought of when promotion time comes around.
I haven't had too much of a problem with this either. We have around 300 dell optiplex's / latitudes and gold support has generally been good. occasionally you get the old guy who refuses to budge from his script and once I swear I got Mr. Mackey. I do hate it when a computer is out of warranty and they send me to india. I didn't have any problems with my personal inspiron when I had to have the LCD replaced and then the MB either, but that was about 4-5 years ago. I'm sure things have changed.
My house was broken into last year and they stole about 150 movies. So, if I catch the bastards, am I entitled to 4.5 million? Or will that money have to go to the MPAA? For a cut of 4.5 million, I think even my lazy local police department would be willing to put down the donuts long enough to catch them some crack heads.
Stick to criticizing America, you have all that right. As for Europe, they don't have a bill of rights like we do and very few written "freedoms". There is no expectation of religious freedom or privacy based on laws. I have a BA in french and have been watching french news for the last decade. Striking is what those people do best. They love to take to the streets when they have a beef with their government. matter of fact, I don't think it is even possible to go to France without seeing at least one strike. As for the Germans, they have been rife with religious intolerance and upheaval for centuries. Can you say Martin Luther? And the UK, are you kidding me? My american history isn't that great, but I was under the impression that the existance of America is owed to people being fed up with the brits and their heavy handed ways. i.e. religion, taxes, crime and punishment. I don't really know anything about Canada, so I can't speak to that, but this law has the potential to do us all some good. People aren't going to buy the same song 5 times so that they can play it in 5 different ways. Music is not that important and it isn't that much of a hardship to abide by the law. The only way to beat the RIAA at their own game is to hit them in the wallet. Stop buying music, stop going to concerts. It sucks for the musicians, but they will just have to get more creative in how they distribute and it may work out better for them (and the fans) in the end anyhow. from what I have read of the music industry, the labels do their best to screw artists and they need to be brought to heel. That's how I make my stand.