So which inspectors found the fault? Was it one of NASA's inspectors or one that was outsourced to India? Can somebody post a copy of the article please?
Now there is a blast from the past. I have fond memories of using GeoWorks Ensemble while in graduate school. I was forced to pickup a used RadioShack B&W 286 laptop in order to attend a computer class. The class was full but they allowed a few additional students to sign in if they had laptops. So I had a copy of GeoWorks and I cranked out a ton of term papers with it. It was a pretty nifty program for it's time. It ran very quickly on that 286.
It boggles my mind when I read things like that. My landlord was telling me how the company that he works for was going into dark/lean times. In the past it had record highs of 850 million in profits. Last year they only earned 530 million in profits. He makes it seem like everybody should dump their stocks and start looking for another job. Sheesh.
What a creepy article. It's sad looking into the mind of this individual who is addicted to buying junk. Here is an example of a poor schmuck who is at the bottom of a triangle scheme. Blindly buying crud from people higher up in the triangle and barely selling anything to people who would become the new triangle bottom. One would think it would be a lot cheaper to join a MMORPG and go into the [ingame]buying/selling of virtual items. Instead of wasting hundreds of dollars a week, he would just waste $10-$20 per month plus any RL time.
Microsoft has learned alot from their first anti-trust trial and have made changes to their strategy. First they poured a ton of money into their DC Lobbist force. Before the trial they hardly spent a time lobbying in DC. Since the trial they've poured a ton of MS cash into the pockets of politicians. For their second trick they decided to use a chump company to assault the linux lifeforce.
I came this close -->-- in getting my teaching cert and become a school teacher. Luckily I got to support all the computers in my grad school and I kinda liked that more then teaching. The Chairman of the department was disapointed that I didn't want to go into teaching but he wanted to know if I wanted to stay on and get another MS so I can take care of the department's computers again. After slaving away in grad school for a mere 8k/year, I felt like laughing in his face. As for now, I would gladly switch to a new career if it would pay 30k+ more then I'm earning now.
So what's the difference between this and IBM helping a company to migrate their entire chain from using Oracle to DB2? It sounds like a very shallow case for the SCO shysters.
I've been demonstrating this stchick coin toss hoax for years. I would flip a coin and make it land heads 100 times in a row. It was a stupid trick but I would perform it when people say that coin tosses are fair. I had fond memories of upsetting two brainiacs back in HS with this.
Look what happened to the Levis clothing company. Jacob Davis first approached Levi Strauss back in 1872 with a new way of making stronger pants. Levi had the capital and decided to go into business with Jacob after they file the patent for making the pants. So the company made a fortune and let's fast forward to today. I believe that Levis has shutdown their last clothing manufacturing plant in the United States last year. All their clothing is being 'outsourced' to non-American factories. It's disgusting seeing a company like Levis sellout like that. Now they get to have their clothing made dirt cheap and they expect us to buy their stuff? No way.
Did Microsoft build the virus scanner, firewall and file backup software or are they water-downed 3rd party OEM software? Something along the lines like Executive Software's Diskeeper? If they are 3rd party OEM stuff, will this protect Microsoft from being taken to court by McAfee and Symantec?
>> And, speaking of humour...my prof's PowerBook core dumped yesterday as he was lecturing
Hello Basher, welcome to Nethack! You are a lawful human Knight. You see here a apple. There is an apple here;eat it? [ynq] (n) The apple was delicious; core dumped.
So true but the real test of Yahoo's new search engine will be battled with Yahoo's employees. Will they stick with Google or switch to the company's new darling.
I hear you and agree. Maybe they should concentrate their energies and cash on their primary service. I'm not a "frothing at the mouth" privacy rights individual, but I do get a ping of doubt in the back of my mind whenever I use one of these sights language translation service. I never recalled seeing any "privacy disclaimers" or what a site can potentially can do with the information that they translate for free for you. Do they keep a copy of it? If they find a website within the document, do they add that to their search engine? Or am I just being over cautious?
Don't forget that they also took in DejaNews. Doesn't Google no offer a free language translation service too? I think Google might want to reconsider offering so many service.
Here is a backlash anti-Compaq website showing the shortfalls of Compaq's Tech Support. There are several really good posted articles from technicians that had to support Tier-1 Compaq calls. If you have the time it worth browsing through some of the stories.
Here is a example posting of the tech support hell from a Compaq tech support tech.
Tech from Site 38 I'm a Compaq technician; not really I work for Sykes Corp., which contracts to Compaq. Most customers don't understand why they get the support they get. Most techs want to help out but the restrictions that Compaq imposes stops us from helping.
One restriction that Compaq imposes is a time limit. You may call and ask if we have a time limit and we'll answer "no, we don't have a time limit", as we are required to say. When I first started out, we had twelve to fifteen minutes to solve your problem, which can be done if it's a simple question. (I.e. how much RAM can I put in the machine) Then about four months later the time length moved again to ten through twelve minutes to solve and if you had to rebooted the system three times then your times up. Well, guess what... the time limits have moved again. Currently the limit is from six to ten minutes to solve your problem. Currently the only way to get complex machine corrected is to QR the machine whether it needs it or not. Wait... Hold on a bit... I know what you're going to say and I AGREE WITH YOU. A lot of problems can be fixed without doing the QR..... Here's the catch 22 for us the techs.... If we don't get you off the phone in the current time limit when we will be written up or later fired if it keeps happening (PERIOD). For an incentive, we the techs get paid more money if we get you off the phones faster. Yes this is the first time that I've gone to work for a company to deceive people about Compaq's problems.
Another restriction that Compaq imposes takes place in giving support to the customer. According to Compaq, we are under no condition to tell people about the major problems with different systems. If you read the tech's (from site 58) information when you could see what I'm talking about. Also if you get a computer that will not work and it's out of the box or about every component has been replaced, we can not tell you to take it back even if we thinks it's a Lemon. If we tell you the customer to take it back to the store and Compaq is monitoring the call they will call Sykes and tell Sykes to remove that tech from their employment. So what do you think Sykes will do... fire an honest tech or jeopardize losing the contract? So what do we have to say is that we (Compaq) will get the computer fixed. Now for the fun part is that out of box monitor or printer not working we can replace it...But what we can't tell you is that it will be replaced with a refurbished component...Yes someone old rebuild piece of equipment in exchange for your new monitor or printer. I have finally got it all figured out. We are not here for customer support but for customer management... Do you remember during the Gulf war when all the American people in Iraq were forced to stay at military site so that we wouldn't bomb those sites? Well Compaq must have thought it was a great idea because they're using the same tactics. And we the techs are there to protect from any customer from getting to them but instead of oil or weapons we're protecting Compaq's money. We the tech are the human wall set up by Compaq.
Not only do we have to deal with Compaq but we have to deal with Sykes too. Some of the internal operations disable us from help you. After our initial training, we start receiving less and less training. All of the software that comes with the computer old and new, we have had no training unless we have the program a home or check it out after hours. Many techs have requested formal training on a program that people uses a lot but all requests for trainin
It makes me shiver in fear for what the porn industry will do with this technology once they sink their teeth into this. It will totally revolutionize the fetish market in buying "once worn" female undergarments. Now you can get a preview of the scent of a woman right in a piece of spam message. Yack!
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So which inspectors found the fault? Was it one of NASA's inspectors or one that was outsourced to India? Can somebody post a copy of the article please?
What about the Commodore PET computer? Did the Sinclair, TI95 and PCjr have unique OSs?
Now there is a blast from the past. I have fond memories of using GeoWorks Ensemble while in graduate school. I was forced to pickup a used RadioShack B&W 286 laptop in order to attend a computer class. The class was full but they allowed a few additional students to sign in if they had laptops. So I had a copy of GeoWorks and I cranked out a ton of term papers with it. It was a pretty nifty program for it's time. It ran very quickly on that 286.
Too bad the sight was /.'ed so fast. I really wanted to read it. But my browser is sitting there forver....like GI Joe loading up on my old C64.
It boggles my mind when I read things like that. My landlord was telling me how the company that he works for was going into dark/lean times. In the past it had record highs of 850 million in profits. Last year they only earned 530 million in profits. He makes it seem like everybody should dump their stocks and start looking for another job. Sheesh.
What a creepy article. It's sad looking into the mind of this individual who is addicted to buying junk. Here is an example of a poor schmuck who is at the bottom of a triangle scheme. Blindly buying crud from people higher up in the triangle and barely selling anything to people who would become the new triangle bottom. One would think it would be a lot cheaper to join a MMORPG and go into the [ingame]buying/selling of virtual items. Instead of wasting hundreds of dollars a week, he would just waste $10-$20 per month plus any RL time.
Microsoft has learned alot from their first anti-trust trial and have made changes to their strategy. First they poured a ton of money into their DC Lobbist force. Before the trial they hardly spent a time lobbying in DC. Since the trial they've poured a ton of MS cash into the pockets of politicians. For their second trick they decided to use a chump company to assault the linux lifeforce.
I came this close -->-- in getting my teaching cert and become a school teacher. Luckily I got to support all the computers in my grad school and I kinda liked that more then teaching. The Chairman of the department was disapointed that I didn't want to go into teaching but he wanted to know if I wanted to stay on and get another MS so I can take care of the department's computers again. After slaving away in grad school for a mere 8k/year, I felt like laughing in his face. As for now, I would gladly switch to a new career if it would pay 30k+ more then I'm earning now.
So what's the difference between this and IBM helping a company to migrate their entire chain from using Oracle to DB2? It sounds like a very shallow case for the SCO shysters.
Well at least I won a $20 bet while doing this stupid trick. :P
I've been demonstrating this stchick coin toss hoax for years. I would flip a coin and make it land heads 100 times in a row. It was a stupid trick but I would perform it when people say that coin tosses are fair. I had fond memories of upsetting two brainiacs back in HS with this.
Dang, I thought he can now throw a football through a tire hanging from a tree. Go figure.
Look what happened to the Levis clothing company. Jacob Davis first approached Levi Strauss back in 1872 with a new way of making stronger pants. Levi had the capital and decided to go into business with Jacob after they file the patent for making the pants. So the company made a fortune and let's fast forward to today. I believe that Levis has shutdown their last clothing manufacturing plant in the United States last year. All their clothing is being 'outsourced' to non-American factories. It's disgusting seeing a company like Levis sellout like that. Now they get to have their clothing made dirt cheap and they expect us to buy their stuff? No way.
They've also applied the thumbscrew to the Scientology stooges too.
Most likely somebody swapped his vaseline with bengay.
Did Microsoft build the virus scanner, firewall and file backup software or are they water-downed 3rd party OEM software? Something along the lines like Executive Software's Diskeeper? If they are 3rd party OEM stuff, will this protect Microsoft from being taken to court by McAfee and Symantec?
>> And, speaking of humour...my prof's PowerBook core dumped yesterday as he was lecturing
Hello Basher, welcome to Nethack! You are a lawful human Knight.
You see here a apple.
There is an apple here;eat it? [ynq] (n)
The apple was delicious; core dumped.
>> People just accepted, "Cars leak oil."
Even better, back then the Japanese made cars that were a lot quieter. It stumped US automakers until they figured out how they did it.
I haven't trusted Tom's Hardware site for such a long time. They're totally in Intel's pocket playing pocket pinball.
So why does Google to offer such a white elephant to visitors? Why tarnish their great search service with associating it with a junk translator?
So true but the real test of Yahoo's new search engine will be battled with Yahoo's employees. Will they stick with Google or switch to the company's new darling.
I hear you and agree. Maybe they should concentrate their energies and cash on their primary service. I'm not a "frothing at the mouth" privacy rights individual, but I do get a ping of doubt in the back of my mind whenever I use one of these sights language translation service. I never recalled seeing any "privacy disclaimers" or what a site can potentially can do with the information that they translate for free for you. Do they keep a copy of it? If they find a website within the document, do they add that to their search engine? Or am I just being over cautious?
Don't forget that they also took in DejaNews. Doesn't Google no offer a free language translation service too? I think Google might want to reconsider offering so many service.
Compaqsucks.com : Compaqs Really Suck!
Here is a example posting of the tech support hell from a Compaq tech support tech.
Tech from Site 38
I'm a Compaq technician; not really I work for Sykes Corp., which contracts to Compaq. Most customers don't understand why they get the support they get. Most techs want to help out but the restrictions that Compaq imposes stops us from helping.
One restriction that Compaq imposes is a time limit. You may call and ask if we have a time limit and we'll answer "no, we don't have a time limit", as we are required to say. When I first started out, we had twelve to fifteen minutes to solve your problem, which can be done if it's a simple question. (I.e. how much RAM can I put in the machine) Then about four months later the time length moved again to ten through twelve minutes to solve and if you had to rebooted the system three times then your times up. Well, guess what... the time limits have moved again. Currently the limit is from six to ten minutes to solve your problem. Currently the only way to get complex machine corrected is to QR the machine whether it needs it or not. Wait... Hold on a bit... I know what you're going to say and I AGREE WITH YOU. A lot of problems can be fixed without doing the QR..... Here's the catch 22 for us the techs.... If we don't get you off the phone in the current time limit when we will be written up or later fired if it keeps happening (PERIOD). For an incentive, we the techs get paid more money if we get you off the phones faster. Yes this is the first time that I've gone to work for a company to deceive people about Compaq's problems.
Another restriction that Compaq imposes takes place in giving support to the customer. According to Compaq, we are under no condition to tell people about the major problems with different systems. If you read the tech's (from site 58) information when you could see what I'm talking about. Also if you get a computer that will not work and it's out of the box or about every component has been replaced, we can not tell you to take it back even if we thinks it's a Lemon. If we tell you the customer to take it back to the store and Compaq is monitoring the call they will call Sykes and tell Sykes to remove that tech from their employment. So what do you think Sykes will do... fire an honest tech or jeopardize losing the contract? So what do we have to say is that we (Compaq) will get the computer fixed. Now for the fun part is that out of box monitor or printer not working we can replace it...But what we can't tell you is that it will be replaced with a refurbished component...Yes someone old rebuild piece of equipment in exchange for your new monitor or printer. I have finally got it all figured out. We are not here for customer support but for customer management... Do you remember during the Gulf war when all the American people in Iraq were forced to stay at military site so that we wouldn't bomb those sites? Well Compaq must have thought it was a great idea because they're using the same tactics. And we the techs are there to protect from any customer from getting to them but instead of oil or weapons we're protecting Compaq's money. We the tech are the human wall set up by Compaq.
Not only do we have to deal with Compaq but we have to deal with Sykes too. Some of the internal operations disable us from help you. After our initial training, we start receiving less and less training. All of the software that comes with the computer old and new, we have had no training unless we have the program a home or check it out after hours. Many techs have requested formal training on a program that people uses a lot but all requests for trainin
It makes me shiver in fear for what the porn industry will do with this technology once they sink their teeth into this. It will totally revolutionize the fetish market in buying "once worn" female undergarments. Now you can get a preview of the scent of a woman right in a piece of spam message. Yack!