I don't think the OP was implying it was ethical, I think they just wanted to correct the blurb on the story to point the finger at the right mega-corp.
Ok, it's difficult sometimes, but you can get parts... On a COMPAQ Presario 1220 I got when it was nearly brand new, after about a day of using it, I decided it was time to crack the sucker open. This was not too terrible, but having not experience with flexible circuits, I managed to ruin some of them in the process... no big deal, look at the part number sticker, call compaq parts and request it by PART NUMBER. NOT by part type/model...
THIS IS KEY!!!!!!
There's two things at work here:
1) the Operator on the other line has no idea how to fix a laptop, they just know how to enter a part number and take credit cards
2) the company makes more money if you DON'T replace the part, or at least don't replace it yourself.
Having repaired the said Presario, and two Sony VAIO laptops (F630, R505, both had fan failures, DON'T BUY THESE MACHINES). I can tell you that Social Engineering will sometimes be your best bet.
I mean to say, on several sites, you can piece together the part number information you need.. perhaps, if you can get the Sony part number off of a part resale site, and then corroborate that number on another parts site, you can generally assume you have the right part number. Then call Sony's part service (NOT customer service, just SERVICE) number, tell them something like you need to order a part, part number "xyzabc-ten-billion.1.reva" and when they say they have it, ask them to verify that it belongs in whatever machine you're trying to fix... if you call them, they usually want a "research fee" to find the part number based on a description. In any case, you kinda have to play yourself off as an authorized repair tech.
Finally, remember that the part will cost 5-10times more than it should and it's YOUR FAULT that their crappy plastic bezel broke in the first place.
This has worked for me before and hopefully, it will work for you.
off my Powerbook 12inch power supply: - Input 1.2 Amps. - Output, 24V, 1.875 Amps.
Of course, a laptop will not likely draw the most power, the SATELLITE dish you need for the net connection... unless your bazillion acre lot has some GPRS coverage (yeah, right)...
Having lived on a 1000 Acre camp, I can tell you the DIRT is what will really drive you nuts, good luck.
if you're interested in developing "rendezvous" stuff, it's actually "ZeroConf" re-branded, check out "Howl" for Windows... OR just install iTunes for windows.
'You may have missed the inference I made that the companies that provide the archives in the first place have a vested interest in maintaining an index of these things, that's what their service really is.'
I think you repeated what I said?? You may have missed the inference I made that the companies that provide the archives in the first place have a vested interest in maintaining an index of these things, that's what their service really is.
I agree, except, I think we're at a point in data capacity/cost where EVERY LAST THOUGHT ever written will be stored for the rest of time. So even the seldom accessed obscure journals will be available.
Just hook up an electric motor to the wall and the spindle to the bike-generator crank, and then batteries to the inductors on the bike, and Voila! unattended power generator.... er... ah... hmm, nevermind.
On topic: At Ohio State University, many of the dorms on North Campus were constructed more then 40 years ago. They are in the process of upgrading the wiring, but one needs to be mindful of what students had at the time..
Probably more no more than a lamp, small radio, and hairdryer, not the power draw that is mentioned above...
Furthermore, NEVER, EVER underestimate the ability of college freshmen to consume power.
I went to Catholic High School, and never even had a problem with the "administrative staff," anyway, Magic was a great game until WotC diluted it with too many expansion sets, and the reprinting of cards which were on the out-of-print list (although sometimes they at least changed the names of the cards)....
just so you know: a) you've probably never owned a Mac, or run OS X for an extended period of time b) Surprisingly enough, sophistication doesn't require confusion. Easy of use doesn't cut back what OS X can do..
As a user of windows, linux and mac, I have to say Mac is by far my favorite, because it is VERY POWERFUL, but EASY and STRAIGHTFORWARD to configure.
This is unbelievable... when did it get to be that the words we use are no longer allowed to have meaning. I would use Primary, Secondary for each drive. But since those are used for the IDE channels, I guess I will now have to say Primary Primary, Primary Secondary, Secondary Primary, Secondary Secondary.... God forbid a PCI IDE card.. Tertiary Primary, Tertiary Secondary, Quartiary Primary Quartiary Secondary...
Problem Solved?
I live in Ohio, sorry but this is total crap. PC is just a rediculously overloaded acronym, and the one meaning I dislike the most is "Political Correctness."
Please, instead of wasting your time with "Master/Slave" (a HISTORICALLY ACCURATE terminology Slaves DID have Masters, that's what made them slaves....sheesh) How about you idiots in L.A. Government figure out what you're going to do about energy conservation and stop wasting so much of it on such a worthless topic.
Whoever started this crap, I will send you a link to definitions of the words, they weren't targetting you when the terms were selected, and furthermore, you probably weren't even alive when the terms were framed in the standard.....But maybe your parents were targetted by this _obviously_ inflamatory choice of words.
I did this some time ago (like the middle of last winter) with a Compaq Presario 1220 laptop, the result looked nice, and was "input-less" except for remote connections.. is anyone out there interested in pictures? If you are, I will see if I can dig them up and post them someplace "unslashdotable."
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Hi, my name is "Andrew" and I am a MacAddict, it happened to me too..
I don't think the OP was implying it was ethical, I think they just wanted to correct the blurb on the story to point the finger at the right mega-corp.
There better not be a 7-8-9, i can't even beli-
sorry eveybody, can't finish this post, vomitted all over the keyboard.
Ok, it's difficult sometimes, but you can get parts... On a COMPAQ Presario 1220 I got when it was nearly brand new, after about a day of using it, I decided it was time to crack the sucker open. This was not too terrible, but having not experience with flexible circuits, I managed to ruin some of them in the process... no big deal, look at the part number sticker, call compaq parts and request it by PART NUMBER. NOT by part type/model...
THIS IS KEY!!!!!!
There's two things at work here:
1) the Operator on the other line has no idea how to fix a laptop, they just know how to enter a part number and take credit cards
2) the company makes more money if you DON'T replace the part, or at least don't replace it yourself.
Having repaired the said Presario, and two Sony VAIO laptops (F630, R505, both had fan failures, DON'T BUY THESE MACHINES). I can tell you that Social Engineering will sometimes be your best bet.
I mean to say, on several sites, you can piece together the part number information you need.. perhaps, if you can get the Sony part number off of a part resale site, and then corroborate that number on another parts site, you can generally assume you have the right part number. Then call Sony's part service (NOT customer service, just SERVICE) number, tell them something like you need to order a part, part number "xyzabc-ten-billion.1.reva" and when they say they have it, ask them to verify that it belongs in whatever machine you're trying to fix... if you call them, they usually want a "research fee" to find the part number based on a description. In any case, you kinda have to play yourself off as an authorized repair tech.
Finally, remember that the part will cost 5-10times more than it should and it's YOUR FAULT that their crappy plastic bezel broke in the first place.
This has worked for me before and hopefully, it will work for you.
I own a MAC, so no.
There are places where English speakers are uncommon?
150 sheet spiral notebook... Need I say more?
off my Powerbook 12inch power supply:
- Input 1.2 Amps.
- Output, 24V, 1.875 Amps.
Of course, a laptop will not likely draw the most power, the SATELLITE dish you need for the net connection... unless your bazillion acre lot has some GPRS coverage (yeah, right)...
Having lived on a 1000 Acre camp, I can tell you the DIRT is what will really drive you nuts, good luck.
heh, heh, Bevis, he said "knackered," heh heh.
I would say X2 was not "over-hyped" and had a great plot. They actually created a movie which was as good as the original, and I have to respect that.
Now, I haven't seen ROTK, which I will be at 9PM tonight, so everything could change...
X2 has my vote, for now.
not worst movies ever, probably just the most anticipated, most disappointing sequels ever... But, they did explain everything.. er.. uh, nevermind.
actually, there was a Winamp 5 story (yesterday?)
I wonder what Kevin Mitnick thinks about this little tidbit.
Jeff Goldblum?
if you're interested in developing "rendezvous" stuff, it's actually "ZeroConf" re-branded, check out "Howl" for Windows... OR just install iTunes for windows.
Again,
'You may have missed the inference I made that the companies that provide the archives in the first place have a vested interest in maintaining an index of these things, that's what their service really is.'
I think you repeated what I said?? You may have missed the inference I made that the companies that provide the archives in the first place have a vested interest in maintaining an index of these things, that's what their service really is.
I agree, except, I think we're at a point in data capacity/cost where EVERY LAST THOUGHT ever written will be stored for the rest of time. So even the seldom accessed obscure journals will be available.
or,
... ah... hmm, nevermind.
Just hook up an electric motor to the wall and the spindle to the bike-generator crank, and then batteries to the inductors on the bike, and Voila! unattended power generator.... er
it's a steel ring, not iron, I believe..
On topic:
At Ohio State University, many of the dorms on North Campus were constructed more then 40 years ago. They are in the process of upgrading the wiring, but one needs to be mindful of what students had at the time..
Probably more no more than a lamp, small radio, and hairdryer, not the power draw that is mentioned above...
Furthermore, NEVER, EVER underestimate the ability of college freshmen to consume power.
I went to Catholic High School, and never even had a problem with the "administrative staff," anyway, Magic was a great game until WotC diluted it with too many expansion sets, and the reprinting of cards which were on the out-of-print list (although sometimes they at least changed the names of the cards)....
thats "Mr. I-Took-A-Class-In-Group-Theory" to you.
just so you know:
a) you've probably never owned a Mac, or run OS X for an extended period of time
b) Surprisingly enough, sophistication doesn't require confusion. Easy of use doesn't cut back what OS X can do..
As a user of windows, linux and mac, I have to say Mac is by far my favorite, because it is VERY POWERFUL, but EASY and STRAIGHTFORWARD to configure.
This is unbelievable... when did it get to be that the words we use are no longer allowed to have meaning. I would use Primary, Secondary for each drive. But since those are used for the IDE channels, I guess I will now have to say Primary Primary, Primary Secondary, Secondary Primary, Secondary Secondary.... God forbid a PCI IDE card.. Tertiary Primary, Tertiary Secondary, Quartiary Primary Quartiary Secondary...
....But maybe your parents were targetted by this _obviously_ inflamatory choice of words.
Problem Solved?
I live in Ohio, sorry but this is total crap. PC is just a rediculously overloaded acronym, and the one meaning I dislike the most is "Political Correctness."
Please, instead of wasting your time with "Master/Slave" (a HISTORICALLY ACCURATE terminology Slaves DID have Masters, that's what made them slaves....sheesh) How about you idiots in L.A. Government figure out what you're going to do about energy conservation and stop wasting so much of it on such a worthless topic.
Whoever started this crap, I will send you a link to definitions of the words, they weren't targetting you when the terms were selected, and furthermore, you probably weren't even alive when the terms were framed in the standard.
I did this some time ago (like the middle of last winter) with a Compaq Presario 1220 laptop, the result looked nice, and was "input-less" except for remote connections.. is anyone out there interested in pictures? If you are, I will see if I can dig them up and post them someplace "unslashdotable."