While I'm sure this does happen. The opposite does also happen.
We pay for about 18 RHEL licenses. We also use plenty of CentOS.
We don't call Red Hat for support. We tried it a couple of times in the first year and found the support isn't any better than what you get from the community.
For the last 4 years we haven't made a call - we consider the RHEL licenses a donation for the many contributions that RH makes to the community.
I don't know of an in depth review on that feature available yet but it was one of the first things I tried out after loading Leopard today.
They've added some new features including a recently used list that seems very useful so far.
At this point I think it compares very well to the Vista IME. They both seem to make annoying mistakes from time to time but they are both pretty advanced. I will say I use OS X IME more often than Vista.
Give it a try if you get a chance. It's very easy to enable on a demo machine for testing it out.
Microsoft has done this with their products before.
Outlook was plagued by viruses and Microsoft responded by releasing a patch that simply refused to allow the user to open certain types of attachments. There was no override in the original version of the patch.
When Exchange 5.5 was targeted by reverse-NDR spam attacks Microsoft shipped a patch that allowed the user to simply turn off non-delivery reports. Unfortunately the patch didn't work as described on many systems. A more correct fix would have allowed the administrator to simply suppress delivering the complete text of the failed message which makes the system much less likely to be used for reverse-NDR spam.
When the Windows messenger service was targeted by messenger spam. Microsoft elected to simply turn it off. Kudos to Microsoft - this was the correct choice on this one.
I recall this technique being successfully used on AMIS based BBS's over 300/1200/2400 baud modems back in the eighties so it certainly isn't useless when used over a high latency link.
Just use metric system in your daily life. Perhaps you haven't noticed but this is pretty trivial to do in the USA.
Don't be shy about using metric units in conversation with others. If you hesitate you are part of the problem and not part of the solution.
Use metric only with your children. Take them to another country so they can see what "normal" looks like.
If you are waiting for the government to force the issue you're going to be waiting quite a while.
The kids who were in school in the 70's and 80's are the ones who have the obligation to start the ball rolling. We have done so in many areas of government and commerce but we need more progress in the popular culture. The next generation can take the next steps but we have to pass this on to them.
I've got the same issue my computer serial validates but the battery serial doesn't despite being in the correct range.
I just called (6:55PM EDT) - They validated my battery but told me their computers are down and asked me to call back later.
The CSR was nice enough (gotta love Canadian tech support) and I'm a realist so I just let it go for today.
It really sounds like they are just trying to ride out the storm. I could hear people in the background and it sounded like they were trying to calm down people who suddenly fear their battery.
The previous battery recall (for LG batteries) seemed to have been much better - I called on the first day for that one due to the same kind of serial number validation problem on the site and the CSR had my replacement order done in about 3 minutes.
Top engineers get mis-appropriated by company officers all the time in the corporate world. That shouldn't suprise you one bit. When a top person says jump all of the rules and chain-of-command pretty much go by the wayside as mid-level managers scramble to make it happen.
The same thing holds true for the administrative assistants of the company officers.
I learned Japanese as a teenager by living in Japan and immersing myself while cutting out my native language as much as possible. This is by far the best way to learn any language.
If that isn't possible (immersion) I have a few specific suggestions
Focus more on learning the kana, nouns, verbs, and adverbs.
Focus less on honorific and polite forms. These will come in time and you need an understanding of Japanese culture and social contexts to make effective use of them anyways. Native Japanese do not expect you as a beginner to use these correctly.
Don't sweat the particles (ga, ha, o, ni) so much - they are a little tough to get used to but pattern recognition will get you there eventually.
Don't worry at all about Kanji in the beginning - it's a complete waste of time for a beginner and they will come easily when you are ready to absorb them (late in the learning process)
After you get some basic vocabulary down then start to learn to conjugate verbs - there are only a couple of patterns to remember and you will suddenly be able to conjugate verbs a dozen different ways as fast as you can learn the verb bases.
Enjoy the fact that Japanese has no real plural forms, no future tenses, and no articles. It makes it much simpler as a language.
Also enjoy the fact that Japanese has a highly regular pronunciation that makes it a snap to pronounce.
Ignore the regional dialects in the beginning - it's very important to learn these if you are going to live somewhere where they speak but you'll be able to make yourself understood and if you know standard Japanese you can puzzle these out when the time comes.
Focus on listening comprehension by watching Japanese TV/movies/radio and get yourself a conversation partner. There are people who are dying to trade English conversation for Japanese and you can do this over the net. There is no substitute for speaking and listening when learning any language. Don't worry about mistakes just try to speak as much as possible.
Get yourself a pen pal or an email/IM partner so you can practice reading quickly and responding in writing.
Whatever you do - don't try to learn Japanese primarily by watching anime or reading manga. You will sound like a complete dork.
Some of the most critical network interconnects do not happen at "internet exchange points" and the only rules in place are either a contract or just mutual understanding between the companies involved.
It's a nice idea but would work even bettter with International adoption. If the USA was the only one to adopt this it would be a recipe for mass confusion due to the even wider time/date spread this would cause.
Health insurance in the US is a giant pain in the ass compared to Japan. Try to shield your wife from this as much as possible by dealing with the paperwork. There will still come a day when some doctor's office gives her grief over some mundane insurance detail and she'll be furious at having to deal with this.
As you already know - customer service of all kinds is the US is a nightmare compared to what you are used to in Japan. This will bother you a little but drive your wife absolutely insane. Japanese people take it for granted that service workers do their job with politeness and a smile and as you know US customer service is hit or miss. On the other hand 24 hour stores in the US are way more convenient than Japanese convenience stores.
Japanese supermarkets in the US can be quite good depending on where you relocate.
Try to avoid friendships with Japanese in the US who are only here for a few years on overseas work assignments. As they go back to Japan it will devastate your wife. She'll do much better if she can meet Japanese women who are in the US to stay. This may be impossible at first but it might save her some homesick feelings. Even better would be to make some solid American friends but this isn't always going to happen right away.
The hardest part of culture shock is to stop trying to compare the two countries. There is always an urge to whine about some annoyance that is better here or better there. Try to avoid that urge and just accept the US for what it is and move one with life.
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I've only called twice in 5 years but I'm pretty sure I was speaking to people in Canada both times, eh?
While I'm sure this does happen. The opposite does also happen.
We pay for about 18 RHEL licenses. We also use plenty of CentOS.
We don't call Red Hat for support. We tried it a couple of times in the first year and found the support isn't any better than what you get from the community.
For the last 4 years we haven't made a call - we consider the RHEL licenses a donation for the many contributions that RH makes to the community.
My password is longer than 8 characters and I did a straight upgrade with no issues so this certainly isn't universally true for pw > 8 chars.
I don't know of an in depth review on that feature available yet but it was one of the first things I tried out after loading Leopard today.
They've added some new features including a recently used list that seems very useful so far.
At this point I think it compares very well to the Vista IME. They both seem to make annoying mistakes from time to time but they are both pretty advanced. I will say I use OS X IME more often than Vista.
Give it a try if you get a chance. It's very easy to enable on a demo machine for testing it out.
Hmm - iTunes synched with my previous MP3 player which was a RIO 500.
Microsoft has done this with their products before.
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Outlook was plagued by viruses and Microsoft responded by releasing a patch that simply refused to allow the user to open certain types of attachments. There was no override in the original version of the patch.
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm
When Exchange 5.5 was targeted by reverse-NDR spam attacks Microsoft shipped a patch that allowed the user to simply turn off non-delivery reports. Unfortunately the patch didn't work as described on many systems. A more correct fix would have allowed the administrator to simply suppress delivering the complete text of the failed message which makes the system much less likely to be used for reverse-NDR spam.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb
When the Windows messenger service was targeted by messenger spam. Microsoft elected to simply turn it off. Kudos to Microsoft - this was the correct choice on this one.
http://www.theregister.com/2003/10/29/microsoft_s
There is an easy opt-out procedure for the SMTP blocking. I've used it - took less than an hour to get the request processed.
Does anybody know what the "Display Notification Message in Conversations" option in psychic mode does?
Do that let people know somehow that you are using psychic mode?
I've been using Pidgin (gaim) for a long time but I just turned that option on today.
I recall this technique being successfully used on AMIS based BBS's over 300/1200/2400 baud modems back in the eighties so it certainly isn't useless when used over a high latency link.
I'm sure we'll never have a solution for limited drive size ;-)
Just use metric system in your daily life. Perhaps you haven't noticed but this is pretty trivial to do in the USA.
Don't be shy about using metric units in conversation with others. If you hesitate you are part of the problem and not part of the solution.
Use metric only with your children. Take them to another country so they can see what "normal" looks like.
If you are waiting for the government to force the issue you're going to be waiting quite a while.
The kids who were in school in the 70's and 80's are the ones who have the obligation to start the ball rolling. We have done so in many areas of government and commerce but we need more progress in the popular culture. The next generation can take the next steps but we have to pass this on to them.
Do you have a link to the SOX legislation or regulation that spells out this 7 year requirement?
This sounds completely made up to me.
Don't hold your breath waiting for a commercial PVR vendor to get any sort of effective commercial skip.
Get a mythtv box or some other sort of home built solution that isn't beholden to the status quo.
My child is pretty rarely exposed to television advertising. For this I'm eternally grateful to the myth dev team.
I've got the same issue my computer serial validates but the battery serial doesn't despite being in the correct range.
I just called (6:55PM EDT) - They validated my battery but told me their computers are down and asked me to call back later.
The CSR was nice enough (gotta love Canadian tech support) and I'm a realist so I just let it go for today.
It really sounds like they are just trying to ride out the storm. I could hear people in the background and it sounded like they were trying to calm down people who suddenly fear their battery.
The previous battery recall (for LG batteries) seemed to have been much better - I called on the first day for that one due to the same kind of serial number validation problem on the site and the CSR had my replacement order done in about 3 minutes.
Top engineers get mis-appropriated by company officers all the time in the corporate world. That shouldn't suprise you one bit. When a top person says jump all of the rules and chain-of-command pretty much go by the wayside as mid-level managers scramble to make it happen.
The same thing holds true for the administrative assistants of the company officers.
I learned Japanese as a teenager by living in Japan and immersing myself while cutting out my native language as much as possible. This is by far the best way to learn any language.
If that isn't possible (immersion) I have a few specific suggestions
Focus more on learning the kana, nouns, verbs, and adverbs.
Focus less on honorific and polite forms. These will come in time and you need an understanding of Japanese culture and social contexts to make effective use of them anyways. Native Japanese do not expect you as a beginner to use these correctly.
Don't sweat the particles (ga, ha, o, ni) so much - they are a little tough to get used to but pattern recognition will get you there eventually.
Don't worry at all about Kanji in the beginning - it's a complete waste of time for a beginner and they will come easily when you are ready to absorb them (late in the learning process)
After you get some basic vocabulary down then start to learn to conjugate verbs - there are only a couple of patterns to remember and you will suddenly be able to conjugate verbs a dozen different ways as fast as you can learn the verb bases.
Enjoy the fact that Japanese has no real plural forms, no future tenses, and no articles. It makes it much simpler as a language.
Also enjoy the fact that Japanese has a highly regular pronunciation that makes it a snap to pronounce.
Ignore the regional dialects in the beginning - it's very important to learn these if you are going to live somewhere where they speak but you'll be able to make yourself understood and if you know standard Japanese you can puzzle these out when the time comes.
Focus on listening comprehension by watching Japanese TV/movies/radio and get yourself a conversation partner. There are people who are dying to trade English conversation for Japanese and you can do this over the net. There is no substitute for speaking and listening when learning any language. Don't worry about mistakes just try to speak as much as possible.
Get yourself a pen pal or an email/IM partner so you can practice reading quickly and responding in writing.
Whatever you do - don't try to learn Japanese primarily by watching anime or reading manga. You will sound like a complete dork.
Actually the sales tax rate in Summit county is 6 1/4 percent.
However, It may soon rise to 6 3/4 percent.
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/13440622.htm (annoying registration required)
Some of the most critical network interconnects do not happen at "internet exchange points" and the only rules in place are either a contract or just mutual understanding between the companies involved.
Active Directory Migration Tool is another.
The last item on the list (VPN's and NAT don't mix) is the nail in the coffin for IPv4.
Corporations started building extensive VPN network a few years ago and are finally realizing what a nightmare this is.
It should work this way - even if you have multiple mythtv backends they all work from one database - hence only one data feed.
It's a nice idea but would work even bettter with International adoption. If the USA was the only one to adopt this it would be a recipe for mass confusion due to the even wider time/date spread this would cause.
The WBEL site is at http://whiteboxlinux.org/
A few random thoughts...
Health insurance in the US is a giant pain in the ass compared to Japan. Try to shield your wife from this as much as possible by dealing with the paperwork. There will still come a day when some doctor's office gives her grief over some mundane insurance detail and she'll be furious at having to deal with this.
As you already know - customer service of all kinds is the US is a nightmare compared to what you are used to in Japan. This will bother you a little but drive your wife absolutely insane. Japanese people take it for granted that service workers do their job with politeness and a smile and as you know US customer service is hit or miss. On the other hand 24 hour stores in the US are way more convenient than Japanese convenience stores.
Japanese supermarkets in the US can be quite good depending on where you relocate.
Try to avoid friendships with Japanese in the US who are only here for a few years on overseas work assignments. As they go back to Japan it will devastate your wife. She'll do much better if she can meet Japanese women who are in the US to stay. This may be impossible at first but it might save her some homesick feelings. Even better would be to make some solid American friends but this isn't always going to happen right away.
The hardest part of culture shock is to stop trying to compare the two countries. There is always an urge to whine about some annoyance that is better here or better there. Try to avoid that urge and just accept the US for what it is and move one with life.
Good luck
From the specs:
VGA video output (using included adapter) to support analog resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 pixels