I own a business that does IT for businesses too small to have their own IT staff. (plus retail sales and repair of computer stuff) Parent is 100% right on in every way.
I agree that 10% of someone making 10k/year is a lot harder to stomach than 10% of someone making 1mil/year. But I don't see how you can say it's "unfair". A flat tax is the epitome of fair. it's _the same_ across the board.
The only unfair thing is taxing wealthy people way more just because they *happen* to be more successful (whatever the reason).
And no, i'm not one of them. I'm pulling in 40k currently.
If you went a flat tax, then yeah, low income people would suffer at first, but I'll tell you what, there would be no greater motivation for them to get off their ass and improve their life/situation/job/whatever.
not to mention, they'd actually vote on stuff to help everyone, (since everyone is taxed the same) instead of voting on freebies because they don't pay tax anyway.
you might solve hunger temporarily, but then you'd run into the next shortage: energy. I bet those replicators aren't super efficient for the Mark I and II versions....
so you might have the ability to make all the food, but can the poor / 3rd world people afford the energy to run the replicators?
I'm 110% Conservative, but if this guy is gonna complain that 174K won't do it for him, then it's time Wisconsin looks for a new politician for his seat.
This not true for Standard OEM discs. This IS true for machines like Dells, which manufacture their own OEM version of the disc and embed the key automatically. This key IS different from the key on the side of the machine. You generally don't have to activate the Dell installs, but neither can you use the dell branded-OEM disc on non-dell machine.
You CAN use a Standard OEM disc to install on said Dell and use the key on the side of the machine to install/activate.
So basically you have two ways to get it done.
Yep, you just install it as a full version, don't activate (it will fail) and then UPGRADE that installation, and you'll be good to go. (activation and all!) great way to save some cash.
I second that d-link comment. I've had exactly one d-link router (and i've been doing homebased network installs and selling consumer routers in my retail store for over 10 years) that has worked correctly.
netgear stuff has come along way recently, and is much better.
linksys is still the gold standard from the consumer point of view. it's the brand they look for, so it's the brand we carry. For people that have repeat problems with one (which is admittedly VERY few), we throw DDWRT on it for them, no labor charge.
I even run a linksys crappy WRT150N at home. it crashed 4x per day until I put DDWRT on it. Now I reboot it once per year, maybe.
It is also a very large part of our laptop repair requests as well. So much better for the customer than having to replace the entire motherboard!
Now if we just didn't have so many problems with some of the solder that some manufacturers use, it just doesn't want to melt and let go sometimes!
You must mistake the laptop market with the Apple market, and users by Apple-customers.
Almost all laptop users understand that they at some point would want a bigger harddrive, but don't necessarily need a new screen. And that would actually convince people to upgrade some hardware while they would never buy a new laptop (not yet), which means some people will see a business-model in this idea.
You must not work in the retail/service computer space. I do. They don't understand that. Most don't understand what a hard drive is. Most still think "memory" and "disk space" are interchangeable. I'm not being sarcastic, this is really what goes on.
As much as I'd like a "modular laptop," I'm under no illusion that it will happen anytime soon. People just don't care. The laptop is just their window to itunes/facebook/whatever. As long as it gets them there, then they are fine. As soon it doesn't, they gravitate toward something new. Most of the time we can upgrade it for them, but a substantial number just want a new one.
I am a local company, and if one of my guys did a 1/4 of a job as bad as this, I'd fire him so fast his head would spin, then I'd give the customer all kinds of free stuff and hope to god that 1.) they don't flame me to everyone they know and 2.) that I don't suck it up in the next hiring process:)
Strange, we build computers all day long for sale, and have primarily used LG and ASUS drives. I can count on one hand how many I've had fail in the past 3 years, and those were almost all due to someone putting in some off-balance disc that exploded and damaged the drive internally. Never had an issue with PIO burning a motor. (and we've fixed plenty of PIO issues over the years)
Without regulation, your monopolies and cartels wouldn't 'succumb' to anything, as they would exert whatever pressure (monetary, deadly force, whatever) in order to retain the control they have.
They put up with it because it is convenient. Anything that the masses don't have to "think" about is one less "worry" for them. Sometimes this is good. Most of the time it is not.
I tested that this morning, and I found as I typed m-i-l, the searches continued to refine. If I typed the 'f', then NO searches came up, and it said "press ENTER to search". If I backspaced the "f" and added a "k", then instant search started working again. Seems they have some cool catches in there. FYI, I just tried the same thing with the word "porn". once I typed the "n", I got no instant searches.
BTW, I have safesearch OFF and instant ON.
I would say see if anyone around wants to 'get into' computers, teching, and networks. Older hardware like this is a great way to start learning things like MAC addresses, DHCP, Wifi Encryption (albeit older) and the like.
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good luck with that. i agree btw.
I own a business that does IT for businesses too small to have their own IT staff. (plus retail sales and repair of computer stuff) Parent is 100% right on in every way.
I agree that 10% of someone making 10k/year is a lot harder to stomach than 10% of someone making 1mil/year. But I don't see how you can say it's "unfair". A flat tax is the epitome of fair. it's _the same_ across the board. The only unfair thing is taxing wealthy people way more just because they *happen* to be more successful (whatever the reason). And no, i'm not one of them. I'm pulling in 40k currently. If you went a flat tax, then yeah, low income people would suffer at first, but I'll tell you what, there would be no greater motivation for them to get off their ass and improve their life/situation/job/whatever. not to mention, they'd actually vote on stuff to help everyone, (since everyone is taxed the same) instead of voting on freebies because they don't pay tax anyway.
you might solve hunger temporarily, but then you'd run into the next shortage: energy. I bet those replicators aren't super efficient for the Mark I and II versions.... so you might have the ability to make all the food, but can the poor / 3rd world people afford the energy to run the replicators?
I agree with you 100%
I'm 110% Conservative, but if this guy is gonna complain that 174K won't do it for him, then it's time Wisconsin looks for a new politician for his seat.
Really? A lot of the standard 15.6" windows laptops now have dedicated numpads. My customers love 'em
This not true for Standard OEM discs. This IS true for machines like Dells, which manufacture their own OEM version of the disc and embed the key automatically. This key IS different from the key on the side of the machine. You generally don't have to activate the Dell installs, but neither can you use the dell branded-OEM disc on non-dell machine. You CAN use a Standard OEM disc to install on said Dell and use the key on the side of the machine to install/activate. So basically you have two ways to get it done.
Yep, you just install it as a full version, don't activate (it will fail) and then UPGRADE that installation, and you'll be good to go. (activation and all!) great way to save some cash.
Oh I'm not. :) Just wanted to cover all the bases. Nothing is stopping you from buying an OEM from newegg, and that's the route I'd go anyway...
Which used to be ok, but is now against the license. It has to be a fully functional computer, as per the OEM licensing rules for System Builders.
I never thought about the double NAT stuff. interesting....
I second that d-link comment. I've had exactly one d-link router (and i've been doing homebased network installs and selling consumer routers in my retail store for over 10 years) that has worked correctly. netgear stuff has come along way recently, and is much better. linksys is still the gold standard from the consumer point of view. it's the brand they look for, so it's the brand we carry. For people that have repeat problems with one (which is admittedly VERY few), we throw DDWRT on it for them, no labor charge. I even run a linksys crappy WRT150N at home. it crashed 4x per day until I put DDWRT on it. Now I reboot it once per year, maybe.
It is also a very large part of our laptop repair requests as well. So much better for the customer than having to replace the entire motherboard! Now if we just didn't have so many problems with some of the solder that some manufacturers use, it just doesn't want to melt and let go sometimes!
You must mistake the laptop market with the Apple market, and users by Apple-customers.
Almost all laptop users understand that they at some point would want a bigger harddrive, but don't necessarily need a new screen. And that would actually convince people to upgrade some hardware while they would never buy a new laptop (not yet), which means some people will see a business-model in this idea.
You must not work in the retail/service computer space. I do. They don't understand that. Most don't understand what a hard drive is. Most still think "memory" and "disk space" are interchangeable. I'm not being sarcastic, this is really what goes on. As much as I'd like a "modular laptop," I'm under no illusion that it will happen anytime soon. People just don't care. The laptop is just their window to itunes/facebook/whatever. As long as it gets them there, then they are fine. As soon it doesn't, they gravitate toward something new. Most of the time we can upgrade it for them, but a substantial number just want a new one.
The difference there is, people make money with AutoCad, they don't with RB/GH/Music Games in General
I am a local company, and if one of my guys did a 1/4 of a job as bad as this, I'd fire him so fast his head would spin, then I'd give the customer all kinds of free stuff and hope to god that 1.) they don't flame me to everyone they know and 2.) that I don't suck it up in the next hiring process :)
Strange, we build computers all day long for sale, and have primarily used LG and ASUS drives. I can count on one hand how many I've had fail in the past 3 years, and those were almost all due to someone putting in some off-balance disc that exploded and damaged the drive internally. Never had an issue with PIO burning a motor. (and we've fixed plenty of PIO issues over the years)
Then go take a shower? With other guys?
Without regulation, your monopolies and cartels wouldn't 'succumb' to anything, as they would exert whatever pressure (monetary, deadly force, whatever) in order to retain the control they have.
The walmart super centers are half super market, and half standard walmart. the bullets are in the standard walmart side.
They put up with it because it is convenient. Anything that the masses don't have to "think" about is one less "worry" for them. Sometimes this is good. Most of the time it is not.
I tested that this morning, and I found as I typed m-i-l, the searches continued to refine. If I typed the 'f', then NO searches came up, and it said "press ENTER to search". If I backspaced the "f" and added a "k", then instant search started working again. Seems they have some cool catches in there. FYI, I just tried the same thing with the word "porn". once I typed the "n", I got no instant searches. BTW, I have safesearch OFF and instant ON.
What if I'm from Climax Springs, MO 65324?
I would say see if anyone around wants to 'get into' computers, teching, and networks. Older hardware like this is a great way to start learning things like MAC addresses, DHCP, Wifi Encryption (albeit older) and the like.