Having garbage plasma arcs listed under hardware.slashdot but I guess its the best there is. Have to wonder about how such things as emissions are handled.
Replace the family? Nah, just replace this particular issue you have.
Hand the sister the latest Dell add, 349$ for something that runs and comes with a free monitor. Make sure she has the tech support number. Then make it absolutely clear that you are no longer computer support guy. Not even if she pays you. It's too late for that. But everything else should remain just the same
Other people in this situation that ask you for help may truly appreciate it, in that case, continue working with them. Make sure you get back as much out of the deal as you put in to it. If not, you'll get just as resentful as you are in this case.
If you're dealing with a small company, such as a contractor, then the Better Business Bureau is the way to go. Any complaint like that has a major hit on reputation.
But a telecom provider... it isn't even worth your time. Who is going to check the BBB before getting phone service? The BBB gets its pressure from one thing: Customers who check before they purchase. They have no real "power" over a company besides this.
Good luck, I got boned by AT&T Mobile after having the guy on the phone tell me 6 times that I was cancelling my service within the initial period, and would not be charged a termination fee. Chickenfuckers...
I had RK (the old school kind with the knife) in 1995. I know its not "cool" anymore because it doesn't involve "lasers", but my vision went to 20/15 within 10 seconds. And that was my weaker eye.
Cheyenne Mountain is about 10 minutes from where I live. It sits right in the middle of Colorado Springs, which is a decent size city of about half a million people. Hell, there is even a zoo built into part of the mountain!
I just picked mine up a few days ago, and have to admit, this is as close as I've seen to what would be perfect. At least in a device that doesn't hover a few feet around your head.
Speaking of that, I have a few unlocked Blackberry 7100's available now going on ebay soon.
Wow, does that mean that it will hang my browser less than Acrobat does? Or crash less? Not just on one system, but on my home boxes, work systems, etc.
Freedom of speech has nothing to do with being free of reprisal. If you call me a jackass in public, you're damn sure you'll get a reprisal right in your jaw. Freedom of speech says you can say that, but you can't start claiming freedom of speech as a shield from my fist. Freedom of speech is the restriction of the Government preventing you from saying something. Not a private entity that you have a private relationship with, such as this school.
The US WON the Tet Offensive. Read a better history book sometime. The media started the woe is me crap and now everyone thinks we lost that battle. Thats because the media repeats a lie often enough and you do believe it.
President Bush May Send Up To 5 Marines For French Assistance
President Bush has authorized the Joint Chiefs to begin drawing up a battle plan to pull France's ass out of the fire again. Facing an apparent overwhelming force of up to 400 pissed off teenagers Mr. Bush doubts France's ability to hold off the little pissants. "Hell, if the last two world wars are any indication, I would expect France to surrender any day now", said Bush.
Joint Chiefs head, Gen. Peter Pace, warned the President that it might be necessary to send up to 5 marines to get things under control. The general admitted that 5 marines may be overkill but he wanted to get this thing under control within 24 hours of arriving on scene. He stated he was having a hard time finding even one marine to help those ungrateful bastards out for a third time but thought that he could persuade a few women marines to do the job before they went on pregnancy leave.
President Bush asked Gen. Pace to get our marines out of there as soon as possible after order was restored. He also reminded Gen. Pace to make sure the marines did not take soap, razors, or deodorant with them. The least they stand out the better.
Heard this story the other day, and it seemed appropriate. Workmate was telling me about one of his professors, who got out of the Soviet Union. While he was still behind the iron curtain, he was a quality control officer for the ICBMs aimed at the US. One day he was asked by one of his students what would have happened if the Soviet premier would have ordered a launch of these ICBMs. He replied "Nothing, maybe a few explosions within the silos, but not much more."
Bob Slydell: So what you do is you take the specifications from the customers and you bring them down to the software engineers?
Tom: That, that's right.
Bob Porter: Well, then I gotta ask, then why can't the customers just take the specifications directly to the software people, huh?
Tom: Well, uh, uh, uh, because, uh, engineers are not good at dealing with customers.
Bob Slydell: You physically take the specs from the customer?
Tom: Well, no, my, my secretary does that, or, or the fax.
Bob Slydell: Ah.
Bob Porter: Then you must physically bring them to the software people.
Tom: Well...no. Yeah, I mean, sometimes.
Bob Slydell: Well, what would you say you do here?
Tom: Well, look, I already told you. I deal with the [goshdarn] customers so the engineers don't have to!! I have people skills!! I am good at dealing with people!!! WHAT THE [HECK] IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!!!!!!!
OK, read the story again, only replace "computer" with "car" and "possibly illegal files" with "body in the trunk".
What happens when the car gets dropped off for an oil change? If the mechanic sees blood dripping out from under the car, would he be allowed to call the cops?
What about MSN messenger? I send executable files across that all the time. Or, heaven forbid, a floppy disk containing copywritten software on it and thrown across the room.
Once they started the "monster cable is worth it" crap. While using something like 12 over 24 guage cable might make a difference, these guys are on serious crack if they think 40$ cable is better than 10$. They must have that psychological problem of paying more so they think it works better issue, even though independent tests show no difference. I think I'll want to sell them the 200$ penis enlarger instead of the 15$ one...
Lots of software developers are reporting issues, but with the RTM version only. Software works fine with the betas, and the RCs. So was I suprised when the RTM comes out and you can no longer bind anything to 127.0.0.2 anymore. Everything times out. This is really bad for those who use SSH tunneling extensively. Saying that the RC works fine doesn't mean much when it all changes in full release.
that he'll try to prevent off-shoring (i don't know specifics here, though) I don't think so... The problem with Kerry is that he is trying to be all things to all people. Somewhere you heard he was anti-x, but his very next speech to another interest group he is pro-x. No one has ANY IDEA what the hell this guy wants to actually do. All his plans are secret until after the election...
Right technology at the right price? That is rather appropriate, seeing how most billionaires in the US are democrats, as are most of the millionaires too. Hell, one of the billionaire's husbands is even running for president, but of course she still says she is one of the common peoples!
Why, this will allow the police commissioner to go before the community leaders and show them "The BIG PICTURE" of the city. The police can keep a big eye on everything. The money was well spent, they will be told. Lets see. This is better how than a few more cops on the beat? I think they have been watching too much Sci-Fi
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Having garbage plasma arcs listed under hardware.slashdot but I guess its the best there is. Have to wonder about how such things as emissions are handled.
Replace the family? Nah, just replace this particular issue you have.
Hand the sister the latest Dell add, 349$ for something that runs and comes with a free monitor. Make sure she has the tech support number. Then make it absolutely clear that you are no longer computer support guy. Not even if she pays you. It's too late for that. But everything else should remain just the same
Other people in this situation that ask you for help may truly appreciate it, in that case, continue working with them. Make sure you get back as much out of the deal as you put in to it. If not, you'll get just as resentful as you are in this case.
Fine. Feel free to receive any RF that leaves my propertah... but don't send any that crosses my property line!
If you're dealing with a small company, such as a contractor, then the Better Business Bureau is the way to go. Any complaint like that has a major hit on reputation.
But a telecom provider... it isn't even worth your time. Who is going to check the BBB before getting phone service? The BBB gets its pressure from one thing: Customers who check before they purchase. They have no real "power" over a company besides this.
Good luck, I got boned by AT&T Mobile after having the guy on the phone tell me 6 times that I was cancelling my service within the initial period, and would not be charged a termination fee. Chickenfuckers...
The most insightful comment ever on slashdot, and its by an AC... go figure.
I had RK (the old school kind with the knife) in 1995. I know its not "cool" anymore because it doesn't involve "lasers", but my vision went to 20/15 within 10 seconds. And that was my weaker eye.
Cheyenne Mountain is about 10 minutes from where I live. It sits right in the middle of Colorado Springs, which is a decent size city of about half a million people. Hell, there is even a zoo built into part of the mountain!
Text editors are such a damn crutch, I can't believe any real programmer would ever use them. And then you lazy bastards are all using a compiler!
Real programs use: copy con kernel.exe
Write binary directly from the keyboard!!
Wait, I know using a keyboard is nothing more than a crutch, but my jackin/jackoff interface is busted!
I just picked mine up a few days ago, and have to admit, this is as close as I've seen to what would be perfect. At least in a device that doesn't hover a few feet around your head.
Speaking of that, I have a few unlocked Blackberry 7100's available now going on ebay soon.
Wow, does that mean that it will hang my browser less than Acrobat does? Or crash less? Not just on one system, but on my home boxes, work systems, etc.
When congress wrote FOIA, they specifically exempted themselves.
Freedom of speech has nothing to do with being free of reprisal. If you call me a jackass in public, you're damn sure you'll get a reprisal right in your jaw. Freedom of speech says you can say that, but you can't start claiming freedom of speech as a shield from my fist.
Freedom of speech is the restriction of the Government preventing you from saying something. Not a private entity that you have a private relationship with, such as this school.
The US WON the Tet Offensive. Read a better history book sometime. The media started the woe is me crap and now everyone thinks we lost that battle. Thats because the media repeats a lie often enough and you do believe it.
President Bush May Send Up To 5 Marines For French Assistance
President Bush has authorized the Joint Chiefs to begin drawing up a battle plan to pull France's ass out of the fire again. Facing an apparent overwhelming force of up to 400 pissed off teenagers Mr. Bush doubts France's ability to hold off the little pissants. "Hell, if the last two world wars are any indication, I would expect France to surrender any day now", said Bush.
Joint Chiefs head, Gen. Peter Pace, warned the President that it might be necessary to send up to 5 marines to get things under control. The general admitted that 5 marines may be overkill but he wanted to get this thing under control within 24 hours of arriving on scene. He stated he was having a hard time finding even one marine to help those ungrateful bastards out for a third time but thought that he could persuade a few women marines to do the job before they went on pregnancy leave.
President Bush asked Gen. Pace to get our marines out of there as soon as possible after order was restored. He also reminded Gen. Pace to make sure the marines did not take soap, razors, or deodorant with them. The least they stand out the better.
Heard this story the other day, and it seemed appropriate.
Workmate was telling me about one of his professors, who got out of the Soviet Union. While he was still behind the iron curtain, he was a quality control officer for the ICBMs aimed at the US.
One day he was asked by one of his students what would have happened if the Soviet premier would have ordered a launch of these ICBMs.
He replied "Nothing, maybe a few explosions within the silos, but not much more."
Bob Slydell: So what you do is you take the specifications from the customers and you bring them down to the software engineers?
Tom: That, that's right.
Bob Porter: Well, then I gotta ask, then why can't the customers just take the specifications directly to the software people, huh?
Tom: Well, uh, uh, uh, because, uh, engineers are not good at dealing with customers.
Bob Slydell: You physically take the specs from the customer?
Tom: Well, no, my, my secretary does that, or, or the fax.
Bob Slydell: Ah.
Bob Porter: Then you must physically bring them to the software people.
Tom: Well...no. Yeah, I mean, sometimes.
Bob Slydell: Well, what would you say you do here?
Tom: Well, look, I already told you. I deal with the [goshdarn] customers so the engineers don't have to!! I have people skills!! I am good at dealing with people!!! WHAT THE [HECK] IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!!!!!!!
OK, read the story again, only replace "computer" with "car" and "possibly illegal files" with "body in the trunk".
What happens when the car gets dropped off for an oil change? If the mechanic sees blood dripping out from under the car, would he be allowed to call the cops?
What about MSN messenger? I send executable files across that all the time.
Or, heaven forbid, a floppy disk containing copywritten software on it and thrown across the room.
Desktop? My screen is black and looks like this:
c:\>
Once they started the "monster cable is worth it" crap. While using something like 12 over 24 guage cable might make a difference, these guys are on serious crack if they think 40$ cable is better than 10$.
They must have that psychological problem of paying more so they think it works better issue, even though independent tests show no difference.
I think I'll want to sell them the 200$ penis enlarger instead of the 15$ one...
Lots of software developers are reporting issues, but with the RTM version only. Software works fine with the betas, and the RCs.
So was I suprised when the RTM comes out and you can no longer bind anything to 127.0.0.2 anymore. Everything times out. This is really bad for those who use SSH tunneling extensively.
Saying that the RC works fine doesn't mean much when it all changes in full release.
that he'll try to prevent off-shoring (i don't know specifics here, though)
I don't think so...
The problem with Kerry is that he is trying to be all things to all people. Somewhere you heard he was anti-x, but his very next speech to another interest group he is pro-x.
No one has ANY IDEA what the hell this guy wants to actually do. All his plans are secret until after the election...
Right technology at the right price? That is rather appropriate, seeing how most billionaires in the US are democrats, as are most of the millionaires too.
Hell, one of the billionaire's husbands is even running for president, but of course she still says she is one of the common peoples!
OK, I'm turning SpamAssassin down to .01 points and letting it all get rejected. I just give up!!!
Why, this will allow the police commissioner to go before the community leaders and show them "The BIG PICTURE" of the city. The police can keep a big eye on everything. The money was well spent, they will be told.
Lets see. This is better how than a few more cops on the beat? I think they have been watching too much Sci-Fi