I used it for the first time last year (previously had used TurboTax, passed on it after the problems last year) and didn't have any trouble with it that I recall.
If it's a '96 or newer, start by interfacing w/ the OBD-II system. There should be a diagnostic port under your dash (typically directly below the sterring wheel, between your knees). Schematics for the wiring, etc. online are readily available, and there are several pieces of software out there you can use to read it.
Why wire up your own sensors when the car has them already available to you?
Call him a troll if you must, but his information regarding the Magnusson-Moss Warranty Act of 1975 is valid. Aside from the phone number, I can't verify that. Google does resolve it back to the FTC, however.
No keyboards? You have a fax machine that takes voice commands?
One thing and one thing well is it. We have a fax-email gateway at work. I've only used it once and it was a pain in the ass. And useless if I need to send a fax out, unless I have a scanner.
I find myself driving on Sunday afternoon fairly often. Can't get a good TV feed there.
I also live in a market where my favorite team doesn't always get coverage (due to proximity to another team's home city). If my team's game isn't shown because of this other team, I'm up a creek.
Sirius says they're offering every NFL game from pre-season through the playoffs. I could easily double the number of games that I can tune into with Sirius. And I'm sure I'm not alone.
I did a cross-state trip last week with about 4 different radio "zones". I got pretty much the same programming the whole way across thanks to our good friends at ClearChannel. With cloned stations all over, who needs satellite to get the same programming no matter where they are?
My employer did that not too long ago. It's not just about being cost-effective - you have 40 years of knowledge, systems, and data that just can't be replicated without incurring massive customer-service issues. And there are other things that you aren't going to do cleanly outside a mainframe environment in general.
HA! I don't actually live there. Though I might end up there in a few months.
The store was pretty much stripped bare (snowstorm - people just settled in for the weekend with some movies), so I'm thinking there was either a lot of desperation or morbid curiosity.
I finally got around to seeing Nemo last weekend and while it wasn't a bad movie, it certainly didn't have the "wow factor" I've gotten from Antz, A Bug's Life, Toy Story, etc.
Maybe because I watched it cropped (not letterbox), on a 13" TV with mono sound, on VHS?
You consider a significant new Linux kernel release on par with a Windows Service Pack?
OK, I'll play the game. MS has many warnings on their service packs about the potential for problems. And they have, in the past, released bad SPs. I don't have to imagine it, because it's happened.
Find a used PC store in your area (there's at least one in most cities) or even get chummy with the proprietors of the "independent" computer shops. They typically have older systems for around $200 including monitor. If you're buying a couple systems, they may cut you a no-monitor deal.
Many offices are shortstaffed in December due tot he many religious holidays and everyone trying to use up their last vacation days. If you don't have to go through the patch cycle in December, it's one less thing you need covered.
Many businesses also impose a year end "no-change" period to ensure that all mission-critical systems are stable while the year's business is closed up.
When your userbase allows no downtime mid-week, having a patch schedule is very helpful. You can say "patch is out, test Wed-Fri and we'll install Sunday" and everyone knows the drill after a month or two.
Yes, even though we have a clustered/failover server environment where we can take boxen offline for patching and still provide service, our clients will not permit it. Asshats.
How many of them have real meteorological degrees anyway?
Ever notice how some of the TV weather people are called "weathermen" while others are called "meteorologists"? Many meteoroglogists are also members of a professional organization (the name escapes me) and will display that organization's logo next to their name when they're on-screen.
Sure it is. If I'm paying you to do a job, then I can be held responsible for your actions while you're on the clock. If you perform a hit and run on your own time, that's your problem. Do it on my time, and it's my problem.
Nice idea, but major problem. If the developers are working in their own little world for development, their application will probably break when all the rules that govern how your production environment is set up (cluster/failover, multiple servers, firewalls, etc.) bring their applications to a screeching halt because those rules aren't in the dev world.
Go ahead and give developers their own world, but to be practical and not require things be rebuilt to get into production, that world has to match production.
Very poor comparison. This is about plow operators on the job doing things and accounting for the time they spent actually doign their job. No different, really, from filling out a logbook or a timesheet - except this one can't be faked. For an individual person, not using any of their employer's resources, it's a different story entirely. Your story here is a classic hit & run, happens every day.
For those who can't be bothered - guy applies roll-on truck bedliner material to his vehicle, takes whiz without checking his hands for residues, gets the stuff on his wang. There is a solution to the problem buried in all the ridicule.
As I read the license options, this applies only to devices that come pre-formatted as FAT. No mention of software. Limiting the ability of others to write FAT-compatible software would be a bad strategic move on MS's part - anyone who currently has another OS interoperating with Windows via FAT may be just as likely to ditch Windows as they are the "other" OS.
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I used it for the first time last year (previously had used TurboTax, passed on it after the problems last year) and didn't have any trouble with it that I recall.
Except fluffy isn't going to be taking down endangered or threatened species. Pigeons are hardly in short supply.
Why wire up your own sensors when the car has them already available to you?
See also http://www.sema.org/content/?id=8124
One thing and one thing well is it. We have a fax-email gateway at work. I've only used it once and it was a pain in the ass. And useless if I need to send a fax out, unless I have a scanner.
You clearly have never driven in the northeast US. We have potholes that will swallow buses whole. I've found smoother terrain in the woods.
I also live in a market where my favorite team doesn't always get coverage (due to proximity to another team's home city). If my team's game isn't shown because of this other team, I'm up a creek.
Sirius says they're offering every NFL game from pre-season through the playoffs. I could easily double the number of games that I can tune into with Sirius. And I'm sure I'm not alone.
I did a cross-state trip last week with about 4 different radio "zones". I got pretty much the same programming the whole way across thanks to our good friends at ClearChannel. With cloned stations all over, who needs satellite to get the same programming no matter where they are?
Mainframes are mature and stable. Why switch?
Because the US has an inferiority complex and has to use gadgets and gizmos to "prove" we're "better" than everyone else.
The store was pretty much stripped bare (snowstorm - people just settled in for the weekend with some movies), so I'm thinking there was either a lot of desperation or morbid curiosity.
Maybe because I watched it cropped (not letterbox), on a 13" TV with mono sound, on VHS?
Laugh if you must (hell, I did), but I was in the video store Sunday and nearly every copy (over 2 dozen) of Gigli was rented out.
OK, I'll play the game. MS has many warnings on their service packs about the potential for problems. And they have, in the past, released bad SPs. I don't have to imagine it, because it's happened.
Touchpads usually can be set up so a tap on the pad signals a click.
Find a used PC store in your area (there's at least one in most cities) or even get chummy with the proprietors of the "independent" computer shops. They typically have older systems for around $200 including monitor. If you're buying a couple systems, they may cut you a no-monitor deal.
What, it can't be both?
Many businesses also impose a year end "no-change" period to ensure that all mission-critical systems are stable while the year's business is closed up.
Yes, even though we have a clustered/failover server environment where we can take boxen offline for patching and still provide service, our clients will not permit it. Asshats.
Sure it is. If I'm paying you to do a job, then I can be held responsible for your actions while you're on the clock. If you perform a hit and run on your own time, that's your problem. Do it on my time, and it's my problem.
Go ahead and give developers their own world, but to be practical and not require things be rebuilt to get into production, that world has to match production.
Very poor comparison. This is about plow operators on the job doing things and accounting for the time they spent actually doign their job. No different, really, from filling out a logbook or a timesheet - except this one can't be faked. For an individual person, not using any of their employer's resources, it's a different story entirely. Your story here is a classic hit & run, happens every day.
How do I get Herculiner off my hootus?
For those who can't be bothered - guy applies roll-on truck bedliner material to his vehicle, takes whiz without checking his hands for residues, gets the stuff on his wang. There is a solution to the problem buried in all the ridicule.
As I read the license options, this applies only to devices that come pre-formatted as FAT. No mention of software. Limiting the ability of others to write FAT-compatible software would be a bad strategic move on MS's part - anyone who currently has another OS interoperating with Windows via FAT may be just as likely to ditch Windows as they are the "other" OS.