I suggest he goes out and finds a second hand version of the game (irony dictates it should cost less than £1.30). Then he should write them a letter claiming he does own the game but since the gamedisc was scratched he downloaded it so he could play the game which he legally bought (Do not forget to scratch the disc badly, also throw away the ticket!). Doesn't this clear him?
If only it were possible to forget sticking a £600 poststamp on the reply letter.
Obviously you're lagging behind in terms of social networking. And as I am told almost every week, social networking is something that any IT person should be doing.
But seriously, I found a way around this mass of utilities. I got an old laptop on which I install all this new fancy messaging software, I then create an account and leave some sparse information about myself, and then I NEVER look back.
This way I can tell people I do have an account on network XYZ but sadly because of my "prior social engagements" I may not be online on their network of choice when they are. Add to that the fact that only my direct superior has my phone number and I become exactly what people expect of me: the IT guy that can be reached in millions of ways whenever the oppertunity calls for it.
And I thought the cell phone incident in that Paris Hilton (pretty sure it was that video) video was a good enough signal to the world as to why there is a place and a time for everything.
Calling during a gaming session I can live with as long as it's a hands free set and thus the game can go on without a large interruption.
But what irks me to no end is letting people call you in the dead of night is bad. And there is nothing more annoying than a person who takes her cellphone with her into the shower in a plastic bag. You know, just in case...
Yes, you know who you are.
[...] huge underground control compounds somewhere in the mountains [...]
Of course there aren't any to be found. Everyone knows they were taken down by James Bond in the sixties and seventies.
But seriously even if one has the funding to build such a base as a terrorist org, why risk the possible exposure and subsequent asswhooping? Even if you wanted too, it'd be on the list of stuff-to-do waaaaaay after killing people, blowing stuff up and weapons acquisitions.
I know. It's really weird to see the people around me slowly but surely changing their stance on Vista's troubles/issues even though the problems with their PCs haven't changed at all.
In the past those among my customers who had issues/crashes in Vista blamed it on MS full stop and MS was the only party to take the hits in the ensuing conversation. But then a few days ago NVidia's driver software was outed as the reason for most of Vistas crashes, not MS's software per se. And the comments changed from "Vista crashed again" to "I think it's a video driver issue they're NVidia". And now Creative turns out to be the sole responsible for its issues in Vista. I already had a few people say to me "Did you hear about Creative? I knew there was something odd there all along.". Soem people have actually started digging a bit deeper before placing a call to the helpdesk. Maybe it'll stick.
Now that the flack seems to be flying in more directions than one I think MS's customer relations department has been sleeping a bit easier these last few nights.
After having read the articles I understand that the reason for Daniel_k asking for donations was the price of the Creative hardware in his country... I believe this piece of information to be completely false and fabricated. I trust history will prove me right.
Historical revisionism: 1) Daniel_k observes the current state of (the) Creative (drivers) and begins to plan out the most diabolical takeover ever deviced. 2) Daniel_k improves the drivers for Vista using his vast intellect and allows the masses of Creative users to download them for free. 3) Daniel_k claims the price of new hardware to be excessive and asks for donations. He receives a grand total of $146. 4) Creative has no choice but to react and does so through Phil. (This does not go down well.) 5) The frustrated masses join together on message boards everywhere asking for Phil's head and/or parts of his neck. 6) Daniel_k ignores surge of cheap Creative hardware appearing on e-bay and the likes furthering his role as victim in this case. 7) Creative's stock prices drop significantly over the following days resulting in the firm's near bankrupcy. 8) Daniel_k buys Creative for $146.
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I suggest he goes out and finds a second hand version of the game (irony dictates it should cost less than £1.30). Then he should write them a letter claiming he does own the game but since the gamedisc was scratched he downloaded it so he could play the game which he legally bought (Do not forget to scratch the disc badly, also throw away the ticket!). Doesn't this clear him? If only it were possible to forget sticking a £600 poststamp on the reply letter.
"10 different instant messaging protocols?"
Obviously you're lagging behind in terms of social networking. And as I am told almost every week, social networking is something that any IT person should be doing.
But seriously, I found a way around this mass of utilities. I got an old laptop on which I install all this new fancy messaging software, I then create an account and leave some sparse information about myself, and then I NEVER look back.
This way I can tell people I do have an account on network XYZ but sadly because of my "prior social engagements" I may not be online on their network of choice when they are. Add to that the fact that only my direct superior has my phone number and I become exactly what people expect of me: the IT guy that can be reached in millions of ways whenever the oppertunity calls for it.
No way they can blame me if they can't find me.
And I thought the cell phone incident in that Paris Hilton (pretty sure it was that video) video was a good enough signal to the world as to why there is a place and a time for everything. Calling during a gaming session I can live with as long as it's a hands free set and thus the game can go on without a large interruption. But what irks me to no end is letting people call you in the dead of night is bad. And there is nothing more annoying than a person who takes her cellphone with her into the shower in a plastic bag. You know, just in case ...
Yes, you know who you are.
Of course there aren't any to be found. Everyone knows they were taken down by James Bond in the sixties and seventies. But seriously even if one has the funding to build such a base as a terrorist org, why risk the possible exposure and subsequent asswhooping? Even if you wanted too, it'd be on the list of stuff-to-do waaaaaay after killing people, blowing stuff up and weapons acquisitions.
I know. It's really weird to see the people around me slowly but surely changing their stance on Vista's troubles/issues even though the problems with their PCs haven't changed at all.
In the past those among my customers who had issues/crashes in Vista blamed it on MS full stop and MS was the only party to take the hits in the ensuing conversation. But then a few days ago NVidia's driver software was outed as the reason for most of Vistas crashes, not MS's software per se. And the comments changed from "Vista crashed again" to "I think it's a video driver issue they're NVidia". And now Creative turns out to be the sole responsible for its issues in Vista. I already had a few people say to me "Did you hear about Creative? I knew there was something odd there all along.". Soem people have actually started digging a bit deeper before placing a call to the helpdesk. Maybe it'll stick.
Now that the flack seems to be flying in more directions than one I think MS's customer relations department has been sleeping a bit easier these last few nights.
After having read the articles I understand that the reason for Daniel_k asking for donations was the price of the Creative hardware in his country ... I believe this piece of information to be completely false and fabricated. I trust history will prove me right.
Historical revisionism:
1) Daniel_k observes the current state of (the) Creative (drivers) and begins to plan out the most diabolical takeover ever deviced.
2) Daniel_k improves the drivers for Vista using his vast intellect and allows the masses of Creative users to download them for free.
3) Daniel_k claims the price of new hardware to be excessive and asks for donations. He receives a grand total of $146.
4) Creative has no choice but to react and does so through Phil. (This does not go down well.)
5) The frustrated masses join together on message boards everywhere asking for Phil's head and/or parts of his neck.
6) Daniel_k ignores surge of cheap Creative hardware appearing on e-bay and the likes furthering his role as victim in this case.
7) Creative's stock prices drop significantly over the following days resulting in the firm's near bankrupcy.
8) Daniel_k buys Creative for $146.