They need to sell an affordable 40" surface table. dell and HP already have sub $600 20 ish inch touch pc's running windows 10, there is zero reason for a microsoft one.
They need to get off their ass and sell the table sized stuff at a price lower than that of a BMW M3.
Why would they? PC gaming is not even a 1/10th of console gaming and with Sony releasing the ONLY real VR gaming system shortly they will further dominate it.
If you really think most people PC game... then you are stuck in 1995.
Completely agree. If the management there is so under-educated and stupid to think that everything done in LibreOffice must be GPL released then they absolutely deserve it.
It utterly amazes me how people that pass themselves off as leaders and higher educated are typically some of the stupidest people out there.
The fact the whole state is a river flood plain and only stupid people build homes in a river flood plain?
Global warming may have cause the weather pattern changes, but it does not change the fact that if you build in the low lands, you have to expect flooding because it will absolutely happen with a 100% guarantee.
Samsung and HTC glue the battery behind the LCD so you damage the screen trying to get it out, and they have the awesome effect of screen cracks when they swell at end of life.
They do. you just dont buy them direct from samsung. you can always buy refurbs from carriers. And any warranty return for a new phone is always replaced with a used refurb.
My favorite part of buying a $600 phone is getting a used one that is all scratched up
When a VoIP call is made to a landline or cellphone number, the call travels for a portion of the time over the PSTN. The amount of time the call spends on the PSTN usually determines the price of the call (apart from the base charges for any VoIP to VoIP call).
At the point where it enters the PSTN, a process called address translation takes place. It means that the IP address is translated to the identifying phone number of the called party to complete the call. It is similar to the process used to convert email IDs and website links to IP addresses on the Internet. This is logged for billing purposes and then the CID information is passed on to the system.
Stop accepting any calls routed from unknown phone companies. It will stop 99% of them that are simply a freaking PC that is making VOIP calls via a scumbag VOIP service provider that will let them send whatever CID information they want.
Call coming into AT&T from a unknown and untrusted call routing? Refuse it.
"I need a VocTech level programmer to implement what I tell them. I don't need it the most efficient or the best data structure. I need a script or program to do X."
you need the old Visual Basic 6. Super fast from idea to working product.
Microsoft decided that they needed more CS nonsense in VB so that is why VB# is barely used anywhere. if you learn VB# you might as well learn C# and the learning curve on that is massively steeper than VB6 ever was.
A lot of us hated VB, but it absolutely had it's place. a non programmer could knock out a solution pretty darn fast with it.
I recently landed a gig with a major pay hike by getting the managers of the actual team to want me on their team.
I apply and start the dance with HR.
"how much do you want?"
I want $XXX,XXX as it's compensating for the major cost of living increase and a increase for me as I am moving for you and changing jobs.
"We wont go that high"
well, that is my offer, if you cant meet it, have a nice day.
Two weeks later HR called me back saying they accepted my offer.
Ignore ANYTHING recruiters or HR people tell you. They dont know shit about what you should be paid. And always go around them to the actual people wanting to fill a position. they understand reality.
Exactly. I know 12 year olds that are far more mature than 26 year olds.
The difference? the 12 year olds were given responsibilities and taught what work was early on. He was allowed to fail and not coddled. They were made to do work around the home and family business starting at age 8 when they could swing a hammer, feed the horses, etc. You came home from school and worked, you had some time after chores for playing and goofing off.
Today most kids are allowed to be couch mushrooms playing COD all day and night. These are how you create man-babies.
"It's kinda scary to see kids around the age of 16 live a double life..."
you never were 16 then?
Most teenagers live a double life. One that is acceptable to the parents, and One that is acceptable to their friends.
It was this way in the 80's it was that way in the 60's and started when teenagers did not have to work all day at home or on the farms but instead were told "go be children" instead of making them work and act like adults.
Reality is, once you are 16 ish you technically are an adult and should act like one. Our wierd society wants to extend childhood out past where biology has it set.
Wont work with my SSD. and honestly will not work at all on SAS drives. most places that are serious about their computing and security uses thin clients running SSD boot drives and the rack of servers are all the workstations. good luck recording the drive noises with all those fans and the libert unit running.
It may work if a target's cheap laptop is set on top of the microphone.
Honestly what the program looked like means nothing at all. Was it peer to peer or server based? encrypted end to end using what? Because there have been online collaboration tools like that available both commercially and open source at the same time frame.
Honestly I am surprised they were not using Tandberg Codecs with the advanced encryption options that would allow point to point calling with routing and conferencing capabilities. the company I worked for back then sold a LOT of Tandbergs to military and 3 letter agencies. they took to being tunnled over the internet very well.
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They need to sell an affordable 40" surface table. dell and HP already have sub $600 20 ish inch touch pc's running windows 10, there is zero reason for a microsoft one.
They need to get off their ass and sell the table sized stuff at a price lower than that of a BMW M3.
Why would they? PC gaming is not even a 1/10th of console gaming and with Sony releasing the ONLY real VR gaming system shortly they will further dominate it.
If you really think most people PC game... then you are stuck in 1995.
If they did not pay for insurance, then they are morons. I guarantee the launch contract states, "this may blow up, we are not responsible"
It's not. Almost nobody cares about a headphone jack except for the kiddies that cant afford anything more than a $100 prepaid phone to begin with.
Completely agree. If the management there is so under-educated and stupid to think that everything done in LibreOffice must be GPL released then they absolutely deserve it.
It utterly amazes me how people that pass themselves off as leaders and higher educated are typically some of the stupidest people out there.
So river flooding is based on sea level?
Sounds like someone needs to get some basic education.
Cant go fuck myself... Again someone seems to be lacking in basic education.
You forget what OS this is....
This is a undocumented feature.
100% free if you don't have a completely repulsive personality.
The fact the whole state is a river flood plain and only stupid people build homes in a river flood plain?
Global warming may have cause the weather pattern changes, but it does not change the fact that if you build in the low lands, you have to expect flooding because it will absolutely happen with a 100% guarantee.
Samsung and HTC glue the battery behind the LCD so you damage the screen trying to get it out, and they have the awesome effect of screen cracks when they swell at end of life.
$1.00 for a really good lunch compared to our $10.00? yeah their cost of living is a LOT lower.
you dont die if you dont have a $800 smartphone.
They do. you just dont buy them direct from samsung. you can always buy refurbs from carriers. And any warranty return for a new phone is always replaced with a used refurb.
My favorite part of buying a $600 phone is getting a used one that is all scratched up
"but what if that carrier had legit customers as well"
Fuck em. Honestly every time a VOiP provider is supplying a bulk connection for telemarketers there are almost NO "legit customers".
100% bs. they know where they are coming from.
When a VoIP call is made to a landline or cellphone number, the call travels for a portion of the time over the PSTN. The amount of time the call spends on the PSTN usually determines the price of the call (apart from the base charges for any VoIP to VoIP call).
At the point where it enters the PSTN, a process called address translation takes place. It means that the IP address is translated to the identifying phone number of the called party to complete the call. It is similar to the process used to convert email IDs and website links to IP addresses on the Internet. This is logged for billing purposes and then the CID information is passed on to the system.
Stop accepting any calls routed from unknown phone companies. It will stop 99% of them that are simply a freaking PC that is making VOIP calls via a scumbag VOIP service provider that will let them send whatever CID information they want.
Call coming into AT&T from a unknown and untrusted call routing? Refuse it.
"I need a VocTech level programmer to implement what I tell them. I don't need it the most efficient or the best data structure. I need a script or program to do X."
you need the old Visual Basic 6. Super fast from idea to working product.
Microsoft decided that they needed more CS nonsense in VB so that is why VB# is barely used anywhere. if you learn VB# you might as well learn C# and the learning curve on that is massively steeper than VB6 ever was.
A lot of us hated VB, but it absolutely had it's place. a non programmer could knock out a solution pretty darn fast with it.
Release all the education materials and the lesson recordings online for free for anyone and everyone not rich enough to move there or live there.
True freedom is to give it to everyone everywhere.
The problem is HR.
I recently landed a gig with a major pay hike by getting the managers of the actual team to want me on their team.
I apply and start the dance with HR.
"how much do you want?"
I want $XXX,XXX as it's compensating for the major cost of living increase and a increase for me as I am moving for you and changing jobs.
"We wont go that high"
well, that is my offer, if you cant meet it, have a nice day.
Two weeks later HR called me back saying they accepted my offer.
Ignore ANYTHING recruiters or HR people tell you. They dont know shit about what you should be paid. And always go around them to the actual people wanting to fill a position. they understand reality.
Except we are spreading it all over the place without the altruistic goals.
Reality is, we are just messy.
Exactly. I know 12 year olds that are far more mature than 26 year olds.
The difference? the 12 year olds were given responsibilities and taught what work was early on. He was allowed to fail and not coddled. They were made to do work around the home and family business starting at age 8 when they could swing a hammer, feed the horses, etc. You came home from school and worked, you had some time after chores for playing and goofing off.
Today most kids are allowed to be couch mushrooms playing COD all day and night. These are how you create man-babies.
"It's kinda scary to see kids around the age of 16 live a double life..."
you never were 16 then?
Most teenagers live a double life. One that is acceptable to the parents, and One that is acceptable to their friends.
It was this way in the 80's it was that way in the 60's and started when teenagers did not have to work all day at home or on the farms but instead were told "go be children" instead of making them work and act like adults.
Reality is, once you are 16 ish you technically are an adult and should act like one. Our wierd society wants to extend childhood out past where biology has it set.
Wont work with my SSD. and honestly will not work at all on SAS drives. most places that are serious about their computing and security uses thin clients running SSD boot drives and the rack of servers are all the workstations. good luck recording the drive noises with all those fans and the libert unit running.
It may work if a target's cheap laptop is set on top of the microphone.
All of these people protecting these bad companies in these posts are insane.
Freaking Name the company you are having problems with. What the hell is wrong with people protecting companies that screw them?
Honestly what the program looked like means nothing at all. Was it peer to peer or server based? encrypted end to end using what? Because there have been online collaboration tools like that available both commercially and open source at the same time frame.
Honestly I am surprised they were not using Tandberg Codecs with the advanced encryption options that would allow point to point calling with routing and conferencing capabilities. the company I worked for back then sold a LOT of Tandbergs to military and 3 letter agencies. they took to being tunnled over the internet very well.
17" MPB's are going up in price on the used market. It's the only computer that is gaining in value.