I had the same exact problem with and old hacked Linux distro. I went through every docs and forums over the Internet about Adobe Flash, uninstalled and reinstalled serveral times different browsers, but nothing really worked. It is actually still not doing it.
I found it out when I installed another distribution (Debian) on the same hdd. It runs Iceweasel by default, so i just tried installing Flash and it worked just fine, never crashed. What happened was the old distro never detected the graphic card on my chipset, when Debian did ok. You need to have the right driver for your graphics, or it will hardly work... Just take a look at it.
Good luck.
If I assume you live and work in USA, so you will be under the same worker laws, I guess you should not worry about being outsourced, specially if we speak about HP.
I live in Argentina and work at a HP facility, but I'm NOT a HP employee, I'm an outsourced problem analyst, and there is a big difference. I don't just speak about salary, it's about worker's internal rights and responsabilities: if something goes wrong with something I'm working on, It's all my fault; but if it turns out to be a good job, my (HP) manager will take the credit for it (anyway, here everyone knows it happens without even being outsourced..). Of course, he will not forget to congratulate me by e-mail.
Now, if I have something to complain or ask about, it's not HP I have to deal with, it's my outsourcing company...
I still think you shouldn't leave (yet), just take your time to evaluate all the implications, but specially how you really want your job to be like.
Good luck.
Maybe because you will never be a parent laying on a couch, eating tons of chips, though you'll certanly raise a huge butt to be proud of. And they could put you on a pedestal too, after a while...
That is SO true!! I was thinking about my own boss when reading the article. It's not only that we, his employees, have to deal with him AND his lack of ability to multitask, the part that really pisses me the most is that he believes he is great at it! He'd blame his mother before admitting he can't handle more than two out of the ten things he's doing at a time... Gggrrrr...
Hey! Who is in charge of the bottom line 'smart' phrase for this thread??
"Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest."
The-darkest-jokes-u-can-get-dept?
Though, the part I love the most is where it says "research showed that people in large are OK with the idea." WTF?
Come on! Where are the scientists? Because those aren't for sure. Im a scientist myself, and ethics and moral responsability were tought along with physics... I would keep typing but Im too upset to...
"Could this be the end of the OS wars in Nigeria and other developing countries?"
This question really made me laugh... OS wars in Nigeria???? Im not really sure they care a lot about having a dual boot laptop when they have bigger concerns. By the way, havent they suffered enough to have to suffer the most painful software ever?
I live in another of these so called developing countries, where OLPC is trying to reach too, and I do know this wonderfull idea will end no war. People will just remain ignorant about the truth and will be forced to believe a wolf can look after a sheep.
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I had the same exact problem with and old hacked Linux distro. I went through every docs and forums over the Internet about Adobe Flash, uninstalled and reinstalled serveral times different browsers, but nothing really worked. It is actually still not doing it. I found it out when I installed another distribution (Debian) on the same hdd. It runs Iceweasel by default, so i just tried installing Flash and it worked just fine, never crashed. What happened was the old distro never detected the graphic card on my chipset, when Debian did ok. You need to have the right driver for your graphics, or it will hardly work... Just take a look at it. Good luck.
I bet it runs on Windows... Surprise, surprise!!
If I assume you live and work in USA, so you will be under the same worker laws, I guess you should not worry about being outsourced, specially if we speak about HP. I live in Argentina and work at a HP facility, but I'm NOT a HP employee, I'm an outsourced problem analyst, and there is a big difference. I don't just speak about salary, it's about worker's internal rights and responsabilities: if something goes wrong with something I'm working on, It's all my fault; but if it turns out to be a good job, my (HP) manager will take the credit for it (anyway, here everyone knows it happens without even being outsourced..). Of course, he will not forget to congratulate me by e-mail. Now, if I have something to complain or ask about, it's not HP I have to deal with, it's my outsourcing company... I still think you shouldn't leave (yet), just take your time to evaluate all the implications, but specially how you really want your job to be like. Good luck.
Maybe because you will never be a parent laying on a couch, eating tons of chips, though you'll certanly raise a huge butt to be proud of.
And they could put you on a pedestal too, after a while...
That is SO true!! I was thinking about my own boss when reading the article. It's not only that we, his employees, have to deal with him AND his lack of ability to multitask, the part that really pisses me the most is that he believes he is great at it! He'd blame his mother before admitting he can't handle more than two out of the ten things he's doing at a time...
Gggrrrr...
Hey! Who is in charge of the bottom line 'smart' phrase for this thread?? "Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest." The-darkest-jokes-u-can-get-dept?
You gotta be freakin' kidding...
Though, the part I love the most is where it says "research showed that people in large are OK with the idea."
WTF?
Come on! Where are the scientists? Because those aren't for sure. Im a scientist myself, and ethics and moral responsability were tought along with physics... I would keep typing but Im too upset to...
"Could this be the end of the OS wars in Nigeria and other developing countries?" This question really made me laugh... OS wars in Nigeria???? Im not really sure they care a lot about having a dual boot laptop when they have bigger concerns. By the way, havent they suffered enough to have to suffer the most painful software ever? I live in another of these so called developing countries, where OLPC is trying to reach too, and I do know this wonderfull idea will end no war. People will just remain ignorant about the truth and will be forced to believe a wolf can look after a sheep.