reuben> somebody keeps jiggling the doorknob on my front door, then running away reuben> i don't know if i should call the police, or hook up some electricity to the doorknob cristobal> why don't you put ice on the stairs cristobal> and heat up the door knob cristobal> and swing paint buckets down from your two story foyer cristobal> then a few years later, fade from the public eye.....
The only reason we trade with China is obvious, look at the bottom of any cheap plastic item in your house. Most likely it will say "Made in China" (Hell, I've seen American Flags that say Made in China.) Now look at Cuba, sure we can set up a few sweatshops, but relations with China make more economical sense for the US. It's not about respecting one's "sovereignty" it's about cheap resources.
BMW has gone downhill since the late 90's:(
They used to be very distinct aggressive looking cars like the E30's (late 80s) and E36's (93-98) but now they look like every other car out there (buldgy and round.)
I work for a CLEC too, unfortunately we deal with not only SBC, but Qwest and Verizon.
I can confirm these nasty things citking is saying. Not only that but they do another nasty thing, they like to claim non used cable pairs as "back ups". What does this mean? Here's the scenario:
Customer orders DSL through a CLEC like us.
We create an order with SBC
Customer's order goes on hold forever.
We contact SBC, they state "no facilities available"...what this means is they have assigned those non-used pairs as "back ups" therefore there are no more "open" pairs left
Our customer gets frustrated
SBC calls customer and tells them that the reason their install is going so slow is because of the CLEC and that they can get service installed faster through SBC.....shady as hell.
Those DeathStars are nothing but trouble. Mine would freeze the system every once in a while (with the HD activity light on), refuse to boot and make funny noises.
Werd, I think a lot of people had issues with these drives. I had a 60GB DeathStar, RMA'd only to get another used HDD (didn't bother to send me a new drive) that failed on me. Some people reported these drives were great while most hated it. I think I'll avoid IBM Hard Drives.
Just wondering if you've had any luck getting Tribes 2 to install on any version of Linux with >=glibc2.1? I'm having a helluva time doing so, just wondering if you've had any luck.
I feel kind of glad that I work in the call center environment I do. Luckily the only thing they require scripted is the greeting and the confirmation of "is there anything else I can do for you?" at the end of the call. The rest is all up to you. Of course this might change because we have been bought out by a big global company...
Scripts suck, customers don't give a shit about that, they just want their stuff fixed.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels this way. Graphical installers introduce too many glitches and failures. Many of times I've ran into installing Mandrake and having it freeze on me, only having to reboot and try again.
Debian and Slackware installers are probably my favorite (never tried FreeBSD but it looks the same), they are smooth and not that confusing if you actually read. I've tried Redhat text install and it didn't feel as smooth. Graphical installers are not necessary especially if you're going to be setting up a server that's not going to use a GUI anyways. All I ask is for easy menus and a back button to fix any mistakes I've made.
The auto detection is a nice feature, but isn't necessary in my situation because I know all the hardware I have. Although I see this helpful in a corporate environment where you don't know what kind of hardware is set up on a client's computer.
Overall I think this new installer is a great compromise. We don't have the shiny GUI install where a mindless drone can just "duhhh next next next", but at the same time, the install is much easier. Plus no worrying about your installer trying to figure how to get your funky video card to work in X;)
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Reminds me of a good 'ol quote:
reuben> somebody keeps jiggling the doorknob on my front door, then running away
reuben> i don't know if i should call the police, or hook up some electricity to the doorknob
cristobal> why don't you put ice on the stairs
cristobal> and heat up the door knob
cristobal> and swing paint buckets down from your two story foyer
cristobal> then a few years later, fade from the public eye.....
The only reason we trade with China is obvious, look at the bottom of any cheap plastic item in your house. Most likely it will say "Made in China" (Hell, I've seen American Flags that say Made in China.) Now look at Cuba, sure we can set up a few sweatshops, but relations with China make more economical sense for the US. It's not about respecting one's "sovereignty" it's about cheap resources.
Or the countless cities we firebombed in Japan. The documentary "Fog of War" does a good comparison with "Proportions".
does it have TypeR stickers?
Hmm...*looks at the picture to the left captioned "HP ranked #1 in outsourcing (InformationWeek PDF)"*
:P
1 .g if
Yea, I think I'll pass
http://www.hp.com/hps/images/pic_promo_spot_out
BMW has gone downhill since the late 90's :(
They used to be very distinct aggressive looking cars like the E30's (late 80s) and E36's (93-98) but now they look like every other car out there (buldgy and round.)
I've used that one before "sir, it could be the solar flares."
I've also used the following:
Customer: "So why did the server go down?"
Me: "I don't know, it's Friday the 13th."
Customer: "Ah, that makes sense!"
I work for a CLEC too, unfortunately we deal with not only SBC, but Qwest and Verizon. I can confirm these nasty things citking is saying. Not only that but they do another nasty thing, they like to claim non used cable pairs as "back ups". What does this mean? Here's the scenario: Customer orders DSL through a CLEC like us. We create an order with SBC Customer's order goes on hold forever. We contact SBC, they state "no facilities available" ...what this means is they have assigned those non-used pairs as "back ups" therefore there are no more "open" pairs left
Our customer gets frustrated
SBC calls customer and tells them that the reason their install is going so slow is because of the CLEC and that they can get service installed faster through SBC. ....shady as hell.
What's going to stop an idiot end user from opening nude_pix0rz.sh that contains 'rm -rf $HOME'?
I'm thinking of joining the CWA, I'm a lowly Tier 1 tech, would there be any benefit if I joined the CWA?
Werd, I think a lot of people had issues with these drives. I had a 60GB DeathStar, RMA'd only to get another used HDD (didn't bother to send me a new drive) that failed on me. Some people reported these drives were great while most hated it. I think I'll avoid IBM Hard Drives.
hmmm somehow it won't install on my x86 based system...in other words STFU. I don't want to pay $2000 for a software upgrade.
; )
they probably already use it.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was told the PR xxxx+ was in comparison of what a Athlon Thunderbird clock speed would be.
The jobs won't "come back" they will move onto somewhere else that has cheaper labor, like China, Russia, Eastern Europe, etc.
No clue, I'll make sure to ask when I have to call into the ILEC ;)
ummm isn't GTA rated M for Mature by the ESRB?
Just wondering if you've had any luck getting Tribes 2 to install on any version of Linux with >=glibc2.1? I'm having a helluva time doing so, just wondering if you've had any luck.
My friend always buys the latest and greatest hardware, yet he just uses it for Kazaa...
I feel kind of glad that I work in the call center environment I do. Luckily the only thing they require scripted is the greeting and the confirmation of "is there anything else I can do for you?" at the end of the call. The rest is all up to you. Of course this might change because we have been bought out by a big global company...
Scripts suck, customers don't give a shit about that, they just want their stuff fixed.
I ran apt-get and all I got was a SCO subpoena in my motd :(
I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels this way. Graphical installers introduce too many glitches and failures. Many of times I've ran into installing Mandrake and having it freeze on me, only having to reboot and try again.
;)
Debian and Slackware installers are probably my favorite (never tried FreeBSD but it looks the same), they are smooth and not that confusing if you actually read. I've tried Redhat text install and it didn't feel as smooth. Graphical installers are not necessary especially if you're going to be setting up a server that's not going to use a GUI anyways. All I ask is for easy menus and a back button to fix any mistakes I've made.
The auto detection is a nice feature, but isn't necessary in my situation because I know all the hardware I have. Although I see this helpful in a corporate environment where you don't know what kind of hardware is set up on a client's computer.
Overall I think this new installer is a great compromise. We don't have the shiny GUI install where a mindless drone can just "duhhh next next next", but at the same time, the install is much easier. Plus no worrying about your installer trying to figure how to get your funky video card to work in X
uhhh can I do you?
Dude, you just called Debian a Ford. I would of been ok with a Volvo, but a Ford? You sir, deserve to be shot!