Cut that back to Sports and Phys Ed and that's closer to what my school district was. The music and arts programs funded themselves with fund raisers, concessions sales at sports events and other means. Hell in the music program we almost consistently made it to State UIL competition but the boosters were the ones who made the money we needed for more than the absolute basics.
Students are neither paid to teach people and assist in the development of their minds nor are they given a choice for what they do in life at this point. Teachers are expected to lead their charges in the right direction and have made the choice to be a teacher in the first place.
Apple can't quite seem to get that alarm working right. This isn't the first time. My Android based phone hasn't had any issues with the alarm, but since I work from home it's not as much of an issue.
A quick Google search shows the Lupo 3L had start/stop technology. The battery size I'm unsure of but I believe it uses the same size as the other model Lupo cars, which would make it a 12v 60Ah. Varta's website shows their "Start-Stop Plus" batteries have those specs and are made for start-stop systems.
I hardly qualify as "older" and I honestly think self checkouts are a waste of time and resources. When they're properly maintained and every item is entered correctly in the system and has a bar code I'm sure they'd work perfectly. As a former retail checker for several years and a customer I know that's hardly ever the case. SKUs change too fast to keep up with sometimes and maintenance from the equipment vendors doesn't come often enough and they react too slow to emergencies. The number of times I've gotten stuck on "Please put your item in the bag" are too many because it can't detect the weight properly and not to mention it feels like the laser in the scanner is much weaker than the one on a proper checkout terminal. If there's an issue you have to wait for the single employee who manages at least four of those self checkouts to come over and fix it. Usually that means waiting for them to finish with the other one or two customers with issues.
Honestly if you're working on papers on your computer most of the time, flip the monitor to vertical. Pretty much all of the "paperwork" based terminals I saw when doing printer maintenance at hospitals were mounted vertically for quick review of documents.
Hop on over to El Reg and take a look at this article. While not exactly the most official study done, this show has shown that explosive ingredients can indeed be smuggled onto a plane even when going through the scanners. I believe this does qualify this whole mess as "security theater" to me.
I'm thinking it definitely varies by model. But yeah it always seemed to me and the other techs I worked with at my last position that Brothers were one of the bottom of the line as far as part quality. Pain in the ass to work on too. Good job on getting them anything to get off of buying inkjets. Only thing I use my inkjets for is for photo printing or business cards. Both of them are rare since I share most of my photos online, usually with Flickr.
My little HP LaserJet 1020 has been a rather surprising little machine.
haven't had as much experience with Sammy's but they do seem a little bit harder to work on.. the engine is usually pretty solid though, Xerox and Dell have both bought a print engine design from them that's a little odd, but sturdy
I've worked on lots of Brothers to be honest. I've not met a Brother I liked. I can see, though, if you've found their more compatible with your particular setup. I've got 3 HP's here at home. Two inkies which I'll throw away when they break and a little 1020 laser that's a great everyday workhorse. I've not had a compatibility problem from XP, Vista, Win7 or Linux.
I'll agree with you there. I've done local management/maintenance on a 500 printer site but it mostly contained HP 4000/4200 series printers. Awesome machines for general maintenance vs cost.
Newer ones just don't hold a candle to them.
There's one especially bad series of Brother MFCs that has a cheap toner lock linkage assembly. Brother says it only breaks if you use re manufactured toners and drums but I've seen where even both supplies replaced with OEM that's just oh so slightly out of spec will cause it to bend out of place, taking a few gears with it. Considering Brother would only pay us $35 flat rate + parts to repair their equipment under warranty it just wasn't worth it for us to be a warranty repair shop for them anymore.
Check out most of HP's new inkjet printer line as well as any current plotter in existence. It's completely possible, but they'll still charge you an arm and a leg for the ink. It's not the printheads that they're charging you for, it's the privilege of using their device they're charging you for.
Not very good in my experience. I've worked repairing printers for the past few years so I've been able to get a good look at quality of build on these things. This definitely has put me off of telling anyone to get a Brother machine ever again. For the money it seems to me like buying a refurbished midline HP laser is a good way to go. Something in the 4000/4200 series.
Also, I don't get why people insist on Lexmark/Dell machines. Messy as hell, problematic, badly fitting peripherals and pain in the ass maintenance.
You'd think that.. but then I learned by way of my much younger cousin that sometimes that ends up being the result and not the cause. As a young child his mother and father were both over protective, he always wanted to go outside and play but they were afraid of him being hurt, getting sick, etc. He developed a lot of allergies and had skin conditions due to not developing resistance to every day things. His skin and allergies have cleared up, but his desire to go out into the world has effectively been quashed. He now always wants to stay inside, play video games, watch tv, etc.
Negative, boss. The only thing that my Verizon phones let me move out of tem even with cables and bitpim is photos. Any other data such as contacts, ringtones, stored messages, applications is handled directly by Verizon's data service which charges airtime + $ for use. Bluetooth data transfer is locked down, and even the newer phones with data cards don't let you do much more than save photos onto the card or allow you to play mp3's.
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You might want to do at least a Google search before you write off US chip making capability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants
Hell I even have a friend who works at one of those fabs.
I actually use that one quite often since I work in the POS industry. Touch screens have no easy way to right-click so I tend to use that one a lot.
Cut that back to Sports and Phys Ed and that's closer to what my school district was. The music and arts programs funded themselves with fund raisers, concessions sales at sports events and other means. Hell in the music program we almost consistently made it to State UIL competition but the boosters were the ones who made the money we needed for more than the absolute basics.
Add activation for students on top of that and you have the perfect nightmare. I went through that with my copy of Lightroom. *shudder*
Students are neither paid to teach people and assist in the development of their minds nor are they given a choice for what they do in life at this point. Teachers are expected to lead their charges in the right direction and have made the choice to be a teacher in the first place.
Hey if you find that one funny, this one will blow your mind.
I'm a geek with a WIFE and you know what? We have a CHILD!
Some pretty crazy shit there, huh?
Hell I barely touch the text application. Between phone calls, email and Twitter DMs there's no reason I ever need to.
Apple can't quite seem to get that alarm working right. This isn't the first time. My Android based phone hasn't had any issues with the alarm, but since I work from home it's not as much of an issue.
A quick Google search shows the Lupo 3L had start/stop technology. The battery size I'm unsure of but I believe it uses the same size as the other model Lupo cars, which would make it a 12v 60Ah. Varta's website shows their "Start-Stop Plus" batteries have those specs and are made for start-stop systems.
One word - Tethering
They also have to be sure that the plastic gun isn't going to transform into an evil 30-foot tall incompetent robot warlord. Fix'd
I hardly qualify as "older" and I honestly think self checkouts are a waste of time and resources. When they're properly maintained and every item is entered correctly in the system and has a bar code I'm sure they'd work perfectly. As a former retail checker for several years and a customer I know that's hardly ever the case. SKUs change too fast to keep up with sometimes and maintenance from the equipment vendors doesn't come often enough and they react too slow to emergencies. The number of times I've gotten stuck on "Please put your item in the bag" are too many because it can't detect the weight properly and not to mention it feels like the laser in the scanner is much weaker than the one on a proper checkout terminal. If there's an issue you have to wait for the single employee who manages at least four of those self checkouts to come over and fix it. Usually that means waiting for them to finish with the other one or two customers with issues.
Possibly, but he DID mention that the LAN works fine and anything wired up doesn't lose connectivity.
Honestly if you're working on papers on your computer most of the time, flip the monitor to vertical. Pretty much all of the "paperwork" based terminals I saw when doing printer maintenance at hospitals were mounted vertically for quick review of documents.
Hop on over to El Reg and take a look at this article. While not exactly the most official study done, this show has shown that explosive ingredients can indeed be smuggled onto a plane even when going through the scanners. I believe this does qualify this whole mess as "security theater" to me.
I'm thinking it definitely varies by model. But yeah it always seemed to me and the other techs I worked with at my last position that Brothers were one of the bottom of the line as far as part quality. Pain in the ass to work on too. Good job on getting them anything to get off of buying inkjets. Only thing I use my inkjets for is for photo printing or business cards. Both of them are rare since I share most of my photos online, usually with Flickr. My little HP LaserJet 1020 has been a rather surprising little machine.
haven't had as much experience with Sammy's but they do seem a little bit harder to work on.. the engine is usually pretty solid though, Xerox and Dell have both bought a print engine design from them that's a little odd, but sturdy
I've worked on lots of Brothers to be honest. I've not met a Brother I liked. I can see, though, if you've found their more compatible with your particular setup. I've got 3 HP's here at home. Two inkies which I'll throw away when they break and a little 1020 laser that's a great everyday workhorse. I've not had a compatibility problem from XP, Vista, Win7 or Linux.
I'll agree with you there. I've done local management/maintenance on a 500 printer site but it mostly contained HP 4000/4200 series printers. Awesome machines for general maintenance vs cost. Newer ones just don't hold a candle to them.
There's one especially bad series of Brother MFCs that has a cheap toner lock linkage assembly. Brother says it only breaks if you use re manufactured toners and drums but I've seen where even both supplies replaced with OEM that's just oh so slightly out of spec will cause it to bend out of place, taking a few gears with it. Considering Brother would only pay us $35 flat rate + parts to repair their equipment under warranty it just wasn't worth it for us to be a warranty repair shop for them anymore.
Check out most of HP's new inkjet printer line as well as any current plotter in existence. It's completely possible, but they'll still charge you an arm and a leg for the ink. It's not the printheads that they're charging you for, it's the privilege of using their device they're charging you for.
Not very good in my experience. I've worked repairing printers for the past few years so I've been able to get a good look at quality of build on these things. This definitely has put me off of telling anyone to get a Brother machine ever again. For the money it seems to me like buying a refurbished midline HP laser is a good way to go. Something in the 4000/4200 series. Also, I don't get why people insist on Lexmark/Dell machines. Messy as hell, problematic, badly fitting peripherals and pain in the ass maintenance.
Meh.. I think in a lot of cases, the word "knowledge" can be replaced with "paranoia".
You'd think that.. but then I learned by way of my much younger cousin that sometimes that ends up being the result and not the cause. As a young child his mother and father were both over protective, he always wanted to go outside and play but they were afraid of him being hurt, getting sick, etc. He developed a lot of allergies and had skin conditions due to not developing resistance to every day things. His skin and allergies have cleared up, but his desire to go out into the world has effectively been quashed. He now always wants to stay inside, play video games, watch tv, etc.
Negative, boss. The only thing that my Verizon phones let me move out of tem even with cables and bitpim is photos. Any other data such as contacts, ringtones, stored messages, applications is handled directly by Verizon's data service which charges airtime + $ for use. Bluetooth data transfer is locked down, and even the newer phones with data cards don't let you do much more than save photos onto the card or allow you to play mp3's.