You work for MCI's customer Service department? You better just go home right now, because I'm about to call you to cancel the service that I had cancelled TWICE before SIX MONTHS AGO that magically keeps appearing on my phone bill.
In this particular case, it's not because I bought a crappy service or cheap hardware. It's not because the I didn't understand how a telephone works. It's not because my expactations are too high... It's because MCI keeps billing me for a service I don't need, and didn't ask for.
BUY a game, PAY a monthly fee to play it, just so you can PURCHASE upgraded items? Isn't there already enough money involved in MMORPGs? How about some STORY? How about some ACTION? How about some FUN?
Remember when games used to be about good, old fashioned FUN?
Well, the PHB made the executive decision; I guess the blame for Evil Bob resides with him. Still, I feel that maybe Will E. Coyote would be a better pick - can anyone come up with more suggestions?
Bender!
User: "What do I need to do to get this work request approved?"
Maybe their solution WAS viable, but they would rather not be just a half-assed anti-spam service.
Maybe all the mediocre hardware manufacturers should give up too. "Who needs another low-cost motherboard?" Or maybe Red Hat and Mandrake should just give up because Debian is obviously better? Maybe Yahoo and AltaVista should shut down their seach engines because we already have Google. It would be sad if this was a trend in today's economy. Companies just give up because they think they can't make money.....
I started to watch the flash demo of the Explorer 8000, and at about 2 minutes into it, the sample TV disappears and is just replaced with white background. BAH! Nothing works right.
I would like to know if you spend more or less time watching TV now that you have a PVR. I'm curious because I would like a PVR myself, and I wonder if I would just watch more TV, or just record the shows I want, watch them, then find something else to do.
Perhaps the breakable shell holds the lens in place or maybe if the shell is broken too much light will leak and ruin the picture quality of future pics.
That's a problem that is just BEGGING for the solution of DUCT TAPE.
But it wasn't Microsoft that paid the $200 for the settlement, it was the PC manufacturer. We all know that MS has tons of money (cash, even) and would love to see them pay, but small claims court is just going to hurt the middle guy... The guy who owns a small OEM computer shop, who has to enter into secret contracts with MS and other suppliers in order to make a profit. He already has a low profit margin, and now you just made it worse by making the guy loose $200. What's worse is that this OEM would have made you a plain white box if you asked for it....
What would be *MORE* useful is a button on your keyboard (like the "Internet" button, or the "Email" button) that would encrypt your entire hard drive. That way, when the RIAA (or SPA, or whoever) raids your house, you hit the button and put your hands in the air!
Right now, I am so disenchanted with the US government that even if the bill passed, I wouldn't expect any agencies to truthfully disclose WHERE they got the information, or WHY they needed it. What kind of checks and balances are there to insure that the agencies are telling the truth? What happens if they don't tell the truth? These agencies would need to answer to the people whose information they are using.
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I really want to know what you think FPGA actually stands for, and how you think it can be a PCI card.
They also planned a space station. What was is called again....uh, oh yeah, MIR!
I've been seaching the periodic table for quite a while, and have yet to see Adamantium...
No, I'm not a "goody two-shoes"!
I can just see the panic now.... Thousands of people in Europe thinking that the Nazi's are back and launching buzz bombs at them!
This means there will probably just be another IE service pack that breaks more web pages....
No wonder India likes Linux.... With commands like fsck and chmod, which don't make any sense in english, maybe they make sense in Hindu.
You work for MCI's customer Service department? You better just go home right now, because I'm about to call you to cancel the service that I had cancelled TWICE before SIX MONTHS AGO that magically keeps appearing on my phone bill.
In this particular case, it's not because I bought a crappy service or cheap hardware. It's not because the I didn't understand how a telephone works. It's not because my expactations are too high... It's because MCI keeps billing me for a service I don't need, and didn't ask for.
Now someone tell me again why tech support sucks?
Milton-Bradley stock doubles.
BUY a game, PAY a monthly fee to play it, just so you can PURCHASE upgraded items? Isn't there already enough money involved in MMORPGs? How about some STORY? How about some ACTION? How about some FUN?
Remember when games used to be about good, old fashioned FUN?
Are you sure the picture wasn't modified with Photoshop? :)
I seem to remember him being well-shaven when he was picked up.
When I use the first letter of each word, I get M.A.T.I.X.
Where is the "R"?
User: "What do I need to do to get this work request approved?"
Bender: "Kiss my shiny metal ass!"
Finally! *NOT* reading the article pays off!
I'm sorry, I must have missed the last klan meeting...
Why is Disney evil, again?
Maybe their solution WAS viable, but they would rather not be just a half-assed anti-spam service.
Maybe all the mediocre hardware manufacturers should give up too. "Who needs another low-cost motherboard?"
Or maybe Red Hat and Mandrake should just give up because Debian is obviously better?
Maybe Yahoo and AltaVista should shut down their seach engines because we already have Google.
It would be sad if this was a trend in today's economy. Companies just give up because they think they can't make money.....
That explains something....
The other day, a user told me that she was running Windows 2002. Maybe I shouldn't dismiss her so quickly...
That guy is loud enough as it is...
I started to watch the flash demo of the Explorer 8000, and at about 2 minutes into it, the sample TV disappears and is just replaced with white background. BAH! Nothing works right.
I would like to know if you spend more or less time watching TV now that you have a PVR. I'm curious because I would like a PVR myself, and I wonder if I would just watch more TV, or just record the shows I want, watch them, then find something else to do.
Maybe it's a business model that looks like this:
1. Create Company
2. Offer IPO
3. Announce new product with impossibly cool features every few weeks
4. Sell stock at inflated Prices
5. Profit!!!
But it wasn't Microsoft that paid the $200 for the settlement, it was the PC manufacturer. We all know that MS has tons of money (cash, even) and would love to see them pay, but small claims court is just going to hurt the middle guy... The guy who owns a small OEM computer shop, who has to enter into secret contracts with MS and other suppliers in order to make a profit. He already has a low profit margin, and now you just made it worse by making the guy loose $200. What's worse is that this OEM would have made you a plain white box if you asked for it....
What would be *MORE* useful is a button on your keyboard (like the "Internet" button, or the "Email" button) that would encrypt your entire hard drive. That way, when the RIAA (or SPA, or whoever) raids your house, you hit the button and put your hands in the air!
Right now, I am so disenchanted with the US government that even if the bill passed, I wouldn't expect any agencies to truthfully disclose WHERE they got the information, or WHY they needed it. What kind of checks and balances are there to insure that the agencies are telling the truth? What happens if they don't tell the truth? These agencies would need to answer to the people whose information they are using.