The UK insurance takes into consideration the possibility that you might write off a stretched limo* full of celebrities registered with "Celebrity Lawyers R us" - or that someone may make a false claim of that nature, which they will immediately settle without arguing - in order to justify their outrageous premiums.
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* spell check seems to suggest that "stretched llamas" may be covered too. Premiums indicate this is also plausible.
If you get Zika virus, and risk infect others with it rather than seeking treatment, should we get Putin to vaccinate you with Polonium in the interests of the greater good? Or just shoot you on the spot?
You are permitted to phone Donald Trump before answering.
I think we need to wait till the year 2047 to answer the question, or maybe the year 4095. By 4096, all sorts of things will probably crash and burn, and we wont need to worry.
Maybe you can, but looks ain't everything. At the end of the day, it is an MS product, and they have a track record: WinCE, Windows Mobile, etc. When there is a new version of the software, the old customer is kicked out of the moving vehicle.
Not to mention the (total lack of) apps/features/consistency of design, I could go on, but you get the point.
Perhaps like one of my less technical managers, they felt that by asking the same question a different way, they would get a different answer, since they didn't like the answer the first 11 ways they asked the question, asking it a slightly different way a 12th time would magically change the laws of physics so that they could have the answer they wanted, and I was just being obstructionist by insisting gravity pulls towards the center of mass instead of towards, you know, Cleveland or something.
There is a reason they have an MBA and you dont! (Hint: it is probably brain damage).
Re:"would suck" is not a legal arguement well it should be!
They need to step cautiously, but quickly, striking with an iron fist - these are the kind of scum that might even have a patent on "patents that suck"
Perhaps, in the sense that they have a reputation. It is not a good reputation, however. Being marginally better than the KGB, is just not good enough.
The problem was not the hard disk. The Windows install process crashes, OSS has no problem. I can only assume that something set a flag in the NVROM to flag that the computer was "life expired" and that WIndows supports this, but Linux and FreeBSD don't. It might not be intentional - might be an "uninitialised variable" bug. Or not.
I have tried the Lenovo "recovery" backup disks, and genuine and pirate copies of various Windows versions, and no copy of Windows will even boot, but OSS installs fine.
I have not had many laptop HDs fail, other than those dropped. However, I doubt many of my laptop drives that get heavy use are three years old - ones that get heavy use are normally upgraded before then. I am writing this using a six year old T61p with a three month old SSD. Obviously, I am not a gamer.
I have bought several computers in the last 20 years. The first thing I normally do is replace windows.
On several machines (All Thinkpads, AFAICR), after a number of years, Windows fails, and an attempt to reinstall fails, even with a different hard disk. Not wishing to throw away good Thinkpads, and use Dells instead, I discovered that Ubuntu and FreeBSD install and work fine.
Windows in more defective than most people think.
"Sure you can come in. I hope you don't mind that the twins have smallpox" used to work well for my parents. These days, you might want to mention Ebola or Zika.
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* spell check seems to suggest that "stretched llamas" may be covered too. Premiums indicate this is also plausible.
You are permitted to phone Donald Trump before answering.
I can't wait for Emacs to have a CRISPR mode.
Apply one gNurd bonus stamp to your Geek card.
I think we need to wait till the year 2047 to answer the question, or maybe the year 4095. By 4096, all sorts of things will probably crash and burn, and we wont need to worry.
Core moderators are generally made from dense materials, like lead, so his claim is quite believable.
Without it, its kind of hard to configure your router to do the Wifi in the first place.
(You might be familiar with the expression "In the lap of the gods").
Almost certainly kidnapped by aliens and carried off to the planet Zog.
After all, it is only right and proper.
CGA = Crap Graphic Adaptor = no porn
EGA = Extra Graphic Adaptor = some porn
VGA = Very Graphic Adaptor = loads of porn
And it was BSD that did it, in the toilet, with the KY Jelly!
Well "he" passed the Turing test, then!
And there is always Cyanogenmod.
Maybe you can, but looks ain't everything. At the end of the day, it is an MS product, and they have a track record: WinCE, Windows Mobile, etc. When there is a new version of the software, the old customer is kicked out of the moving vehicle.
Not to mention the (total lack of) apps/features/consistency of design, I could go on, but you get the point.
There is a reason they have an MBA and you dont! (Hint: it is probably brain damage).
You obviously have not been Googling "Duplo porn"!
Maybe not in outer space, but in America?
They need to step cautiously, but quickly, striking with an iron fist - these are the kind of scum that might even have a patent on "patents that suck"
Perhaps, in the sense that they have a reputation. It is not a good reputation, however. Being marginally better than the KGB, is just not good enough.
I have tried the Lenovo "recovery" backup disks, and genuine and pirate copies of various Windows versions, and no copy of Windows will even boot, but OSS installs fine.
I have not had many laptop HDs fail, other than those dropped. However, I doubt many of my laptop drives that get heavy use are three years old - ones that get heavy use are normally upgraded before then. I am writing this using a six year old T61p with a three month old SSD. Obviously, I am not a gamer.
I have bought several computers in the last 20 years. The first thing I normally do is replace windows. On several machines (All Thinkpads, AFAICR), after a number of years, Windows fails, and an attempt to reinstall fails, even with a different hard disk. Not wishing to throw away good Thinkpads, and use Dells instead, I discovered that Ubuntu and FreeBSD install and work fine. Windows in more defective than most people think.
Are you arguing that you don't want the submissions in standards compliant PDF?
Or does my sarcasm detector need a 50,000 mile service?
"Sure you can come in. I hope you don't mind that the twins have smallpox" used to work well for my parents. These days, you might want to mention Ebola or Zika.
Even the bank employees like a laugh now and again.
That should get results!