I think every Brit who has tried to work with BT, especially as a business customer, has their own BT horror story. Here's mine:
The company I was working for ordered 1MB broadband. We are on a reasonably rural exchange which had only very recently been upgraded to support it. So we ordered it and was informed that an engineer would come and check the line, as they weren't sure whether we were too far from the exchange or not. So the engineer came, said "you're fine mate" and off he went. "Great" I thought, I'll be surfing by the end of the week. A week and no broadband later, I called the ISP to be told that the BT line test had failed, despite the engineer telling me otherwise. So I called BT. Now some of the Brits here may have heard the rumour that some technical people work at BT, and if you say the right combination of words to the right customer service advisor, they'll put you through to them. Alas, this failed and I ended up at "Business Purchasing" of all places. The guy I spoke to promised to look into it and call me back by the end of the day. A collegue also called the company's account manager at BT, who also promised to look into it and call back. Of course, neither of them did, but that's fairly typical. I now know to make a point of asking for their full name, so they know that you know who they are and can complain to their manager if they don't do what they promise.
Anyway, a week later a broadband modem and BT connection kit arrived, which they intended to charge us for as well as a monthly fee for their own broadband service. Now, we didn't order broadband from BT's ISP, so I called BT to be told that I must have ordered it. My protests of never having done so and not even having the authority to do so within the company fell upon deaf ears. I must have ordered it, even if I say I didn't. So I cancelled the order "I" had made and gave up. Clearly the slime-ball I spoke to at Business Purchasing had made it to get a commission.
I complained by e-mail, to be told that I had asked the rep I spoke to to order it, in order for a new line test to be done. Which of course I hadn't, nor would I, because it's a silly idea. I suggested they listen to the recording of the conversation (guessing that they record all calls). The next e-mail I received was very apologetic and I was promised that steps would be taken to ensure it could never happen again.
That didn't fix the broadband line test issue however and in the end we gave up fighting BT and went for a lower speed.
It's interesting to note that the report mentioned in the article has, as you can see by following the link, been removed and replaced with a message basically rubbishing the contents of the report. But there is an archived version available.
A great place to find recipes is searching rec.food.recipes using Google groups.
I've always been able to find what I'm looking for.
Just goto the group, search for what you want to make, and hey presto! Easy!
According to the BBC article, Microsoft have now confirmed that the Windows 2000 source code circulating IS REAL.
"Computer software giant Microsoft says parts of the tightly guarded blueprints of its Windows operating system have been leaked over the internet. Microsoft spokesman Tom Pilla said the company did not know how much of the source code had been leaked, or how many people may have access to it."
How interesting. Every day I go to study at the Department of Engineering and Technology in the JOHN DALTON building here in Manchester, yet I had NO idea who John Dalton was, or what he had to do with Manchester.
At least now I'll have something to bore my classmates with tomorrow...
Linux already has several free WYSIWYG editors and can live quite happily without Star Office - we got open office remember. I completely disagree that Solaris will steal anything from Linux on the desktop. What advantage does it have over Solaris? For a start it can run on any machine known to man - can Solaris??? Solaris has a billion dollar company - only one? What about IBM, Dell, HP, who are supporting Linux? The list goes on...
I use SuSE and find the printer config really easy. During install it will detect a local printer and allow you to set up a network printer etc. Dead easy.
Good support doesn't make up for poor products. I know a guy who frequently has to call Microsoft tech support with his job. Microsoft charge to call the number UNLESS it is something they can't fix or it's a bug in the software. He has called literally hundreds of times and NEVER had to pay a penny.
I'm just starting to do UK AS Level Computing (don't know what US equivelent is) and I know which OS is the future...
I've been using Linux since I was about 14 and even at that age I recognised its potential. How can IT students not see it? Microsoft propoganda wins again.
Forget downloading it, it's so cheap you may as well just buy it!
And for us peasents with 56k modems it's much easier than downloading the demo too...
So that's why the site doesn't work....
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Typical, I see the game, go to the site and find it doesn't work. Now I know why...
Luckily for me you can go directly to the order page... you'll have to search for it in Google 'cos I can't be bothered to look it up...
Looks like a great game and at only about £16 I couldn't resist.
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As I'm sure the BBC article says, the main reason they've raised the alert level is because they are very concerned that there may be either:
1. More than one group involved in the same planned attack
2. A backup group who are to carry out the attack should the main group be arrested
This seems like good enough justification to raise the alert level to me...
I think every Brit who has tried to work with BT, especially as a business customer, has their own BT horror story. Here's mine:
The company I was working for ordered 1MB broadband. We are on a reasonably rural exchange which had only very recently been upgraded to support it. So we ordered it and was informed that an engineer would come and check the line, as they weren't sure whether we were too far from the exchange or not. So the engineer came, said "you're fine mate" and off he went. "Great" I thought, I'll be surfing by the end of the week. A week and no broadband later, I called the ISP to be told that the BT line test had failed, despite the engineer telling me otherwise. So I called BT. Now some of the Brits here may have heard the rumour that some technical people work at BT, and if you say the right combination of words to the right customer service advisor, they'll put you through to them. Alas, this failed and I ended up at "Business Purchasing" of all places. The guy I spoke to promised to look into it and call me back by the end of the day. A collegue also called the company's account manager at BT, who also promised to look into it and call back. Of course, neither of them did, but that's fairly typical. I now know to make a point of asking for their full name, so they know that you know who they are and can complain to their manager if they don't do what they promise.
Anyway, a week later a broadband modem and BT connection kit arrived, which they intended to charge us for as well as a monthly fee for their own broadband service. Now, we didn't order broadband from BT's ISP, so I called BT to be told that I must have ordered it. My protests of never having done so and not even having the authority to do so within the company fell upon deaf ears. I must have ordered it, even if I say I didn't. So I cancelled the order "I" had made and gave up. Clearly the slime-ball I spoke to at Business Purchasing had made it to get a commission.
I complained by e-mail, to be told that I had asked the rep I spoke to to order it, in order for a new line test to be done. Which of course I hadn't, nor would I, because it's a silly idea. I suggested they listen to the recording of the conversation (guessing that they record all calls). The next e-mail I received was very apologetic and I was promised that steps would be taken to ensure it could never happen again.
That didn't fix the broadband line test issue however and in the end we gave up fighting BT and went for a lower speed.
Um no actually I didn't! Has anybody else noticed that it doesn't know naughty words, but it DOES know a mis-spelling of every naughty word???
Try it.
It's interesting to note that the report mentioned in the article has, as you can see by following the link, been removed and replaced with a message basically rubbishing the contents of the report. But there is an archived version available.
A great place to find recipes is searching rec.food.recipes using Google groups. I've always been able to find what I'm looking for. Just goto the group, search for what you want to make, and hey presto! Easy!
According to the BBC article, Microsoft have now confirmed that the Windows 2000 source code circulating IS REAL.
"Computer software giant Microsoft says parts of the tightly guarded blueprints of its Windows operating system have been leaked over the internet.
Microsoft spokesman Tom Pilla said the company did not know how much of the source code had been leaked, or how many people may have access to it."
How interesting. Every day I go to study at the Department of Engineering and Technology in the JOHN DALTON building here in Manchester, yet I had NO idea who John Dalton was, or what he had to do with Manchester.
At least now I'll have something to bore my classmates with tomorrow...
I assure you that there certainly is one :-)
Can't help you find it though... never looked.
Linux already has several free WYSIWYG editors and can live quite happily without Star Office - we got open office remember.
I completely disagree that Solaris will steal anything from Linux on the desktop. What advantage does it have over Solaris? For a start it can run on any machine known to man - can Solaris???
Solaris has a billion dollar company - only one? What about IBM, Dell, HP, who are supporting Linux? The list goes on...
I use SuSE and find the printer config really easy. During install it will detect a local printer and allow you to set up a network printer etc. Dead easy.
Good support doesn't make up for poor products. I know a guy who frequently has to call Microsoft tech support with his job. Microsoft charge to call the number UNLESS it is something they can't fix or it's a bug in the software. He has called literally hundreds of times and NEVER had to pay a penny.
I'm just starting to do UK AS Level Computing (don't know what US equivelent is) and I know which OS is the future...
I've been using Linux since I was about 14 and even at that age I recognised its potential. How can IT students not see it? Microsoft propoganda wins again.
Forget downloading it, it's so cheap you may as well just buy it!
And for us peasents with 56k modems it's much easier than downloading the demo too...
Typical, I see the game, go to the site and find it doesn't work. Now I know why... Luckily for me you can go directly to the order page... you'll have to search for it in Google 'cos I can't be bothered to look it up... Looks like a great game and at only about £16 I couldn't resist.