Bike frames can crack (pretty much just manufacturing defects) or the welds can fail (manufacturing defect or high stress, i.e. you fall down go boom).
Warrantees on the frame are for manufacturing defects. If an aluminum frame cracks it generally cannot be repairs. Steel can be fixed but you'd still rather have a new one.
>> If the plate gives you third degree burns, you most certainly do.
That is retarded. Suppose you order fajitas. Fajitas often come out sizzling on a metal skillet with a wooden base. The waiter says "that skillet is real hot so don't touch it". You press your hand against it for 5 seconds and give yourself a third degree burn.
You are telling me that you would sue?
You are what is wrong with this country, my friend.
The warning here is apparently vague and leading by a very short time period. To continue the analogy perhaps this would be like Ford telling a favored customer, say Hertz (if they buy Fords I don't know) that next week they will be announcing some kind of advisory so Hertz should not service any cars this week and get ready for a big round of service next week.
My point about what premium customers get was to address all the comments in this thread that this is a revenue scam by MS. Premium customers get a heck of a lot of servicing and help. They don't buy it for a day or two of vague advance warning about patches but you can see how MS has perhaps decided to do this to 1) curry favor with important customers, and 2) make the premium subscription more attractive. If you hate all companies that exist to make money, well then you hate MS, m'k?
You can call this black and white if you want but I really think this is one of those grey things. It's not nearly as big a deal as people are making it out to be. But as I said if you hate MS, then I'm there's no debating with you.
And if you believe that companies who offer service contracts are bad, then let's all take a moment to crap on RedHat, etc. too. Service contracts for software have been standard practice for... decades probably.
Except that your security team isn't robbing you and your health providers aren't making you sick (at least they shouldn't be). The service the premium customers are paying for is protection from Microsoft's own defects. They are essentially profiting from their own shoddy workmanship.
Would you agree that car manufacturer's who sell extended warranties are also benefitting from their own shoddy workmanship?
Premium customers get a lot more than this. If you have ever seen tech support logs you know that a large enterprise always has questions, ranging from "how do I set this up properly", to "I want to do this - is that supported" to "when I hit this, why doesn't this other thing happen"?
I think you have no idea what a premium customer is.
Exactly. He should have spent 20 minutes backing up her crud and then a couple hours doing a reformat reinstall.
It would have been easier and by far the most intelligent course of action.
He should also be smacked in the head for not getting her off Windows 98. Windows 98 is 6+ years old. How many people here recommend 6 year old Linux distros?
Maxtor warrants to the original consumer purchaser that new Maxtor disk drives will be free from defects in material and workmanship for the Standard Warranty Period. The start of the warranty period is the date of the last production for that drive, plus three months. If a drive is purchased from Maxtor or Maxtor's authorized reseller after the last production date for that drive, and proof of purchase can be provided, then the start of the warranty period is the documented date of such purchase.
Re steel brittlness: just a few weeks ago I watched a documentary where a sample of steel was tested. They said it was not brittle, in fact it was very good even by today's standards. I don't know if this documentary was accurate but there you go.
That's a great idea, but how many people would just set it to "Medical emergency" and leave it there so that other drivers would get the heck out of the way?
Uh... you don't pay much tax do you? I'm no expert but in my tax bracket a donation wipes out 17% of my tax liability IIRC. I still owe tax on 83% of the money I handed to the charity.
Charitable donation does NOT absolve you of paying tax on the income you donated.
DNS needs a hierarchical name structure so that the data can be delegated in a what that keeps load somewhat manageable.
A flat namespace would be pretty much impossible unless you did something very different. But it you could easily dream up ways to make it work, e.g. you could run some arbitrary hash function over a flat name to assign it to a "TLD" for resolution purposes.
Aye, that was my thought. I think by definition this makes me a geek but the whole thing makes no sense. Klingons would be composed of roughly the same amount of water as humans since we're (as far as I know) supposed to be biologically similar.
Well, I do believe in copying CD's. If they're gonna charge me 19.99 for a crappy album that I couldn't listen to beforehand and is 80% filler to buttress the radio hits, if they're gonna charge me $19.99 in spite of the multiple price-fixing they've been found guilty of, then, when I actually like the CD then yeah, I am gonna copy it for my friends. In my past experience, my friends wind up buying the CD if they like it, and that's with a full 16/44 copy, not some crappy mp3.
This is so old and tired... I'm not going to waste my time with an intelligent response. IMHO you deserved to be sued by the RIAA (who I think are a bunch of idiots).
IMHO, that's idiotic. Someone out there will say that gutting people with skinning knives is their form of expression. Will you agree they have the right to murder?
I do agree that if you buy a DVD you should be able to watch it any way you chose, but that doesn't have ANYTHING to do with freedom of expression.
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It's $50 to play for one "free" month, plus the extension period for server issues. Not $90, unless you're paying in Canadian pesos.
New math... love it!
See? I told you that you wouldn't understand.
Read the post I was responding to, please.
Agree. Or just say "I jumped up and down on it to put out the fire. In my workboots." If they ask for the pieces, put on your workboots and get busy.
Some people just have NO imagination.
Bike frames can crack (pretty much just manufacturing defects) or the welds can fail (manufacturing defect or high stress, i.e. you fall down go boom).
Warrantees on the frame are for manufacturing defects. If an aluminum frame cracks it generally cannot be repairs. Steel can be fixed but you'd still rather have a new one.
Droopy... I know you don't understand why I'm saying this but you make me weep for our future.
Sad.
>> If the plate gives you third degree burns, you most certainly do.
That is retarded. Suppose you order fajitas. Fajitas often come out sizzling on a metal skillet with a wooden base. The waiter says "that skillet is real hot so don't touch it". You press your hand against it for 5 seconds and give yourself a third degree burn.
You are telling me that you would sue?
You are what is wrong with this country, my friend.
Two quick points:
The warning here is apparently vague and leading by a very short time period. To continue the analogy perhaps this would be like Ford telling a favored customer, say Hertz (if they buy Fords I don't know) that next week they will be announcing some kind of advisory so Hertz should not service any cars this week and get ready for a big round of service next week.
My point about what premium customers get was to address all the comments in this thread that this is a revenue scam by MS. Premium customers get a heck of a lot of servicing and help. They don't buy it for a day or two of vague advance warning about patches but you can see how MS has perhaps decided to do this to 1) curry favor with important customers, and 2) make the premium subscription more attractive. If you hate all companies that exist to make money, well then you hate MS, m'k?
You can call this black and white if you want but I really think this is one of those grey things. It's not nearly as big a deal as people are making it out to be. But as I said if you hate MS, then I'm there's no debating with you.
And if you believe that companies who offer service contracts are bad, then let's all take a moment to crap on RedHat, etc. too. Service contracts for software have been standard practice for... decades probably.
Humor aside: premium customers pay for support. The topic at hand is one very small aspect of the total package.
Except that your security team isn't robbing you and your health providers aren't making you sick (at least they shouldn't be). The service the premium customers are paying for is protection from Microsoft's own defects. They are essentially profiting from their own shoddy workmanship.
Would you agree that car manufacturer's who sell extended warranties are also benefitting from their own shoddy workmanship?
Premium customers get a lot more than this. If you have ever seen tech support logs you know that a large enterprise always has questions, ranging from "how do I set this up properly", to "I want to do this - is that supported" to "when I hit this, why doesn't this other thing happen"?
I think you have no idea what a premium customer is.
consequently, the program was expanded in April 2004 to include all customers who will sign an appropriate non-disclosure agreement
RTFA, k?
I'm not saying this is good or bad, but there is enough FUD out there without more Chicken Little-esque conjecture and speculation.
Do what I do: write the CD key onto the CD itself.
If I was not a nice person I would also say something like "and don't be such a retard - take care of your stuff".
Exactly. He should have spent 20 minutes backing up her crud and then a couple hours doing a reformat reinstall.
It would have been easier and by far the most intelligent course of action.
He should also be smacked in the head for not getting her off Windows 98. Windows 98 is 6+ years old. How many people here recommend 6 year old Linux distros?
That's kinda true, kinda not. e.g.
Maxtor warrants to the original consumer purchaser that new Maxtor disk drives will be free from defects in material and workmanship for the Standard Warranty Period. The start of the warranty period is the date of the last production for that drive, plus three months. If a drive is purchased from Maxtor or Maxtor's authorized reseller after the last production date for that drive, and proof of purchase can be provided, then the start of the warranty period is the documented date of such purchase.
Re steel brittlness: just a few weeks ago I watched a documentary where a sample of steel was tested. They said it was not brittle, in fact it was very good even by today's standards. I don't know if this documentary was accurate but there you go.
That's a great idea, but how many people would just set it to "Medical emergency" and leave it there so that other drivers would get the heck out of the way?
Yeah I screwed that up. Thanks for the correction.
:)
This is why I use Tax Cut.
Uh... you don't pay much tax do you? I'm no expert but in my tax bracket a donation wipes out 17% of my tax liability IIRC. I still owe tax on 83% of the money I handed to the charity.
Charitable donation does NOT absolve you of paying tax on the income you donated.
Bill will be giving his $3 dividend payout to his charitable foundation.
You may have a point there, but at least today we have some level of delegation.
I googled but I could not find any data on the size of com versus the size of the other TLDs. Got any references?
DNS needs a hierarchical name structure so that the data can be delegated in a what that keeps load somewhat manageable.
A flat namespace would be pretty much impossible unless you did something very different. But it you could easily dream up ways to make it work, e.g. you could run some arbitrary hash function over a flat name to assign it to a "TLD" for resolution purposes.
Just in case you're actually serious please tell us: how does all your grand American power make your life better?
Aye, that was my thought. I think by definition this makes me a geek but the whole thing makes no sense. Klingons would be composed of roughly the same amount of water as humans since we're (as far as I know) supposed to be biologically similar.
Geek approaching! Red alert! Phasers to kill!
Well, I do believe in copying CD's. If they're gonna charge me 19.99 for a crappy album that I couldn't listen to beforehand and is 80% filler to buttress the radio hits, if they're gonna charge me $19.99 in spite of the multiple price-fixing they've been found guilty of, then, when I actually like the CD then yeah, I am gonna copy it for my friends. In my past experience, my friends wind up buying the CD if they like it, and that's with a full 16/44 copy, not some crappy mp3.
This is so old and tired... I'm not going to waste my time with an intelligent response. IMHO you deserved to be sued by the RIAA (who I think are a bunch of idiots).
IMHO, that's idiotic. Someone out there will say that gutting people with skinning knives is their form of expression. Will you agree they have the right to murder?
I do agree that if you buy a DVD you should be able to watch it any way you chose, but that doesn't have ANYTHING to do with freedom of expression.