I believe that an economist somewhere found that low-income families were considerably more likely to own big TVs, or subscribe to premium channels.
I do occasional "internet installs" for a cable company. I have been in many houses and apartments with tons of kids, next-to-no-furniture, lots of potato chip bags, beer bottles and the like on every available surface, and a huge and very expensive television set. (And an old computer with Windows 98 to install their new Internet service onto.)
I called the phone company to report the trouble since they connected a neighbor 2 blocks away to the same pair as my house.
That's similar to what happened to me about 25 years ago. I had four phone lines in my house (ran a BBS) and disconnected one for a reason that I can't remember offhand. I was going to get it reconnected after several months, so I plugged in a modem to that line again and hit ata just for fun. Dial tone!?? I did a bit of research and discovered that my line had been hooked up to a phone in the staff lounge at the high school on the other side of town!
he may miss something important Dealing with and insuring that your customers are satisfied isn't important?
Without the customers, there is no company!
I'd say that responding to the customers' help-me messages is pretty damn important; if he needs assistance to cope with the volume of mail, hire someone!
I purchase 10K worth of stuff from Dell each year and although I scream at their tech support for being idiots about twice a year, they still offer a great deal.
Wouldn't you be better off spending that 10K with someone who appreciates the business and who you don't have to scream at? You can still get good prices from independent computer dealers. Really!
I would be more inclined to solve that inconvenience with a visit/discussion to the teacher, followed by the prinicpal, and followed by the school board (as necessary).
Are they teaching your kid how to use a computer, or just how to push magic and mysterious buttons?
So I get a number, and post it in my ad. Someone wants to impersonate me so he copies the number out of my ad (after all, it's of no value if it's kept secret), and uses it to fool people. What has been gained?
Nobody here is searching the customers. They come in, pay for their ticket and watch the movie and go home afterward. I hope to sell them a popcorn and drink while they're here.
I like my theatre, actually. And since it's mine, I run it the way that I want to run it.
I don't think you were audio-recorded, and you are aware that you were video-recorded (since you mention it here, there must have been a sign or something) so by entering I think you consented to the video recording.
MS can afford to essentially outlaw Linux if they wanted to. . . in the US.
There is a whole big world out there beyond the borders of the USA, where a lot of smart people live and work, and a lot of technology and innovation is happening. If the US wants to (for whatever reason) shoot their technology industry down, that will just create a larger market and demand for the rest of the world to meet.
If you're in the US, it's probably a bad thing to hear about this sort of thing, but in the rest of the world you may be rejoicing. More opportunity!
You don't generally sell GPL software on a disk in box, and boot the customer out the door right after you hand it to him. In a nutshell, you sell him the software and set it up for him and then bill him for services rendered.
This business model works much better than you may think at first glance, because depending on the job, "services rendered" can add up to thousands of dollars.
Barbie doll cutout books. You cut out the doll from the cardboard cover, then cut out the clothes on the inside pages and folded them over the cardboard doll cutouts.
What about a Meccano set? I had one when I was a kid that belonged to my dad when he was a kid. And we bought more "sets" to add to it. I remember getting a special set to make a clock out of. (It wasn't much of a clock.)
Remember those "learn a new skill" correspondence school things that used to come in the mail?
About twenty years ago a civil engineer in the office where I worked was a real he-man type of guy -- a real macho man sort.
One day I got one of those correspondence school things in the mail so I filled it out with his name and our office address and checked off that he was interested in receiving more information about a course in dressmaking.
For at least a year after that he received regular mailings about how wonderful it would be and how much money he could save by making his own clothes.
He never did figure out who signed him up for that.
On a somewhat related note, does anyone know what the current status of freetype vis-a-vis subpixel hinting is on Fedora? I believe it was removed due to the same sort of legal reasons that keep mp3 support out of the main distribution. However, Livna picks up the slack in respect of video and audio codecs and the like; is anyone (Livna again?) perhaps going to release a "complete" freetype for Fedora 7 as well for those of us who live outside of the USA?
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There is no need to extract the files from the ISO. Just put the iso file on your network drive and tell the boot cd where to find it. The installer is smart enough to look inside of the ISO and extract everything it needs all by itself.
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Go to the courthouse and discuss your situation with the court clerk and the Sheriff. They will assist you.
Last time I checked, you have to at least subscribe to basic cable as a prereq to Internet.
Check again. A friend of mine has cable Internet only at his office, and he pays for that, and only that. No TV hookup or charge.
I believe that an economist somewhere found that low-income families were considerably more likely to own big TVs, or subscribe to premium channels.
I do occasional "internet installs" for a cable company. I have been in many houses and apartments with tons of kids, next-to-no-furniture, lots of potato chip bags, beer bottles and the like on every available surface, and a huge and very expensive television set. (And an old computer with Windows 98 to install their new Internet service onto.)
I called the phone company to report the trouble since they connected a neighbor 2 blocks away to the same pair as my house.
That's similar to what happened to me about 25 years ago. I had four phone lines in my house (ran a BBS) and disconnected one for a reason that I can't remember offhand. I was going to get it reconnected after several months, so I plugged in a modem to that line again and hit ata just for fun. Dial tone!?? I did a bit of research and discovered that my line had been hooked up to a phone in the staff lounge at the high school on the other side of town!
You pay in advance at most fast food places in the USA too.
I wonder if the Contra Costa School District wrote off the depreciation of this capital equipment over the ten years?
I don't think school districts pay taxes, so I doubt that's relevant.
he may miss something important
Dealing with and insuring that your customers are satisfied isn't important?
Without the customers, there is no company!
I'd say that responding to the customers' help-me messages is pretty damn important; if he needs assistance to cope with the volume of mail, hire someone!
Dell already apologized:
I notice there is no mention in that "apology" of how they will prevent this situation occurring the next time.
Are you sure that counts as an apology in its current form?
"Sorry about breaking your window, Mr. Wilson. Ok boys, back to the ballgame!"
I purchase 10K worth of stuff from Dell each year and although I scream at their tech support for being idiots about twice a year, they still offer a great deal.
Wouldn't you be better off spending that 10K with someone who appreciates the business and who you don't have to scream at? You can still get good prices from independent computer dealers. Really!
That webpage says "We goofed", but I don't see the most important part of an apology.
The "These are the steps that we have taken to insure that this does not happen in the future" part.
That inconvenience is usually solved with piracy,
I would be more inclined to solve that inconvenience with a visit/discussion to the teacher, followed by the prinicpal, and followed by the school board (as necessary).
Are they teaching your kid how to use a computer, or just how to push magic and mysterious buttons?
You can just as well give your employees Wordpad.
If they can do their job using no more than Wordpad, if Wordpad is adequate for their requirements, then why would they require more?
If I am hired to do a job that requires the use of a shovel, I wouldn't expect the company to provide me with a backhoe.
So I get a number, and post it in my ad. Someone wants to impersonate me so he copies the number out of my ad (after all, it's of no value if it's kept secret), and uses it to fool people. What has been gained?
my friends went to the movies on Saturday
I think I can go you one better.
I own a movie theatre.
Nobody here is searching the customers. They come in, pay for their ticket and watch the movie and go home afterward. I hope to sell them a popcorn and drink while they're here.
I like my theatre, actually. And since it's mine, I run it the way that I want to run it.
I don't think you were audio-recorded, and you are aware that you were video-recorded (since you mention it here, there must have been a sign or something) so by entering I think you consented to the video recording.
MS can afford to essentially outlaw Linux if they wanted to. . . in the US.
There is a whole big world out there beyond the borders of the USA, where a lot of smart people live and work, and a lot of technology and innovation is happening. If the US wants to (for whatever reason) shoot their technology industry down, that will just create a larger market and demand for the rest of the world to meet.
If you're in the US, it's probably a bad thing to hear about this sort of thing, but in the rest of the world you may be rejoicing. More opportunity!
The answer to your question is simple: Service.
You don't generally sell GPL software on a disk in box, and boot the customer out the door right after you hand it to him. In a nutshell, you sell him the software and set it up for him and then bill him for services rendered.
This business model works much better than you may think at first glance, because depending on the job, "services rendered" can add up to thousands of dollars.
Barbie doll cutout books. You cut out the doll from the cardboard cover, then cut out the clothes on the inside pages and folded them over the cardboard doll cutouts.
What about a Meccano set? I had one when I was a kid that belonged to my dad when he was a kid. And we bought more "sets" to add to it. I remember getting a special set to make a clock out of. (It wasn't much of a clock.)
The Justice System has nothing to do with justice, though that seems to be a common misconception among many people.
The Justice System is concerned with the application of the strict letter of the law, and nothing more than that.
Yup! It's worked great for thousands of years.
You'd be surprised.. Farmers (especially OLD farmers) know what they are doing!
Remember those "learn a new skill" correspondence school things that used to come in the mail?
About twenty years ago a civil engineer in the office where I worked was a real he-man type of guy -- a real macho man sort.
One day I got one of those correspondence school things in the mail so I filled it out with his name and our office address and checked off that he was interested in receiving more information about a course in dressmaking.
For at least a year after that he received regular mailings about how wonderful it would be and how much money he could save by making his own clothes.
He never did figure out who signed him up for that.
On a somewhat related note, does anyone know what the current status of freetype vis-a-vis subpixel hinting is on Fedora? I believe it was removed due to the same sort of legal reasons that keep mp3 support out of the main distribution. However, Livna picks up the slack in respect of video and audio codecs and the like; is anyone (Livna again?) perhaps going to release a "complete" freetype for Fedora 7 as well for those of us who live outside of the USA?
I wonder if that is related to this bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi? id=242111
There is no need to extract the files from the ISO. Just put the iso file on your network drive and tell the boot cd where to find it. The installer is smart enough to look inside of the ISO and extract everything it needs all by itself.