I can't speak for wine as such, but I suspect the error in windows land is caused by it trying to interrogate (or write something to) the registry for something that only admins have access to. Good luck, I've got a few friends who are interested in a nixified iTunes!
Are you sure it does? I honestly do not recall if it did or not, Windows being windows I am of course always running as admin
It does need admin access. If you try installing without admin access, it gives you an oddly worded error message such as "You don't have X component installed", rather than "You don't have admin access".
They call in their rapid response force. I was in England after their (not so recent now) tube bombings, and for a 'disarmed police force' there sure were a lot of machine guns being carried around (One in three cops easily).
I recall there being a few problems with the dragon armour. Fresh out of the factory it will protect better than anything on the market, however, if you leave it in a crate on the tarmac at an Iraqi airport (or any place with constant high temperatures) for a few days it becomes much worse.
One of the last things I do when I leave a job is send a mail to my manager listing all of my administrative access and advising that as per security best practices these accounts should be immediately revoked.
For the most part people don't fish because they like to fish. They fish because they need money, they need specific types of fish for buffs, or they're after Mr Pinchy.
I wasn't particularly impressed with the PS3, but the fact that it didn't sell out on release makes me cringe a bit. Consoles run on belief as much as games for the first 6 months, and I'm reluctant to buy a console that doesn't look like it's going to have a long term installbase. (Sega, I'm looking at you)
That's a great analogy, except for the bit where robots.txt isn't anything like a disk under a doormat. Robots.txt is something that you can create in a few seconds without having to buy any disks or doormats.
Now, if your picture taking robot was something that had been around almost as long as houses had been around (ie: much like robots have been around almost as long as the web) then yes, I would think it's perfectly reasonable for me to have to opt out of your house robot by say.. moving a piece of furnture from one room to another.
That could work, but apparently Dell have decided they want to do it internally. Perhaps you should apply for a job as a Dell executive and evangalize the product!
I've found Dell corporate support to be reasonably good. At least they're willing to send out an engineer with parts without making you jump through too many hoops, an IT department doesn't want much more than that from them.
As far as I can tell, Dell only supports the hardware anyway. They provide OS drivers for the hardware, but their support stops there.
Nope, when you buy OEM windows, you're buying the promise of support from Dell. That's why Microsoft will tell you to fuck off if you call them. The fact that few people call Dell makes it easy money for them.
I personally think "Enterprise support" is a little over rated and very over priced
That's because you're using not using it right. Enterprise support isn't for 'my NIC is broken', enterprise support is for 'Our Active Directory corrupted 6 months ago and has since replicated out to the rest of the business, can you help us repair it bit by bit.' or maybe "We have 50,000 desktops that are randomly crashing after we rolled out the last patch for X."
If you're in an 'enterprise', the people you hire for your L3 support should be capable of fixing anything from hardware faults to blue screens to AD replication faults on their own.
I don't mind ads.. TV stations need to make money too. The screwing around I refer to is 'stopping a series mid-season to show older episodes, just beacuse it's not ratings period anymore' and things of that ilk.
If the stations offered the TV shows as downloads, complete with ads in them, I'd probably download them.
It's true, it is nothing more than a justification. But strangely enough, we don't care.
I mean.. I'm pro-copyright in principle. I buy loads of stuff on itunes and I think there is a case for DRM (in that content producers should control what happens with their content) but ultimately, I'd rather download the TV shows now and buy the DVD's later than wait for Australian TV networks to get their shit together.
Ultimately downloading + DVD buying = Watching good TV shows earlier for me + Extra cash for the content producer + Australian TV stations getting fucked in the ass until they learn to quit screwing us around. It's win-win-win.
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I can't speak for wine as such, but I suspect the error in windows land is caused by it trying to interrogate (or write something to) the registry for something that only admins have access to. Good luck, I've got a few friends who are interested in a nixified iTunes!
Well, it certainly worked. Balinese tourism is doing quite poorly these days. They've got all the culture they want (and no money).
It does need admin access. If you try installing without admin access, it gives you an oddly worded error message such as "You don't have X component installed", rather than "You don't have admin access".
Imaginary? Sept 11, and the London and Bali bombings were all real events done by real terrorists.
They call in their rapid response force. I was in England after their (not so recent now) tube bombings, and for a 'disarmed police force' there sure were a lot of machine guns being carried around (One in three cops easily).
I recall there being a few problems with the dragon armour. Fresh out of the factory it will protect better than anything on the market, however, if you leave it in a crate on the tarmac at an Iraqi airport (or any place with constant high temperatures) for a few days it becomes much worse.
Stealing? Surely you meant 'copyright infringing'. At least that's what the people who download the latest episode of Retardos 90210 tell me.
One of the last things I do when I leave a job is send a mail to my manager listing all of my administrative access and advising that as per security best practices these accounts should be immediately revoked.
A bit of CYA goes a long way.
If you took the HTTP/HTTPS out of that and asked 99% of helpdesk drones what that one, you'd get an answer consisting of 'Guh?'. Well done.
You mean robbery on the high seas right? That's the only possible conclusion I can draw from your splitting of the 'theft' hair.
For the most part people don't fish because they like to fish. They fish because they need money, they need specific types of fish for buffs, or they're after Mr Pinchy.
I wasn't particularly impressed with the PS3, but the fact that it didn't sell out on release makes me cringe a bit. Consoles run on belief as much as games for the first 6 months, and I'm reluctant to buy a console that doesn't look like it's going to have a long term installbase. (Sega, I'm looking at you)
Now, if your picture taking robot was something that had been around almost as long as houses had been around (ie: much like robots have been around almost as long as the web) then yes, I would think it's perfectly reasonable for me to have to opt out of your house robot by say.. moving a piece of furnture from one room to another.
The only problem is that the people compiling aren't the same as the people who are buying.
I trust you and believe your story in the way that only an anonymous coward can be trusted.
Great analogy.. or GREATEST ANALOGY.
Eh? I know what Dell are obligated to do as an OEM reseller.. I couldn't give a flying fuck whether they do it or not.
I wouldn't know, I build my own PC and wouldn't call them even if I didn't. :P
That could work, but apparently Dell have decided they want to do it internally. Perhaps you should apply for a job as a Dell executive and evangalize the product!
I've found Dell corporate support to be reasonably good. At least they're willing to send out an engineer with parts without making you jump through too many hoops, an IT department doesn't want much more than that from them.
Nope, when you buy OEM windows, you're buying the promise of support from Dell. That's why Microsoft will tell you to fuck off if you call them. The fact that few people call Dell makes it easy money for them.
Sure, but the only people who that sort of deal would appeal to are people who would buy it with no OS at all and then install their own OS.
People who want linux preloaded also want professional grade support.
That's because you're using not using it right. Enterprise support isn't for 'my NIC is broken', enterprise support is for 'Our Active Directory corrupted 6 months ago and has since replicated out to the rest of the business, can you help us repair it bit by bit.' or maybe "We have 50,000 desktops that are randomly crashing after we rolled out the last patch for X."
If you're in an 'enterprise', the people you hire for your L3 support should be capable of fixing anything from hardware faults to blue screens to AD replication faults on their own.
I don't mind ads.. TV stations need to make money too. The screwing around I refer to is 'stopping a series mid-season to show older episodes, just beacuse it's not ratings period anymore' and things of that ilk.
If the stations offered the TV shows as downloads, complete with ads in them, I'd probably download them.
I mean.. I'm pro-copyright in principle. I buy loads of stuff on itunes and I think there is a case for DRM (in that content producers should control what happens with their content) but ultimately, I'd rather download the TV shows now and buy the DVD's later than wait for Australian TV networks to get their shit together.
Ultimately downloading + DVD buying = Watching good TV shows earlier for me + Extra cash for the content producer + Australian TV stations getting fucked in the ass until they learn to quit screwing us around. It's win-win-win.