Re:Every DVD preorder has fed the monster...
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Hate you? I don't even know you - I'll just go on Ebay and buy some!:)
Every DVD preorder has fed the monster...
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We can sign all of the petitions we want. We blew our chances at obtaining unaltered versions when we preordered the trilogy by the millions. We all fed the monster...
I'm a big fan of cheap computer hardware. Realtek network cards are great, cost as little as $2.00 each. They never break.
Ditto the $10 internal modems, $7.50 sound cards, etc.
Hard drives - different story. Quality control is slipping amongst all the manufacturers, but Maxtor by far is the worst.
My Western Dig and Seagates still run like champs.
1. Not visiting porn sites
2. Not going to the default homepage network
3. Not downloading and installing Kazaa or PTP apps of that ilk.
4. Not clicking on any popup or banner ads
5. Never agreeing to install any software as a result of visiting a web site, unless it's Macromedia, Apple or Microsoft.
I still run IE, and I have a bare minimum number of XP fixes.
Games are getting increasingly expensive to create.
A game that could fill a Blu-Ray disc would undoubtedly require an unprecedented, possibly bank-breaking budget for the artists and programmers.
Actually, that is my point. They monitor the Mafia's phones and other communications.
So they have to agree to meet in person at a random place, usually one they haven't been to.
Have one-on-one discussions with no one else around, preferably in a windowless room, randomly picked in an abandoned or seldom-used building.
But the way things are going, those sorts of conversations will become illegal or monitored, too.
It happens one second, one day, one month, one year at a time. To speculate out that far in the tech world, where changes in tempo, fortune and direction are so common, is rather silly to me.
Too many guys skilled with computers fix PCs for attractive women, hoping something comes of it other than a half-sincere "thank you."
Why don't we simply say "no" for a week, without explaining why and see what happens?
So many of my clients have Dells. They are absolutely sick of the outsourced phone support - setting aside the issues with accents and nuances of language, the issues are also these:
Refusal to combat viruses and spyware.
Reflex action: System Restore or System Recovery CD instead of actual troubleshooting. Bonus: techs only warn about the potential for data loss when using data recovery CDs about half the time.
Obstinacy: they'd rather spend three hours making sure a hardware problem is what the user claims it is, rather than just sending out the part.
My clients would rather pay me to get a computer working, than use the free in-warranty tech support that's available to them.
He rolled away with the nurse that took care of him, or so I heard.
On another note, check out www.mchawking.com - apparently he's had a second career as a gangsta rapper.
A good 'nine will leave a few black holes in anyone, eh?
Interesting...
My experiences directly contravene what you say.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but I've always been able to provide information before I'm asked. At the very least, it's a mark of efficency and courtesy to at least have the information ready at hand, instead of putting the phone down and fumbling for it.
Aside from the prevalence of automated attendants, I've noticed that many human operators don't seem to know how to answer with a warm greeting, ask for information, put people on hold correctly, or bridge a call to the right person.
I've become better at handling phones simply by listening to what these people are doing wrong, and using that as a basis for improving my own phone skills.
But on the other end as a caller, I've found it helpful to announce myself at the beginning of the call, instead of having them ask me for my name. And also to have as much information ready as possible, and present it before I'm asked, IE account numbers, customer numbers, MAC address of cable modems, etc.
The originator of "buh bye" is on target in a general sense, that this person may very well be a target of a clever assasination. But his method is redolent of "Final Destination 2."
The Mossad didn't mess around with Goldbergesque plot machinations. They did Gerard Bull in the old fashioned way: several bullets to the head, after taking him completely by suprise.
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Hate you? I don't even know you - I'll just go on Ebay and buy some! :)
We can sign all of the petitions we want. We blew our chances at obtaining unaltered versions when we preordered the trilogy by the millions. We all fed the monster...
It's more like, "fuck youse" from the RIAA, et al.
I'm a big fan of cheap computer hardware. Realtek network cards are great, cost as little as $2.00 each. They never break.
Ditto the $10 internal modems, $7.50 sound cards, etc.
Hard drives - different story. Quality control is slipping amongst all the manufacturers, but Maxtor by far is the worst.
My Western Dig and Seagates still run like champs.
Very cool site to go along with Todd's liver.
I actually do run Mozilla Firefox. My only point was that most of the spyware problems are self-inflicted (porn, reckless clicking, kazaa usage).
1. Not visiting porn sites 2. Not going to the default homepage network 3. Not downloading and installing Kazaa or PTP apps of that ilk. 4. Not clicking on any popup or banner ads 5. Never agreeing to install any software as a result of visiting a web site, unless it's Macromedia, Apple or Microsoft. I still run IE, and I have a bare minimum number of XP fixes.
Games are getting increasingly expensive to create. A game that could fill a Blu-Ray disc would undoubtedly require an unprecedented, possibly bank-breaking budget for the artists and programmers.
I'm not surprised, actually.
Always hated Memory Sticks, though.
I call them "Memory Dicks."
Actually, that is my point. They monitor the Mafia's phones and other communications. So they have to agree to meet in person at a random place, usually one they haven't been to.
I'm the one who made the silly comment, and even I didn't want the "+1 informative!"
Have one-on-one discussions with no one else around, preferably in a windowless room, randomly picked in an abandoned or seldom-used building. But the way things are going, those sorts of conversations will become illegal or monitored, too.
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It happens one second, one day, one month, one year at a time. To speculate out that far in the tech world, where changes in tempo, fortune and direction are so common, is rather silly to me.
Too many guys skilled with computers fix PCs for attractive women, hoping something comes of it other than a half-sincere "thank you." Why don't we simply say "no" for a week, without explaining why and see what happens?
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So many of my clients have Dells. They are absolutely sick of the outsourced phone support - setting aside the issues with accents and nuances of language, the issues are also these: Refusal to combat viruses and spyware. Reflex action: System Restore or System Recovery CD instead of actual troubleshooting. Bonus: techs only warn about the potential for data loss when using data recovery CDs about half the time. Obstinacy: they'd rather spend three hours making sure a hardware problem is what the user claims it is, rather than just sending out the part. My clients would rather pay me to get a computer working, than use the free in-warranty tech support that's available to them.
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He rolled away with the nurse that took care of him, or so I heard. On another note, check out www.mchawking.com - apparently he's had a second career as a gangsta rapper. A good 'nine will leave a few black holes in anyone, eh?
Just see the movie Pope of Greenwich Village, and you'll see what I mean.
Interesting...
My experiences directly contravene what you say.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but I've always been able to provide information before I'm asked. At the very least, it's a mark of efficency and courtesy to at least have the information ready at hand, instead of putting the phone down and fumbling for it.
Aside from the prevalence of automated attendants, I've noticed that many human operators don't seem to know how to answer with a warm greeting, ask for information, put people on hold correctly, or bridge a call to the right person.
I've become better at handling phones simply by listening to what these people are doing wrong, and using that as a basis for improving my own phone skills.
But on the other end as a caller, I've found it helpful to announce myself at the beginning of the call, instead of having them ask me for my name. And also to have as much information ready as possible, and present it before I'm asked, IE account numbers, customer numbers, MAC address of cable modems, etc.
The originator of "buh bye" is on target in a general sense, that this person may very well be a target of a clever assasination. But his method is redolent of "Final Destination 2."
The Mossad didn't mess around with Goldbergesque plot machinations. They did Gerard Bull in the old fashioned way: several bullets to the head, after taking him completely by suprise.
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