I just spent 5 hours on the phone between MS, and HP, trying to "return" an OEM bundled copy of Vista.
According to MS, they don't accept returns on OEM software, it's the OEM's responsibility.
According to the OEM, the software is sold as a bundle, thus eligible for a "discount". If I return the MANDATORY copy of vista, I am no longer eligible for said discount, and would OWE THEM MORE MONEY!
I'm surprised noone has mentioned Fujitsu Keyboards. YEARS ago, I found the Fujitsu FKB4726. It cost $80 when you could get a cheap KB for $15, and it was worth every penny. I still have the first one I bought, on my folk's home PC!
Stiff Mechanical Keyswitches, easy to find home row, and strong feedback.
In short, the best keyboard I've ever used. And I've used the M series Keyboards on 3720 mainframes too! (The ones with a relay in them to make the "click")
If I delete the file that causes the crash, Visio tries to reinstall it next time it starts. and EVERY time it starts. If I reinstall it, it crashes as soon as the install completes.
And just today, I recieved the following, (After a beleagured discussion with their list manager):
Hello. I have put you on our banned list which means that you (or anyone else) will not ever be able to subscribe you again. If by chance you do recieve an email from listmanager or Shagmail please email me and I will take it from there.
Thank you for your patience in solving this matter. If you have any problems please feel free to email me.
Yes!! Damn CmdrTaco and the evil regime of "There are no conspiracies!" Here's one, and they won't even publish it!! too much fear of losing andover's support I guess... Bah!
I think I'd be a KarmaWhore, if anyone read these articles...:P
Classic Series Status on some of these machines is unknown. In specific, we have confirmed boots of the SE/30 and Classic II. SCSI and serial should work on all these machines. CUDA-style ADB (all but SE/30) is working in several kernels. At this point in time, all models must have a FPU. Please note that a Classic II is also known as a Performa 200. Current status on Color Classic is unknown.
I've heard that Linux for the 68Ks requires an FPU add-on card for the current bulds... That means 030 ore higher, no LCII support without an expansion card.. Not to mention you've got to get an ethernet card... (External for a classic I'd assume..)
There was another story here on/. a while back, about the "Gravitational Strength Tensor" which, when inserted into the equations for black holes, eliminate the imaginary number components, thus demonstrating that there really is no event horizon, or singularity within the center. Blackholes are just _really_ large-mass systems, which our old equations couldn't calculate correctly... Not to mention the other recent story, in which it's mentioned that gravity may be exerting it's possibly tremendous force across multiple dimensions simultaneously... Try working those two together....
"CDT claims the red, green and blue LEPs in its new display are the first to have lifetimes long enough for use in consumer products. CDT's red LEP will work for 100 000 hours, green for 30 000 hours and blue for 1000 hours."
1000 hours? that's only 40 days of color.....
"Seiko's research in Japan shows that a cellphone will only actually get 200 hours use per year," says Burroughes. "People replace their mobiles well before the current blue polymer lifetime of 1000 hours is reached."
Umm... Mine's been on since I got it new... 3 mths already... (that would be 2 1/2 screens already!)
UCITA will not give rise to new warranty obligations. Much confusion is created by the word "license." UCITA is contract law, and when it refers to a license, it means a contract. OTOH, the GPL* is a different type of license - a copyright license. The mere act of person A writing and releasing a piece of open-source software, and person B using that software, does not form a contract. Therefore neither A nor B is subject to the provisions of UCITA. Even if somehow A was found to be covered by UCITA, section 406 expressly permits the disclaimer of warranties. The GPL* includes such a disclaimer, so A is off the hook. *Note: this also applies to other popular open-source licenses like the BSD, X, and Artistic licenses.
But you're forgetting the all-important "In a statement.." This implies that ICANN released a statement, which DENIED the allegations that they "treat[ed] Afternic UNfairly." Hence, no misspell/bad grammar in the first place...
What about using Sealand as the site to host this new, international,.tld registrar? This would rip 'ol bill's decision to shreds, throw the ICAAN on it's end, and start us fresh.. Maybe by 'borrowing' the existing records, this could be accomplished seamlessly, then determine some rules, similar to the manifesto posted on this article (it's here somewhere, before my post) Then some volunteers/employees could wade through the mess, and eliminate the current providers.
Or, go for the gold-rush mentality, and just start fresh, under a new domain hierarchy... Restructured so that.com.us is as likely to be seen as is.com.tw
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Refund?
I just spent 5 hours on the phone between MS, and HP, trying to "return" an OEM bundled copy of Vista.
According to MS, they don't accept returns on OEM software, it's the OEM's responsibility.
According to the OEM, the software is sold as a bundle, thus eligible for a "discount". If I return the MANDATORY copy of vista, I am no longer eligible for said discount, and would OWE THEM MORE MONEY!
I for one salute our new OEM overlords.
I'm surprised noone has mentioned Fujitsu Keyboards. YEARS ago, I found the Fujitsu FKB4726. It cost $80 when you could get a cheap KB for $15, and it was worth every penny. I still have the first one I bought, on my folk's home PC!
Stiff Mechanical Keyswitches, easy to find home row, and strong feedback.
In short, the best keyboard I've ever used. And I've used the M series Keyboards on 3720 mainframes too! (The ones with a relay in them to make the "click")
Great, but your link goes to:
Removing and Reinstalling Acrobat PDFMaker (6.0 for Office 2000 or XP)
is there one for version 7? Since that's the version that sucks the hardest here...
-G
You are wrong though. There are no .dot files with acrobat7.
How can you delete the file, when it isn't there?
Fair enough, except that the Adobe software CAUSES the visio problem.
-G
Wrong. It's also crashing Visio on startup.
If I delete the file that causes the crash,
Visio tries to reinstall it next time it starts.
and EVERY time it starts. If I reinstall it, it crashes as soon as the install completes.
And just today, I recieved the following, (After a beleagured discussion with their list manager):
Hello. I have put you on our banned list which means that you (or anyone else) will not ever be able to subscribe you again. If by chance you do recieve an email from listmanager or Shagmail please email me and I will take it from there.
Thank you for your patience in solving this matter. If you have any problems please feel free to email me.
win one for the little guy...
But are they hot-grits resistant?
(GDT) oh, and
/comments.pl in order to allow everyone to have a fair chance to post.
"Slow down cowboy!
Slashdot requires you to wait 1 minute between each submission of
It's been 1 minute since your last submission!"
still down as of 03:45 25/7/2000...
Yes!! Damn CmdrTaco and the evil regime of "There are no conspiracies!" Here's one, and they won't even publish it!! too much fear of losing andover's support I guess...
Bah!
I think I'd be a KarmaWhore, if anyone read these articles... :P
Classic Series
Status on some of these machines is unknown. In specific, we have confirmed boots of the SE/30 and Classic II. SCSI and serial should work on all these machines. CUDA-style ADB (all but SE/30) is working in several kernels. At this point in time, all models must have a FPU. Please note that a Classic II is also known as a Performa 200.
Current status on Color Classic is unknown.
I've heard that Linux for the 68Ks requires an FPU add-on card for the current bulds... That means 030 ore higher, no LCII support without an expansion card.. Not to mention you've got to get an ethernet card... (External for a classic I'd assume..)
There was another story here on /. a while back, about the "Gravitational Strength Tensor" which, when inserted into the equations for black holes, eliminate the imaginary number components, thus demonstrating that there really is no event horizon, or singularity within the center. Blackholes are just _really_ large-mass systems, which our old equations couldn't calculate correctly... Not to mention the other recent story, in which it's mentioned that gravity may be exerting it's possibly tremendous force across multiple dimensions simultaneously... Try working those two together....
Wont this all end when we get CSS accepted???
Y'know, If I didn't know any better, I'd say: YHBT YHL HAND But then, it's signal 11, so that can't be...
Nope. Nice troll tho'....
"CDT claims the red, green and blue LEPs in its new display are the first to have lifetimes long enough for use in consumer products. CDT's red LEP will work for 100 000 hours, green for 30 000 hours and blue for 1000 hours."
1000 hours? that's only 40 days of color.....
"Seiko's research in Japan shows that a cellphone will only actually get 200 hours use per year," says Burroughes. "People replace their mobiles well before the current blue polymer lifetime of 1000 hours is reached."
Umm... Mine's been on since I got it new... 3 mths already... (that would be 2 1/2 screens already!)
UCITA will not give rise to new warranty obligations. Much confusion is created by the word "license." UCITA is contract law, and when it refers to a license, it means a contract. OTOH, the GPL* is a different type of license - a copyright license. The mere act of person A writing and releasing a piece of open-source software, and person B using that software, does not form a contract. Therefore neither A nor B is subject to the provisions of UCITA. Even if somehow A was found to be covered by UCITA, section 406 expressly permits the disclaimer of warranties. The GPL* includes such a disclaimer, so A is off the hook. *Note: this also applies to other popular open-source licenses like the BSD, X, and Artistic licenses.
But you're forgetting the all-important "In a statement.." This implies that ICANN released a statement, which DENIED the allegations that they "treat[ed] Afternic UNfairly." Hence, no misspell/bad grammar in the first place...
What about using Sealand as the site to host this new, international, .tld registrar? This would rip 'ol bill's decision to shreds, throw the ICAAN on it's end, and start us fresh.. Maybe by 'borrowing' the existing records, this could be accomplished seamlessly, then determine some rules, similar to the manifesto posted on this article (it's here somewhere, before my post) Then some volunteers/employees could wade through the mess, and eliminate the current providers.
.com.us is as likely to be seen as is .com.tw
.ca, but no .us?
Or, go for the gold-rush mentality, and just start fresh, under a new domain hierarchy... Restructured so that
-Ever notice that there's a