Seconded. I've worked in exclusively Dell and exclusively HP shops before, and each has had their ups and downs. Dells had problems with motherboard capacitors in their GX270s and GX280s, and a rash of motherboard failures in their Precision 370s. HP had great machines in the Vectra VL6 and VL7, but had random sound chip failures in their VLi8s (although I just retired my wife's VLi8, with no problems in 6+ years.) For business desktops, I've recently been buying the HP dc5100 desktops, and they've been working out very well.
When I was recovering from a bad stomach bug, I took the opportunity to change my drinking habits, and switched to water. The caffeine-induced headache lasted a day (which was fine, because I was sore all over from throwing up so much, so I was taking Tylenol anyway.) I find myself sleeping a lot better and waking better now that I'm off caffeine. We'll see what happens next week when I get back on my bike.
In case you get tired of the taste of water, Aquafina has a line of non-carbonated water with flavors, or you can mix in just a little bit of juice to flavor plain water.
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In much the same way, incandescent bulbs match the efficiency of compact fluorescents during the winter months. Every watt "wasted" as heat during the summer is now performing useful work heating your house. (Before someone says "you called a quartz/halogen space heater inefficient because of its waste light, and now an incandescent efficient because of its waste heat!' let me say that the space heater's light is not useful light, while the bulb's heat is useful heat (during the cool months.))
It's for that reason that I replace the CF bulbs in my unheated spaces (my computer room and the laundry room) with incandescents in the winter. Not only do incandescents perform better in the winter, they also provide a little heat into the space. Similarly, my otherwise 14W Linux box (Dell Latitude 1.7GHz) will be run up to full 100W steam in the unheated space with Folding@ to help warm me up while I'm working.
Nobody came by after you bought the house and forced an HOA on you. It's part of the deal when you buy the house. Don't like it? Don't buy a house with HOA attached.
Yes, it was. Which is why a well-known Fortune 500 company that I used to work for has 16,000 machines still running Windows 2000 and Office 2000. The only thing XP brings to the table (at least until the patches run out) is WiFi, and this company doesn't use WiFi.
I solved that by disconnecting the jumper wire from the back of the stereo to the power antenna. That way, the antenna stays retracted and I get great reception from the FM transmitter sitting in the tray under the radio. (I have the parts to install a switch inline that does the same thing.) On rentals with standard antennas, I bring a small crescent wrench to remove the antenna and stash it under the seat.
without pics. Seriously. I've seen a lot of faraway pictures, but nothing concrete or close-up enough that I can apply it to my MDF. Anybody have some nice closeup pictures of a well-done installation?
Indeed, I worked at a company that had the paging extension on a DID, which could be dialed directly from anywhere on the planet. If you knew the code to activate all-zone paging (11), you could talk to the whole building. They figured that out the hard way after somebody kept randomly dialing in and playing Beavis and Butthead through the speakers. (This was pre-Office Space.)
On the HTTP side, if you get returned a page instead of a "server not found" error, that mistyping becomes a part of your browser history. From then on, any autocomplete you might rely on will return you the misspelling, since it was a "valid" page.
The problem with DRM is, that even if you do go out and buy it, it's still very difficult. (Try reinstalling half of today's games after a complete hard drive crash.)
That goes back at least as far as the Powerbook G3 (mine does it too.) Also, if your volume was muted when the computer was shut down, it is silent when you power it back on. The "Vista sound" will play regardless of your volume or mute setting.
I hope he's not writing off that computer on his taxes if he's letting his son play games on it. If you have a business, spend the $700 and buy a separate damn computer dedicated to the business. Otherwise, you get no sympathy from me if your stuff gets wiped by your kids, or encrypted when one of those ransom viruses pwns your computer, or when some unstable nonessential app causes daily lockups.
That's where I noticed the big difference. My office has a ceiling fan with four 75 watt bulbs. At 300 watts directly above my head, that's equivalent to a space heater on low. I replaced them with four 17 watt fluorescents and noticed an immediate reduction in heat output.
I assume you're talking about the 150 watt torchiere halogen lamps? If so, you should consider replacing them anyway, as they can be dangerous. There are alternatives that could save you 75 to 85 percent, and since you said you use these lamps the most, I would look at those before anything else.
Depends. If the vegetable stand was connected to a mansion, with lots of nice cars parked out front, then yes, probably. When the CEO is driving a company-provided Mercedes (all personal use, contrary to tax law), and the employees have to buy their own coffee, you can expect a higher rate of pilferage.
People don't steal from vegetable stands because they know that the people who own the stand need the money a lot more than the potential thieves do.
Exactly. The IT folks usually have the best physical access (master keys, access cards with 24x7x365 ability), so they will maintain the best appearance of honesty if they know what's good for them.
On my second day of a previous job, I arranged to work on a machine of a user while she was at lunch. I had a visit from my boss the next day. Apparently the user left her purse under her desk while she was at lunch, and $200 was missing. I didn't even notice a purse under there; I just installed some software and left, so either she was lying, or somebody else saw what was happening and took advantage of the new unknown IT guy without an alibi.
I strenuously maintained my innocence, and all was eventually forgotten, and I even eventually became friends with the user. (I worked there for 5 years.) But I'm much more aware of situations I can get myself into. I always ask before touching a computer (except in emergency, such as virus situation), make sure they stick around if there's personal effects in easy reach, and make sure there's a witness if I'm working on any 'known problem users.' I don't take old equipment home or put it on eBay without written permission from the financial higher-ups, and I never put it in my car when users are watching. (It's an appearance thing, remember.) I'm also aware when I work late and there's a lone female employee in the building; you never know when somebody's looking for the 'sexual harrassment jackpot.'
Or maybe they wanted to verify that their batteries were a problem, determine which serial numbers and dates were affected, and make sure Sony was going to stand behind them before opening the floodgates.
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I disagree. I know a lot of people who don't even take their available 14 days/year of vacation, even though they're not at any risk of being fired if they did.
Out of the people who I've encountered who don't take their full 10 days (14 days? What country do you live in?), nearly all are concerned that either their work will pile up and overwhelm them on their return, or will get piggybacked onto their already overworked coworkers (and in return, they'll be picking up the slack for the coworkers.) Thus, they will typically accrue the time until they are forced to use it or lose it, and then will take it in the form of three-day weekends or "errand days" rather than an extended break.
This is contrary to the whole purpose of a vacation, which is to get away from work for a while and relax. Not having an extended time off leads to stress, poor production, family problems, and ultimately, one fewer employee.
I also like how SP2 changes the default "Shut down" to "Shut down and install updates." Nice not catching that, and not being able to get out of the office because I'm waiting for my laptop to complete updates that must happen Right Now.
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Seconded. I've worked in exclusively Dell and exclusively HP shops before, and each has had their ups and downs. Dells had problems with motherboard capacitors in their GX270s and GX280s, and a rash of motherboard failures in their Precision 370s. HP had great machines in the Vectra VL6 and VL7, but had random sound chip failures in their VLi8s (although I just retired my wife's VLi8, with no problems in 6+ years.) For business desktops, I've recently been buying the HP dc5100 desktops, and they've been working out very well.
In case you get tired of the taste of water, Aquafina has a line of non-carbonated water with flavors, or you can mix in just a little bit of juice to flavor plain water. Tim
It's for that reason that I replace the CF bulbs in my unheated spaces (my computer room and the laundry room) with incandescents in the winter. Not only do incandescents perform better in the winter, they also provide a little heat into the space. Similarly, my otherwise 14W Linux box (Dell Latitude 1.7GHz) will be run up to full 100W steam in the unheated space with Folding@ to help warm me up while I'm working.
Nobody came by after you bought the house and forced an HOA on you. It's part of the deal when you buy the house. Don't like it? Don't buy a house with HOA attached.
Yes, it was. Which is why a well-known Fortune 500 company that I used to work for has 16,000 machines still running Windows 2000 and Office 2000. The only thing XP brings to the table (at least until the patches run out) is WiFi, and this company doesn't use WiFi.
I solved that by disconnecting the jumper wire from the back of the stereo to the power antenna. That way, the antenna stays retracted and I get great reception from the FM transmitter sitting in the tray under the radio. (I have the parts to install a switch inline that does the same thing.) On rentals with standard antennas, I bring a small crescent wrench to remove the antenna and stash it under the seat.
without pics. Seriously. I've seen a lot of faraway pictures, but nothing concrete or close-up enough that I can apply it to my MDF. Anybody have some nice closeup pictures of a well-done installation?
Indeed, I worked at a company that had the paging extension on a DID, which could be dialed directly from anywhere on the planet. If you knew the code to activate all-zone paging (11), you could talk to the whole building. They figured that out the hard way after somebody kept randomly dialing in and playing Beavis and Butthead through the speakers. (This was pre-Office Space.)
On the HTTP side, if you get returned a page instead of a "server not found" error, that mistyping becomes a part of your browser history. From then on, any autocomplete you might rely on will return you the misspelling, since it was a "valid" page.
The problem with DRM is, that even if you do go out and buy it, it's still very difficult. (Try reinstalling half of today's games after a complete hard drive crash.)
Hold the mute button when powering up, and it doesn't make any sound.
That goes back at least as far as the Powerbook G3 (mine does it too.) Also, if your volume was muted when the computer was shut down, it is silent when you power it back on. The "Vista sound" will play regardless of your volume or mute setting.
I hope he's not writing off that computer on his taxes if he's letting his son play games on it. If you have a business, spend the $700 and buy a separate damn computer dedicated to the business. Otherwise, you get no sympathy from me if your stuff gets wiped by your kids, or encrypted when one of those ransom viruses pwns your computer, or when some unstable nonessential app causes daily lockups.
Besides, I BOUGHT the files I downloaded. At least according to their site.
"Always your one-stop music shop, the iTunes Music Store now features music videos and TV shows to buy and own forever."
"Buy songs and albums by your favorite musicians."
"Buy the entire season of a TV show at a discount."
I would say that either my fair use rights are quite intact, or Apple is guilty of false advertising. So which is it?
I want to put it on my Creative Muvo. Fairplay isn't THAT generous.
That's where I noticed the big difference. My office has a ceiling fan with four 75 watt bulbs. At 300 watts directly above my head, that's equivalent to a space heater on low. I replaced them with four 17 watt fluorescents and noticed an immediate reduction in heat output.
I assume you're talking about the 150 watt torchiere halogen lamps? If so, you should consider replacing them anyway, as they can be dangerous. There are alternatives that could save you 75 to 85 percent, and since you said you use these lamps the most, I would look at those before anything else.
$7 to 8 a pop? I get them in a "contractor's pack" of 12 for $10.99 at Home Depot.
People don't steal from vegetable stands because they know that the people who own the stand need the money a lot more than the potential thieves do.
On my second day of a previous job, I arranged to work on a machine of a user while she was at lunch. I had a visit from my boss the next day. Apparently the user left her purse under her desk while she was at lunch, and $200 was missing. I didn't even notice a purse under there; I just installed some software and left, so either she was lying, or somebody else saw what was happening and took advantage of the new unknown IT guy without an alibi.
I strenuously maintained my innocence, and all was eventually forgotten, and I even eventually became friends with the user. (I worked there for 5 years.) But I'm much more aware of situations I can get myself into. I always ask before touching a computer (except in emergency, such as virus situation), make sure they stick around if there's personal effects in easy reach, and make sure there's a witness if I'm working on any 'known problem users.' I don't take old equipment home or put it on eBay without written permission from the financial higher-ups, and I never put it in my car when users are watching. (It's an appearance thing, remember.) I'm also aware when I work late and there's a lone female employee in the building; you never know when somebody's looking for the 'sexual harrassment jackpot.'
So the fact that Windows XP SP2 STILL assigns the default user as an Administrator is because of antitrust?
Excellent. Thanks for the tip!
Out of the people who I've encountered who don't take their full 10 days (14 days? What country do you live in?), nearly all are concerned that either their work will pile up and overwhelm them on their return, or will get piggybacked onto their already overworked coworkers (and in return, they'll be picking up the slack for the coworkers.) Thus, they will typically accrue the time until they are forced to use it or lose it, and then will take it in the form of three-day weekends or "errand days" rather than an extended break.
This is contrary to the whole purpose of a vacation, which is to get away from work for a while and relax. Not having an extended time off leads to stress, poor production, family problems, and ultimately, one fewer employee.
I also like how SP2 changes the default "Shut down" to "Shut down and install updates." Nice not catching that, and not being able to get out of the office because I'm waiting for my laptop to complete updates that must happen Right Now.