I used to love calling in for support and getting "Michael" in Wherezitstangledesh on bad phone lines, who told me that I needed to reinstall Windows (on my RHEL server), or that because I was a "home user", I didn't need to install Windows XP Pro on my company-provided laptop to connect to their network. Dell's problem is that they'll hire any old fucktard to do tech support without appropriate credentials. I never had good luck with their support, which is why it's time for a small startup to topple the giant.
People who once wrote a 5 line script, or once even managed to compile Linux... using someone else's script, love to pretend that verily, they're so cool that they could singlehandedly re-write XP _and_ Vista in a week and make it better than all those MS monkeys.
[King Roland has given in to Dark Helmet's threats, and is telling him the combination to the "air shield"]
Roland: One.
Dark Helmet: One.
Colonel Sandurz: One.
Roland: Two.
Dark Helmet: Two.
Colonel Sandurz: Two.
Roland: Three.
Dark Helmet: Three.
Colonel Sandurz: Three.
Roland: Four.
Dark Helmet: Four.
Colonel Sandurz: Four.
Roland: Five.
Dark Helmet: Five.
Colonel Sandurz: Five.
Dark Helmet: So the combination is one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
Dark Helmet: It worked, sir. We have the combination.
President Skroob: Great. Now we can take every last breath of fresh air from planet Druidia. What's the combination?
Dark Helmet: 1 2 3 4 5.
President Skroob: 1 2 3 4 5? That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage! Prepare Spaceball 1 for immediate departure!
Yeah, but what suck is that he had to cough up $2200 to have a crappy patent re-examined. If it turns out to be invalidated, Amazon should be required to reimburse him!
personal computers don't belong in the business workplace. Whatever genius (M$) decided it was better to move away from the terminal-server model to individual PC workstations and its subsequent adoption in corporate America is ultimately responsible for high TCO, virus and malware outbreaks, disruption of business continuity, etc. The capabilities of modern personal computers are not necessary for most work and only serve as a distraction, resulting in even lower productivity.
Perhaps we should let Monsanto and all the other asshats who keep patenting genes that they simply discovered in nature so they can sue others for patent infringement.
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I used to love calling in for support and getting "Michael" in Wherezitstangledesh on bad phone lines, who told me that I needed to reinstall Windows (on my RHEL server), or that because I was a "home user", I didn't need to install Windows XP Pro on my company-provided laptop to connect to their network. Dell's problem is that they'll hire any old fucktard to do tech support without appropriate credentials. I never had good luck with their support, which is why it's time for a small startup to topple the giant.
People who once wrote a 5 line script, or once even managed to compile Linux... using someone else's script, love to pretend that verily, they're so cool that they could singlehandedly re-write XP _and_ Vista in a week and make it better than all those MS monkeys.
What, you can't? Jealous!
[King Roland has given in to Dark Helmet's threats, and is telling him the combination to the "air shield"]
Roland: One.
Dark Helmet: One.
Colonel Sandurz: One.
Roland: Two.
Dark Helmet: Two.
Colonel Sandurz: Two.
Roland: Three.
Dark Helmet: Three.
Colonel Sandurz: Three.
Roland: Four.
Dark Helmet: Four.
Colonel Sandurz: Four.
Roland: Five.
Dark Helmet: Five.
Colonel Sandurz: Five.
Dark Helmet: So the combination is one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
Dark Helmet: It worked, sir. We have the combination.
President Skroob: Great. Now we can take every last breath of fresh air from planet Druidia. What's the combination?
Dark Helmet: 1 2 3 4 5.
President Skroob: 1 2 3 4 5? That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage! Prepare Spaceball 1 for immediate departure!
Did Sony hire Darl McBride or something?
All I really want in life is Visio for linux, or a decent clone, preferably with the network architect toolkit or similar.
It's called Dia
Yeah, but what suck is that he had to cough up $2200 to have a crappy patent re-examined. If it turns out to be invalidated, Amazon should be required to reimburse him!
It's called down-sampling, and photoshop has several algorithms to do it.
That's no coincidence, it's the circle of life...
Sweet, we can send all the recalled ones to Iraq to be used in combat
Instructions:
1) Pull tab to activate
2) Throw at enemy
3) ???
4) Get some!
WARNING: in case of exposure to hot coffee, sue McDonalds!
the mafia IT guy that recommended that cipher to the Godfather...
Mob lackey: Heya, yous got a computa problem ova he'.
IT guy: Where?
Mob lackey: Down in da basement.
IT guy: Down th..
Mob lackey: [gunshot rings...]
The warning on the laser plane probably says "CAUTION: Do not look into laser with other eye!"
personal computers don't belong in the business workplace. Whatever genius (M$) decided it was better to move away from the terminal-server model to individual PC workstations and its subsequent adoption in corporate America is ultimately responsible for high TCO, virus and malware outbreaks, disruption of business continuity, etc. The capabilities of modern personal computers are not necessary for most work and only serve as a distraction, resulting in even lower productivity.
Oh, and death to all virus/malware writers!
M$ has been caught red-handed with its hand in the monopoly cookie jar over and over. It's time they get spanked, liberal weenie!
Practically all computer equipment is manufactured in China, Taiwan, Japan or Phillipines. What's to stop them from doing the same?
I wonder how oracle will price running on this processor?
Obviously, the answer is 42!
When the U.S. says "bend over," the whole world drops its trousers--even fellow Americans!
As long as it's not my sausage that gets cooked...
I've been using cell phones for 15 years, an ah nevr has anv pr0bl3ms...
I believe god owns the source code to our dna.
Perhaps we should let Monsanto and all the other asshats who keep patenting genes that they simply discovered in nature so they can sue others for patent infringement.
the doomed TV series about the U.S.S. 'Enterprise'!
Pffft! The liberal arts and journalism programs at TAMU only exist for the weenies who flunk out of engineering. Whoop!
Everyone knows the earth is flat, er, don't they...
we geeks don't have anything to worry about...
You mean the "daTe-entery Deem", don't you, as in a flock of chickens randomly pecking at keyboards...
"Brrrrrr, It's kinda chilly today..."