for a while (mid '80s), hp was starting to feel pressure on refilled toner cartridges and started making statements about refilled and/or third party toners breaking the warranty. i'm not sure that this was ever 'official' hp policy.
however, one day this stopped very suddenly. it turns out that there is federal law that says that if replaceable/consumable parts/materials by third parties will void the warranty, then those parts/materieals have to be provided free under the warranty. apparently, someone called hp on this and they have taken great care to note that the use of this stuff will *not* void the warranty. if it leaks, breaks, etc is a diffenty story.
is it really important? if it was important to use RHL 6.2, you have the source and there are plenty of smart people around to fix problems.
with linux, you have that choice. when MS really pulls the plug on W2k, you're outa luck unless you can find some source code
the other thing to realize is that part of this is consumer demand. the drop dead date for windows 98se kept on being pushed back because of an amazing number of *big* corporate users that wanted support. if the death of win98 can be pushed back, so can the death of w2k.
take it to a crt specialist to get adjusted. not only do you *not* want to mess with the high voltage inside monitors, adjusting them is an art. good technical display people will have special equipment for tweaking the million or so things inside a monitor.
several years ago IBM decided that they were tired of having warranty monitors sent back them to be fixed so they made the 8518 (i think) model a field repairable monitor. there were only two parts on the inside, the 'electronics' (smarts) and the 'tube' (the glass display). besides the very serious issue of high voltage (it was considered acceptable to do this on customer site), most of the adjustments were to be made to 'eyeball quality', meaning that your white balance was whatever the tech thought white was that day. yuck.
I tried this (with.shs). The extension is *not* shown. The icon is slightly different and the type is listed as scrap object. I can't think of a single user that I've ever supported that would notice the (slightly) different icon or that the type was not 'Text Document'.
Even with clearing the 'Hide Extensions of...' box.
Has anyone at MS ever explained *why* they do this?
eric p.s. this was windows 2000. does this hold true for windows server 2003?
Part of the problem causing the low wages that causes this in the first place is a hugh number of operations that had a very sloppy technology view. I can't tell you how many places were just a half-step from catastrophe and the attitude was, 'if it isn't on fire, it isn't broken'. I've seen this at hospitals, government agencies, small businesses, etc.
You don't have to look far to see what happens with this: ChoicePoint, Lexus-Nexus, etc. Even where the data was just stolen by walking out the door with a computer with data, a competent IT person should have said 'the data shouldn't be on this machine'!
When screwing up with computers start to hurt (dollar wise), qualified technical people will become valuable again. HIPAA should draw in a fair amount of technical people when the whip starts cracking (and fines are levied).
exposure to other 'stuff' helps expand your horizons. being able to see the code behind os/2 would probably give a different perspective on an operating system.
there is something to be said for learning from others.
It's 5 or seven years that you take depreciation. a couple of years ago i bought some hardware. the tax man (H&R) said that to get the full dep i had to keep the stuff 5 (or seven) years. he said that if it was junk, i should put it in the basement until we were done depreciating it.
5 years is a long time for computer equipment. the only thing that i've had that still has high usefullness after 5 years is an HP laserjet 4000 printer and a viewsonic 20inch monitor. a fair amount is around because it still has *some* usefullness. but there's been an amazing amount of stuff that was junk before 5 years was up.
so, i can see the tax benefit for leasing (computer equipment).
yup. and look back at the university that was trying to ban wireless. until the fcc stepped in.
i would look for a lawyer or an organization (eff) that would start by talking to the university lawyers and explaining to them how bad it might look if they were on the wrong end of a high profile case. as mentioned by previous posters, there is getting to precednet that p2p *is* legal.
i have noticed that a lot of universities will shy away from anything at all that looks like bad p.r.
Novell used to be pretty good about numbering. I think they had difficulties because of the way microsoft numbered their products and then they followed in the same pattern.
Exchange Server 4 was the first version of exchange. It replaced MSMail 3.x which was a completely different product.
Novell started kicking versions of ancillary products up their base os versions. ZEN 4 went to ZEN 6.5 and there were others that did this also.
What amazed me is that they didn't change it to match othe netware version (NLD 6.5/7.0).
a) it's support for (group) policies. which is simply defining control points in the registry and reading from the points and following instructions. this should not be difficult.
b) it's scripted/automatic install *and* repair. there may be some of this in there but i'm not sure.
c) other remote/automatic managenent support for not only ADS but also NDS (SuSE/Novell would be very interested in that).
But a *RELIABLE* one also. if you have the dvd it doesn't matter if you dsl/broadband is slow or dead.
I'm amazed that people will use online only solutions for mission critical applications. I am aware of agency management software for insurance agents that is completely data offsite. If the dsl goes down, they would be playing solitare on the computers.
This doesn't apppear to be targeted at (large scale) ebayers, but ohio will have a rather interesting problem when it comes to electronic auctions: where does the auction really take place?
If someone lives in cincinnati and travels (every day, whenever) to KY and does *real* auctioning in kentucky (and doesn't auction in OH), does OH have any standing to 'regulate' or special tax this guy? probably not.
If someone lives in OH, has a Northern KY ISP including email and webspace (for hosting photos) that is located in KY (not a branch in OH), and even has a Northern KY postoffice box for collecting checks and money orders, the question becomes: where does the auction really take place, and OH may actually force the question of where transactions take place.
If you stick your head in the sand and only hear good things, this leads to *big* problems later. You can look at some history at IBM and see that the cheerleader mentality cost them a lot. It didn't matter what the truth was, it didn't matter what reality was, it didn't matter if the product worked, it was your job to promote it like it was the best thing since sliced bread, and do it with a smile on your face. You could see a lot of that with PS/2s
Everyone that builds something, designs somethings, etc, should be able to have some basic defense of his actions, designs, procedures. If all you can say is "that's hurtfull", you are in big trouble.
if you want to get the most of it, find a copy of the game by eon (the oldest i think) and as many of the expansions as you can find (nine i believe). the other good version is by mayfair and it starts with the basic game and the expansion is 'more cosmic encounters'.
there are two other versions, one by gdw (i think) and one by avalon hill. i don't know much about the gdw version but the avalon hill version doesn't have all the options.
There are several versions of risk. castle risk, and a risk set in the future where there are undersea cities and colonies on the moon. that's a blast.
Because so far the consumer entertainment industry has made products that were better *enough* (and *cheaper*) that 3-5 years later, people are motivated to replace rather than repair
a lot of people can see an 3 year improvement on tvs stereos, pvrs, etc. a lot of people couldn't tell you what got better in office xp over office 2000.
They have been de-activating lighthouses in the united states for decades now. From way before GPS. A prior post mentioned radar and there are other advanced technologies being used (GPS is more accurate).
The ones that aren't deactivated are mostly automated.
There are some fairly serious lighthouse preservations groups here.
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for a while (mid '80s), hp was starting to feel pressure on refilled toner cartridges and started making statements about refilled and/or third party toners breaking the warranty. i'm not sure that this was ever 'official' hp policy.
however, one day this stopped very suddenly. it turns out that there is federal law that says that if replaceable/consumable parts/materials by third parties will void the warranty, then those parts/materieals have to be provided free under the warranty. apparently, someone called hp on this and they have taken great care to note that the use of this stuff will *not* void the warranty. if it leaks, breaks, etc is a diffenty story.
eric
is it really important? if it was important to use RHL 6.2, you have the source and there are plenty of smart people around to fix problems.
with linux, you have that choice. when MS really pulls the plug on W2k, you're outa luck unless you can find some source code
the other thing to realize is that part of this is consumer demand. the drop dead date for windows 98se kept on being pushed back because of an amazing number of *big* corporate users that wanted support. if the death of win98 can be pushed back, so can the death of w2k.
eric
take it to a crt specialist to get adjusted. not only do you *not* want to mess with the high voltage inside monitors, adjusting them is an art. good technical display people will have special equipment for tweaking the million or so things inside a monitor.
several years ago IBM decided that they were tired of having warranty monitors sent back them to be fixed so they made the 8518 (i think) model a field repairable monitor. there were only two parts on the inside, the 'electronics' (smarts) and the 'tube' (the glass display). besides the very serious issue of high voltage (it was considered acceptable to do this on customer site), most of the adjustments were to be made to 'eyeball quality', meaning that your white balance was whatever the tech thought white was that day. yuck.
eric
I tried this (with .shs). The extension is *not* shown. The icon is slightly different and the type is listed as scrap object. I can't think of a single user that I've ever supported that would notice the (slightly) different icon or that the type was not 'Text Document'.
Even with clearing the 'Hide Extensions of...' box.
Has anyone at MS ever explained *why* they do this?
eric
p.s. this was windows 2000. does this hold true for windows server 2003?
Part of the problem causing the low wages that causes this in the first place is a hugh number of operations that had a very sloppy technology view. I can't tell you how many places were just a half-step from catastrophe and the attitude was, 'if it isn't on fire, it isn't broken'. I've seen this at hospitals, government agencies, small businesses, etc.
You don't have to look far to see what happens with this: ChoicePoint, Lexus-Nexus, etc. Even where the data was just stolen by walking out the door with a computer with data, a competent IT person should have said 'the data shouldn't be on this machine'!
When screwing up with computers start to hurt (dollar wise), qualified technical people will become valuable again. HIPAA should draw in a fair amount of technical people when the whip starts cracking (and fines are levied).
eric
exposure to other 'stuff' helps expand your horizons. being able to see the code behind os/2 would probably give a different perspective on an operating system.
there is something to be said for learning from others.
eric
old netware 2.x required a process called compsurf. it was part of the setup. netware 3.x and 4 had the tool also (i think).
compsurf ran a write and read test pattern on *every* byte of the hard drive. there were multiple bit patterns run.
in the early 1990s, when a large hard drive was 300MB (M not G), a compsurf took several days.
i would look into that.
eric
as long as it starts like this: you will be suspended by the neck until dead!
eric
It's 5 or seven years that you take depreciation. a couple of years ago i bought some hardware. the tax man (H&R) said that to get the full dep i had to keep the stuff 5 (or seven) years. he said that if it was junk, i should put it in the basement until we were done depreciating it.
5 years is a long time for computer equipment. the only thing that i've had that still has high usefullness after 5 years is an HP laserjet 4000 printer and a viewsonic 20inch monitor. a fair amount is around because it still has *some* usefullness. but there's been an amazing amount of stuff that was junk before 5 years was up.
so, i can see the tax benefit for leasing (computer equipment).
eric
NDS kicks the stuffing out of Active Directory Services also.
It's not obvious on small projects, but as you scale up you can see some pretty nice things on NDS.
eric
yup. and look back at the university that was trying to ban wireless. until the fcc stepped in.
i would look for a lawyer or an organization (eff) that would start by talking to the university lawyers and explaining to them how bad it might look if they were on the wrong end of a high profile case. as mentioned by previous posters, there is getting to precednet that p2p *is* legal.
i have noticed that a lot of universities will shy away from anything at all that looks like bad p.r.
eric
Novell used to be pretty good about numbering. I think they had difficulties because of the way microsoft numbered their products and then they followed in the same pattern.
Exchange Server 4 was the first version of exchange. It replaced MSMail 3.x which was a completely different product.
Novell started kicking versions of ancillary products up their base os versions. ZEN 4 went to ZEN 6.5 and there were others that did this also.
What amazed me is that they didn't change it to match othe netware version (NLD 6.5/7.0).
eric
a) it's support for (group) policies. which is simply defining control points in the registry and reading from the points and following instructions. this should not be difficult.
b) it's scripted/automatic install *and* repair. there may be some of this in there but i'm not sure.
c) other remote/automatic managenent support for not only ADS but also NDS (SuSE/Novell would be very interested in that).
eric
you get a name, address, maybe even email and phone number of someone that bought a product.
eric
But a *RELIABLE* one also. if you have the dvd it doesn't matter if you dsl/broadband is slow or dead.
I'm amazed that people will use online only solutions for mission critical applications. I am aware of agency management software for insurance agents that is completely data offsite. If the dsl goes down, they would be playing solitare on the computers.
eric
What i found interesting was that they didn't talk about role playing games (RPGs), just D&D. The 'live-action' D&D may be what's spooking them.
eric
This doesn't apppear to be targeted at (large scale) ebayers, but ohio will have a rather interesting problem when it comes to electronic auctions: where does the auction really take place?
If someone lives in cincinnati and travels (every day, whenever) to KY and does *real* auctioning in kentucky (and doesn't auction in OH), does OH have any standing to 'regulate' or special tax this guy? probably not.
If someone lives in OH, has a Northern KY ISP including email and webspace (for hosting photos) that is located in KY (not a branch in OH), and even has a Northern KY postoffice box for collecting checks and money orders, the question becomes: where does the auction really take place, and OH may actually force the question of where transactions take place.
This is gonna be interesting.
eric
If you stick your head in the sand and only hear good things, this leads to *big* problems later. You can look at some history at IBM and see that the cheerleader mentality cost them a lot. It didn't matter what the truth was, it didn't matter what reality was, it didn't matter if the product worked, it was your job to promote it like it was the best thing since sliced bread, and do it with a smile on your face. You could see a lot of that with PS/2s
Everyone that builds something, designs somethings, etc, should be able to have some basic defense of his actions, designs, procedures. If all you can say is "that's hurtfull", you are in big trouble.
eric
if you want to get the most of it, find a copy of the game by eon (the oldest i think) and as many of the expansions as you can find (nine i believe). the other good version is by mayfair and it starts with the basic game and the expansion is 'more cosmic encounters'.
there are two other versions, one by gdw (i think) and one by avalon hill. i don't know much about the gdw version but the avalon hill version doesn't have all the options.
eric
There are several versions of risk. castle risk, and a risk set in the future where there are undersea cities and colonies on the moon. that's a blast.
eric
i live in kentucky. more than a fair amount of drinking alcohol is fermented, brewed, and/or distilled here.
eric
it's easy: since the telephone co is owned/controlled by the state, voip is *stealing* from the state.
similar to states that tax alcohol and it's a crime to bring (over a very limited qty) it into the state from other states.
eric
because patents have an expiration. if i have property and some government (local, state, etc) wants to take it, i have rights to fight it in court.
most drug patents are close enough to expiration that the company could delay enough in court to make it a moot point.
eric
Because so far the consumer entertainment industry has made products that were better *enough* (and *cheaper*) that 3-5 years later, people are motivated to replace rather than repair
a lot of people can see an 3 year improvement on tvs stereos, pvrs, etc. a lot of people couldn't tell you what got better in office xp over office 2000.
They have been de-activating lighthouses in the united states for decades now. From way before GPS. A prior post mentioned radar and there are other advanced technologies being used (GPS is more accurate).
The ones that aren't deactivated are mostly automated.
There are some fairly serious lighthouse preservations groups here.