"A standard is the right way to do things, commonly accepted."
I want to disagree with this. Many people like do things the "standard wrong way". Couple of posts back, one stated MPEG-2 as "a" standard, but found that it's not "the" standard (their definition, anyways). Just because it's a standard, de facto or formal doesn't make it "the right way".
And, unfortunately, MS Word *.doc IS a standard. Perhaps not a standard you like or a standard you work with, or even a standard you want around. Nonetheless, MSWord *.doc is a standard (even if a proprietary one). FWIW, Wordpad is provided with every copy of Windows since '95, so Office/Word is not a requirement for this standard to run.
"I have a VIA KT400 chipset board with a Duron 1400 in it. Two analogue and one digital PCI TV tuners, PCI NIC, PCI SCSI. 43 days uptime since I last rebuilt the kernel. That's good enough for me."
Good for some games, maybe, but throw on a RAID5+ controller with two or three GB nics needed for redundancy. Fill up a storage array and put some serious "work" on it and you'll see how long you stay up if you don't freeze up due to compatibility issues (if you have any that will work with this chipset).
"yeah it's not the same. via/nvidia offer more things people want on their desktop with reliability that is good for desktop(no problems there to be frank)"
Oh, my. I would have to disagree with this statement with my own multi-year experience...sorry, but I consider VIA/NVidia as very UN-relisable with lots of problems. Not to mention the lacking of support. Perhaps this will improve as these vendors grow, but as the parent is trying to point out, it's the chipsets underneath that drive the system as a whole and VIA/Nvidia are just not up to par yet. Their platforms need vast improvement, imho.
Yeah, but the deficit would triple what it is now. Not to mention the fact Apple "was" dying until they changed the core operating system (or opened it, still debatable).
"Oh well. Really, never getting a Gateway again."
At least you have found the root cause of the problem. The answer, obviously, is to learn how to disassemble laptops and fix it yourself (kinda like the ol' days, eh?).
TFA included details that he was cuffed to a stationary object while onlookers and other customers passed by. Best Buy doesn't have an office? 6 figures at the very least, imo.
If it was so fukkin faultless, then why are they getting the flack for it? It's not spammers doing the bitching...it's the legitimate email...in case you had your head stuck up your ass so far to notice.
Multiply that ONCE times the number of people in my company and it becomes a big problem. It makes one wonder what possible sales have been missed because they couldn't contact you.
Aha! A self admitted spammer! Despite the ethics, you still did it. You belong in the same pigeon hole you accuse others to be in. And now we really can't trust you, you liar!
I don't live in Brazil or China, but I'm listed in blackholes.us with no repreive unless I get my company to lose $10,000 to end the contract now. This is not logical.
"You get listed because you fail to terminate the spammer, or you fail to prevent the spammer from signing up again (which is substantially the same thing)"
No, you get listed because you're in the Verio network.
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You realize that professors in a lecture are the worst source of "accurate" information in these times?
WTF?
"A standard is the right way to do things, commonly accepted."
I want to disagree with this. Many people like do things the "standard wrong way". Couple of posts back, one stated MPEG-2 as "a" standard, but found that it's not "the" standard (their definition, anyways). Just because it's a standard, de facto or formal doesn't make it "the right way".
And, unfortunately, MS Word *.doc IS a standard. Perhaps not a standard you like or a standard you work with, or even a standard you want around. Nonetheless, MSWord *.doc is a standard (even if a proprietary one). FWIW, Wordpad is provided with every copy of Windows since '95, so Office/Word is not a requirement for this standard to run.
It's already been successfully argued (imho) that RBL's do not work, either.
"I have a VIA KT400 chipset board with a Duron 1400 in it. Two analogue and one digital PCI TV tuners, PCI NIC, PCI SCSI. 43 days uptime since I last rebuilt the kernel. That's good enough for me." Good for some games, maybe, but throw on a RAID5+ controller with two or three GB nics needed for redundancy. Fill up a storage array and put some serious "work" on it and you'll see how long you stay up if you don't freeze up due to compatibility issues (if you have any that will work with this chipset).
"yeah it's not the same. via/nvidia offer more things people want on their desktop with reliability that is good for desktop(no problems there to be frank)" Oh, my. I would have to disagree with this statement with my own multi-year experience...sorry, but I consider VIA/NVidia as very UN-relisable with lots of problems. Not to mention the lacking of support. Perhaps this will improve as these vendors grow, but as the parent is trying to point out, it's the chipsets underneath that drive the system as a whole and VIA/Nvidia are just not up to par yet. Their platforms need vast improvement, imho.
Yeah, but the deficit would triple what it is now. Not to mention the fact Apple "was" dying until they changed the core operating system (or opened it, still debatable).
"Oh well. Really, never getting a Gateway again." At least you have found the root cause of the problem. The answer, obviously, is to learn how to disassemble laptops and fix it yourself (kinda like the ol' days, eh?).
I need a new wife.
Delete and a return stroke for the confirmation box.
" Phi Beta Kappa graduates at anything!"
This speaks volumes about you and the education system.
That's just it, he was paying a debt, remember? They were already threatening police action for not paying the debt. He offered legal tender.
No, they're just that stupid. Money is money.
TFA included details that he was cuffed to a stationary object while onlookers and other customers passed by. Best Buy doesn't have an office? 6 figures at the very least, imo.
IANAL either, but I believe the penalty for refusing legal tender is that the bill is considered paid.
I like this idea.
And yes, even you women.
Been chatting lately?
"There is, as yet, no law stopping you from putting up your own website and running your own television "propaganda" campaign on the matter."
There doesn't need to be a law when it takes $1000 per second to air.
"spamhaus xbl-bls is near faultless!"
If it was so fukkin faultless, then why are they getting the flack for it? It's not spammers doing the bitching...it's the legitimate email...in case you had your head stuck up your ass so far to notice.
Multiply that ONCE times the number of people in my company and it becomes a big problem. It makes one wonder what possible sales have been missed because they couldn't contact you.
Aha! A self admitted spammer! Despite the ethics, you still did it. You belong in the same pigeon hole you accuse others to be in. And now we really can't trust you, you liar!
Is this like "If you're not a witch, your soul will be saved at least"?
I don't live in Brazil or China, but I'm listed in blackholes.us with no repreive unless I get my company to lose $10,000 to end the contract now. This is not logical.
"You get listed because you fail to terminate the spammer, or you fail to prevent the spammer from signing up again (which is substantially the same thing)"
No, you get listed because you're in the Verio network.