Don't ever buy one from their home line of printers. I had one and it was broke after my first year of college.
Better yet - buy it from Best Buy and get the service plan. I do this for most everything and I put it in my calendar to "break it" just prior to the expiration. Since most new electronics are CRAP, I usually don't have to worry about this. I just did this with my cell phone (that legitmately failed after 2.5 years). Because they don't repair things anymore and because they don't carry the phone still, they just issued me a full credit on a replacement phone.
Digital camera is coming up and I replaced my scanner a few months ago. It is nice to be able to get an updated product every couple years. And it doesn't say anything in the contract about breaking it yourself...
It would seem that the market would *love* a printer that would use generic commodity ink. Make a few bucks on the printer and let the rest of the industry battle out the ink pricing.
A while ago, I modified an Epson to use large generic ink from a bottle (500mL each color). The printer dies before the ink ever ran out. Perhaps someone could manufacture a disposable printer? Just fill it with a crazy supply of ink and lock that bad boy up.
This $50/cartridge thing has to stop sooner or later. Some manufacturer will realize that consumers will *pay* for a quality piece that doesn't institute the Gillete sales model.
Isn't one supposed to check for this kind of stuff prior to creation? I just started my own business and spent significant time on the patent/trademark website.
"passing through" technologies don't last as long as Linux has already.
He means on the desktop. Obviously, even Bill knows that Linux kick MS ass on the server side. But until Linus starts bringing the GUI into the tree, then I would tend to agree that Linux will never make significant inroads to Windows.
Heck - Linux doesn't even have a desktop. X/KDE/Gnome/etc are responsible for that. And those run on other unices, too. I'm not sure why Linux = Windows competitor to most. It has nothing to do with a desktop OS.
No... it is almost half a billion. While it may sound like a lot, the government spends one billion dollars every *eight* minutes. So if they all leave four minutes early today, this will be a drop in the bucket.
Finally... I'm so sick of having to either change my phone number or pay higher rates every year when my contract runs up.
What about the *hardware*? It would be nice if the gov't dropped the campaign donations in favor of legislation requiring compatible hardware on all networks. If I change my carrier, then I need to buy a new phone. That isn't a big deal if you've got entry-level hardware but some of these more elaborate gadjets pretty much lock you into the carrier unless you are willing to eat the cost of buying a comparable replacement.
Right now, I just wish that the cellular carriers would provide hardware to plug into my house POTS wiring. I subscribed to Ameritech/SBC for only two months before I realized that their customer inservice was not going to work for me. This was prior to the monopoly on local phone carriers. At the time, it made sense to swap to cellular and I've never had a problem but it would be nice to have a regular phone system at home. It would be nice if I could just put my cell phone on a docking station/charger when I came home and calls could ring into the home system.
I'm just glad to be without SBC/Ameritech. I've never hated a business with such passion.
Actually, I read it as "We don't want it to replace our jobs"
As one poster already pointed out, there would be traditionalists (i.e. - most fans) against this. If you did that, then you could just replace the pitcher with this thing. Then you'd only need to develop an electronic batter and the game would be nearly as enjoyable as it is now (read:BORING).
The problem is that this technology will cause outrage among the fans who are watching at home, since it will be telling everyone wether it really was a strike or not. This will likely be similar to the frustration experienced when they stop football or hockey games for review. By the time that the official gets his ass organized, we've already watched the replay backwards and forwards a dozen times from ten different angles and know the outcome.
IMHO, they need to "fix it" somehow. In the end, we don't need officials out there in many games. When the technology cheapens, we'll see the little parks using it because it will be cheaper. Then the traditionalists will eventually be phased out.
But I can imagine that, in a dozen or so years, kids will be buying these things so that they can have a real ump for their sand lot.
I think that Microsoft are going a little overboard embedding a database into the filesystem
Not when you consider that it puts Linux and OSS that much further behind in terms of interoperability. NTFS support was just nearing usability.
What happens to Microsoft's stranglehold when you can dual-boot Windows and Linux on the same partition? More people will start installing it - thats what... Obfuscating the file system gets OSS out of the picture. The DOJ needs to require open specs on this new file system.
I had paragraphs written but it should be PAINFULLY obvious that antivirus was the next step.
YES - I realize that this will be the death of some companies. But they should know that they had it coming. When Microsoft released automatic updates, my workload decreased 10 fold (or, rather, profit per hour increased 10 fold). The fact that auto-updates breaks a few PCs here and there pales in comparison to this FACT.
However, having built-in anti-virus will ELIMINATE me in terms of tech support, provided that Gator can be blocked. Do *I* care? While it will certainly hit me in the pocket book, this is what I've expected.
While Microsoft may not be the most ethical company, they are pretty fucking smart in the business sense. Integrated Anti-virus will reduce their occurance on slashdot.
WTF will we all do then? First it was the BSOD... Then insecurity...
Caller ID has been working 100% for me for the past few years
The funny thing is that the phone company sells this "feature" to the telespammers so that their callerID reads nothing. Then they sell us "privacy manager" to top things off.
The FCC should sue the phone companies for this practice. If they required all telespammers to have a telespammer callerID label, there'd be no need for this database.
In any event, don't just not answer the phone. I always answer and then hang up during the 5 second routing delay. This way, they have to pay for the call.
Slashdot Mirror
To quote the Simpsons:
Oh, goodbye student loan payments, haha - Snake
Not all netadmin's are geeks either. Some of them are MCSEs.
Mmmmmm... Unprocessed fish sticks...
This would have instant cool uses for designs on bedspreads or sheets, custom car paint jobs, walls, etc. etc.
Uhh.. you're forgetting the obvious:
Painting the sides of train cars.
The reviewer must be a "foron" (fucking moron).
Don't ever buy one from their home line of printers. I had one and it was broke after my first year of college.
Better yet - buy it from Best Buy and get the service plan. I do this for most everything and I put it in my calendar to "break it" just prior to the expiration. Since most new electronics are CRAP, I usually don't have to worry about this. I just did this with my cell phone (that legitmately failed after 2.5 years). Because they don't repair things anymore and because they don't carry the phone still, they just issued me a full credit on a replacement phone.
Digital camera is coming up and I replaced my scanner a few months ago. It is nice to be able to get an updated product every couple years. And it doesn't say anything in the contract about breaking it yourself...
It would seem that the market would *love* a printer that would use generic commodity ink. Make a few bucks on the printer and let the rest of the industry battle out the ink pricing.
A while ago, I modified an Epson to use large generic ink from a bottle (500mL each color). The printer dies before the ink ever ran out. Perhaps someone could manufacture a disposable printer? Just fill it with a crazy supply of ink and lock that bad boy up.
This $50/cartridge thing has to stop sooner or later. Some manufacturer will realize that consumers will *pay* for a quality piece that doesn't institute the Gillete sales model.
Isn't one supposed to check for this kind of stuff prior to creation? I just started my own business and spent significant time on the patent/trademark website.
"passing through" technologies don't last as long as Linux has already.
He means on the desktop. Obviously, even Bill knows that Linux kick MS ass on the server side. But until Linus starts bringing the GUI into the tree, then I would tend to agree that Linux will never make significant inroads to Windows.
Heck - Linux doesn't even have a desktop. X/KDE/Gnome/etc are responsible for that. And those run on other unices, too. I'm not sure why Linux = Windows competitor to most. It has nothing to do with a desktop OS.
Company cuts cost in down economy.
Wow!
What I want to see is a marble/labyrinth game for cell phones. Wouldn't *that* be something?
This is almost 1/2 a trillion dollars
No... it is almost half a billion. While it may sound like a lot, the government spends one billion dollars every *eight* minutes. So if they all leave four minutes early today, this will be a drop in the bucket.
The US has no shortage of IP. Perhaps they could borrow some from us...
Oh, wait - you meant *internet protocol* and not *intellectual property*...
Nevermind...
Finally... I'm so sick of having to either change my phone number or pay higher rates every year when my contract runs up.
What about the *hardware*? It would be nice if the gov't dropped the campaign donations in favor of legislation requiring compatible hardware on all networks. If I change my carrier, then I need to buy a new phone. That isn't a big deal if you've got entry-level hardware but some of these more elaborate gadjets pretty much lock you into the carrier unless you are willing to eat the cost of buying a comparable replacement.
Right now, I just wish that the cellular carriers would provide hardware to plug into my house POTS wiring. I subscribed to Ameritech/SBC for only two months before I realized that their customer inservice was not going to work for me. This was prior to the monopoly on local phone carriers. At the time, it made sense to swap to cellular and I've never had a problem but it would be nice to have a regular phone system at home. It would be nice if I could just put my cell phone on a docking station/charger when I came home and calls could ring into the home system.
I'm just glad to be without SBC/Ameritech. I've never hated a business with such passion.
They're giving us a desktop UNIX running on 64-bit hardware, what else can you ask for? sheesh
Ummm... WATERPROOF!?
Actually, I read it as "We don't want it to replace our jobs"
As one poster already pointed out, there would be traditionalists (i.e. - most fans) against this. If you did that, then you could just replace the pitcher with this thing. Then you'd only need to develop an electronic batter and the game would be nearly as enjoyable as it is now (read:BORING).
The problem is that this technology will cause outrage among the fans who are watching at home, since it will be telling everyone wether it really was a strike or not. This will likely be similar to the frustration experienced when they stop football or hockey games for review. By the time that the official gets his ass organized, we've already watched the replay backwards and forwards a dozen times from ten different angles and know the outcome.
IMHO, they need to "fix it" somehow. In the end, we don't need officials out there in many games. When the technology cheapens, we'll see the little parks using it because it will be cheaper. Then the traditionalists will eventually be phased out.
But I can imagine that, in a dozen or so years, kids will be buying these things so that they can have a real ump for their sand lot.
Ghostman on second!
Just one...
Simply standardize
???!!
Open Laptop Chassis, monitor and power standards!
Ding, Ding!
I think that Microsoft are going a little overboard embedding a database into the filesystem
Not when you consider that it puts Linux and OSS that much further behind in terms of interoperability. NTFS support was just nearing usability.
What happens to Microsoft's stranglehold when you can dual-boot Windows and Linux on the same partition? More people will start installing it - thats what... Obfuscating the file system gets OSS out of the picture. The DOJ needs to require open specs on this new file system.
And rather anti-competitive, don't you think?
WTF is wrong with you people?
Windows is *the* target for virus writers.
*delete* *delete* *delete*
I had paragraphs written but it should be PAINFULLY obvious that antivirus was the next step.
YES - I realize that this will be the death of some companies. But they should know that they had it coming. When Microsoft released automatic updates, my workload decreased 10 fold (or, rather, profit per hour increased 10 fold). The fact that auto-updates breaks a few PCs here and there pales in comparison to this FACT.
However, having built-in anti-virus will ELIMINATE me in terms of tech support, provided that Gator can be blocked. Do *I* care? While it will certainly hit me in the pocket book, this is what I've expected.
While Microsoft may not be the most ethical company, they are pretty fucking smart in the business sense. Integrated Anti-virus will reduce their occurance on slashdot.
WTF will we all do then? First it was the BSOD... Then insecurity...
NOW WHAT?
99 percent will pay the so-called "cost".
They're working on it.
I left my wallet in El Segundo.
I gotta get it.
Caller ID has been working 100% for me for the past few years
The funny thing is that the phone company sells this "feature" to the telespammers so that their callerID reads nothing. Then they sell us "privacy manager" to top things off.
The FCC should sue the phone companies for this practice. If they required all telespammers to have a telespammer callerID label, there'd be no need for this database.
In any event, don't just not answer the phone. I always answer and then hang up during the 5 second routing delay. This way, they have to pay for the call.
Nothing at all (although we fixed the system).
See, there was a glitch in payroll. He was supposed to be fired years ago, but for some reason he kept getting a paycheck.
We, uhh... fixed the glitch!