HP and Microsoft really pissed me off yesterday, I bought a custom built HP (decked out of course) and i went to use the fricken CD burner and it stopped working. Teched it all the through and ended up deciding that the burner was toast.. So i called HP b/c i bought it within the month.. Them bastards tried to tell me that in order for them to fix it I would have to ship it to them, let them put XP back on it (the only thing they ship with (thx Msft)) and see if it works under the original OS. This is utter bs, I remember when HP was a downright friendly and helpful company, but oh no, not with msft around to hand out millions of dollars to have their way. Corporate bastards!!
I look forward to AI as long as Microsoft doesn't implement it.. The last thing i want is my computer trying to register itself b/c it feels like it... However what sounds dangerous about a cute little penguin thats smarter than you??
Cisco (well of course msft has to have the hand in it too) and a few other companies have been workin on the "smart home" somethin kind of the likes of this just on a residential scale where everything is centraly controlled and networked. Which is just fine and dandy with me i like to think that when i make my chunk o change (by learning what not to do by the dotcommers) i'll be able to control my a/c, preheat the oven, start my car, etc. etc. all with those useless shopping buttons on my keyboard... **grin**
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HP and Microsoft really pissed me off yesterday, I bought a custom built HP (decked out of course) and i went to use the fricken CD burner and it stopped working. Teched it all the through and ended up deciding that the burner was toast.. So i called HP b/c i bought it within the month.. Them bastards tried to tell me that in order for them to fix it I would have to ship it to them, let them put XP back on it (the only thing they ship with (thx Msft)) and see if it works under the original OS. This is utter bs, I remember when HP was a downright friendly and helpful company, but oh no, not with msft around to hand out millions of dollars to have their way. Corporate bastards!!
I look forward to AI as long as Microsoft doesn't implement it.. The last thing i want is my computer trying to register itself b/c it feels like it... However what sounds dangerous about a cute little penguin thats smarter than you??
I guess microsoft has no hope of making any lego toys unless lego starts makin ctrl alt and delete bricks hehe
Cisco (well of course msft has to have the hand in it too) and a few other companies have been workin on the "smart home" somethin kind of the likes of this just on a residential scale where everything is centraly controlled and networked. Which is just fine and dandy with me i like to think that when i make my chunk o change (by learning what not to do by the dotcommers) i'll be able to control my a/c, preheat the oven, start my car, etc. etc. all with those useless shopping buttons on my keyboard... **grin**
not like yahoo can pull a Mr. T and do a 1-800- Collect comercial
that or we need to not be so click happy. Tried to visit his site a moment ago but looks like his apache got /.ed