I did some free lance tech support for a while and had this guy call me and tell ME what the problem must be why his computer won't turn on.
He kept saying he thought the hard drive was fried (mind you he'd not had the computer out of the box 6 hours yet), then it was a bad monitor (huh?), then he was sure there must have been a virus loaded on his machine when it was made.
You know where this is going right?
So, I tell him when I get to his house that it's a $75 charge for the first hour and then $50 per hour thereafter, $75 in advance and that if it took me 5 minutes to figure it out, there was no rebates.
So I look at this mess of wires, keyboard on top of the monitor, mouse dangling by it's cord and he's still trying to tell me what is wrong with it. I checked and yep it was plugged into his surge protector and the surge protector was plugged into the wall.
He just never flipped the switch on his surge protector. I swear he cursed me up one side, down the other and then threatened to sue me for fraud if I didn't give him back his money.
Now if you had an actual working ion engine in the vehicle, you could patent the engine as it relates to ground transportation. You could also patent any new technologies to integrate the vehicle with the engine.
Of course, if it flew as well, there would be a whole bunch more patentable possibilities.
If one computer in China is responsible for 30% of all the attacks and another computer is responsible for another 30% of attacks, that only leaves 60%.
As one poster already said, I'm willing to bet that the per machine rate in both countries probably accounts for the other 60%.
Executives at HP deny that any meaningful amount of resources are being directed into plans for a mass-market operating system
Translated, a bunch of guys are working on this by themselves and if they ever get something marketable, HP will steal it from them claiming that since they (the employees) already work for HP, that HP owns anything they might tend to create and thusly, will market it to its fullest potential.
That translated means that HP really means Hefty Profit!
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Someone doesn't appear very organized. There must be two pads of sticky notes stuck up. May be it's a new type of wall paper.
Probably forgot a sticky note to get paid.
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Hey don't be takin my sig now or I'll have to Grahiphics ya!!
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I did some free lance tech support for a while and had this guy call me and tell ME what the problem must be why his computer won't turn on.
He kept saying he thought the hard drive was fried (mind you he'd not had the computer out of the box 6 hours yet), then it was a bad monitor (huh?), then he was sure there must have been a virus loaded on his machine when it was made.
You know where this is going right?
So, I tell him when I get to his house that it's a $75 charge for the first hour and then $50 per hour thereafter, $75 in advance and that if it took me 5 minutes to figure it out, there was no rebates.
So I look at this mess of wires, keyboard on top of the monitor, mouse dangling by it's cord and he's still trying to tell me what is wrong with it. I checked and yep it was plugged into his surge protector and the surge protector was plugged into the wall.
He just never flipped the switch on his surge protector. I swear he cursed me up one side, down the other and then threatened to sue me for fraud if I didn't give him back his money.
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Oh well, Bad Karma and all . . .
The MPAA will go into severe overdrive.
They won't know whether to poop or go blind,
so they'll end up covering one eye and farting.
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In short, yes.
Now if you had an actual working ion engine in the vehicle, you could patent the engine as it relates to ground transportation. You could also patent any new technologies to integrate the vehicle with the engine.
Of course, if it flew as well, there would be a whole bunch more patentable possibilities.
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Oh Well, Bad Karma and all . . .
You can't patent an idea, it has to be a working model or a workable model.
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I don't know, give everybody a coke?
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No, they will just become confused, unamused, bemused, and left feeling used.
decode the light signatures
Decode: signatures that are light verses heavy or
/. for any!
Decode: signatures of the light being emitted?
Never did have a heavy signature and they sure didn't check
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Oh the conspiracy of it all!
Next they'll be rigging voting machines
Oh wait . . .
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That's right mod me Redundant - even though it's not. Just send my Karma to the dark ages.
At least one person, once, thought it was funny.
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Tin Hat?
Titanium?
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What kind of head do you get from yeast that old?
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"HAL is no longer here, Dave is dead and you now have to talk to BILL and BILL doesn't answer."
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I think my Bad Karma would testify to that!
If one computer in China is responsible for 30% of all the attacks and another computer is responsible for another 30% of attacks, that only leaves 60%.
As one poster already said, I'm willing to bet that the per machine rate in both countries probably accounts for the other 60%.
Thoughts?
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With bad karma, what have I got to lose?
A Pedophile too? Check where the hand is placed!!
ROTFLMAO @ TheGeniuslsOut
Looks more like an early version of the Darth Vader Fan Club.
It didn't stop on my floor, I'm not very theoretical, I just am.
Don't you just love the smell of a burning web page after it's been slashdotted?
Makes one thing of Napalm.
P0rn games?
How about Quincy, ME - from your TV to your XBox?
Executives at HP deny that any meaningful amount of resources are being directed into plans for a mass-market operating system
Translated, a bunch of guys are working on this by themselves and if they ever get something marketable, HP will steal it from them claiming that since they (the employees) already work for HP, that HP owns anything they might tend to create and thusly, will market it to its fullest potential.
That translated means that HP really means Hefty Profit!
So . . .now that I have bad karma, how much longer before I get booted too?
Isn't Communist Party an oxymoron?
.get . . .badder . . .
--Oh, well Bad Karma must . .
--But Cap'n I'm giving her all she's got!