Is it any easier to forge a fingerprint than a credit card? I don't think so. Besides, it's still fraud/stealing/whatever and you'd get busted because they'll have cameras and a person looking at you put your finger on the sensor. They have like 1 cashier per 4 lanes right now... it's easy to check a camera. Besides, Kroger doesn't even currently require signatures in the "express" lanes.
It's not only productivity. If they use CRTs, then power consumption is an issue. How much does it cost to run a monitor for 8 hours a day when it only helps you 1-10 min today.
Mine came with the "button lock" switch broken. I figured, "oh well, I'll still use it for a while." Well, 2nd time using it and the strap broke off (the weld broke).
I assume the journal accepts PDF, but you didn't say this. If not, they're crazy! Then they have to deal with all the different versions of Word (which are not PERFECTLY compatible). Every journal I know of usually accepts Word, TeX, and PDF.
I was inquiring about the people making edits. There are a number of GUIs that have probably been discussed on Slashdot before (e.g. Lyx). I think that this only works on Linux.
The point was that it takes a lot of effort to get a companies attention. They tend to think that you "just don't know what is wrong". Even though I clearly stated to them what the problem was, they insisted it wasn't a problem. It took a letter from the Better Business Bureau to get them to resolve it.
I bought a Toshiba 4090 XDVD about 2 years ago. The laptop had a lot of features for a good price. However, the mobile celeron chip kept overheating! It took 8 months for me to convince Toshiba of this. I sent it back to them 4 times and each time they said "Oh, it looks ok to us."
After filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, I got a call from a real person (not a phone support) at Toshiba. They were curious what was the problem. I explained that I had a BS in Computer Engineering and an MS in Electrical Engineering, so I know how to debug a system. This thing was overheating. The person offered me a full refund after complaining enough. One week later, they announced a recall on the Toshiba 4090XDVD with mobile celeron. Evidently, Intel changed the specifications on the mobile celeron package and Toshiba didn't test this new module.
Toshiba saves money by not testing. I will never buy one again. I bought my Sony Vaio the next week and love it. Thinking about upgrading to a TiBook now though... yum.
I bought a Toshiba 4090 XDVD about 2 years ago. The laptop had a lot of features for a good price. However, the mobile celeron chip kept overheating! It took 8 months for me to convince Toshiba of this. I sent it back to them 4 times and each time they said "Oh, it looks ok to us."
After filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, I got a call from a real person (not a phone support) at Toshiba. They were curious what was the problem. I explained that I had a BS in Computer Engineering and an MS in Electrical Engineering, so I know how to debug a system. This thing was overheating. The person overed me a full refund. One week later, they announced a recall on the Toshiba 4090XDVD with mobile celeron. Evidently, Intel changed the specifications on the mobile celeron package and Toshiba didn't test this new module.
Toshiba saves money by not testing. I will never buy one again. I bought my Sony Vaio the next week and love it. Thinking about getting a TiBook now though... yum.
No, I haven't seen this journal anywhere, but I have a copy of an article from the National Examiner (Vol. 35, No. 52, December 1998) above my desk titled "Company Uses Blueprints from Crashed UFO to Make Supercomputer." It talks about this "TCAP" and how the guy that found it (Jack Shulman of American Computer Co.) is trying to sell it to General Electric.
So, unless the National Examiner is a respected computer journal....
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Is it any easier to forge a fingerprint than a credit card? I don't think so. Besides, it's still fraud/stealing/whatever and you'd get busted because they'll have cameras and a person looking at you put your finger on the sensor. They have like 1 cashier per 4 lanes right now... it's easy to check a camera. Besides, Kroger doesn't even currently require signatures in the "express" lanes.
Also make sure they know "they're" grammar.
At this age, I think there are a lot of basics that students need to learn. I think that computers would be more of a distraction than anything else.
It's not only productivity. If they use CRTs, then power consumption is an issue. How much does it cost to run a monitor for 8 hours a day when it only helps you 1-10 min today.
Mine came with the "button lock" switch broken. I figured, "oh well, I'll still use it for a while." Well, 2nd time using it and the strap broke off (the weld broke).
Skip this one IMHO.
I guess I should be more specific...
I assume the journal accepts PDF, but you didn't say this. If not, they're crazy! Then they have to deal with all the different versions of Word (which are not PERFECTLY compatible). Every journal I know of usually accepts Word, TeX, and PDF.
I was inquiring about the people making edits. There are a number of GUIs that have probably been discussed on Slashdot before (e.g. Lyx). I think that this only works on Linux.
Are all these people on the same platform (Linux/Unix) or are they using Windows?
The point was that it takes a lot of effort to get a companies attention. They tend to think that you "just don't know what is wrong". Even though I clearly stated to them what the problem was, they insisted it wasn't a problem. It took a letter from the Better Business Bureau to get them to resolve it.
Yes, my Mom is quite proud.
Sorry about that. It gave me an error that it didn't post because I previewed it too often (less than 2 minutes). But it posted it anyways!
I don't think that they gave other people a refund. They switched to just replacing the mobile celeron module.
Mine mostly did it when I had a lot of HD activity and CPU activity. For example, if I did a find on all hard drives and watched a DVD.
... heart or hate?
I bought a Toshiba 4090 XDVD about 2 years ago. The laptop had a lot of features for a good price. However, the mobile celeron chip kept overheating! It took 8 months for me to convince Toshiba of this. I sent it back to them 4 times and each time they said "Oh, it looks ok to us."
After filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, I got a call from a real person (not a phone support) at Toshiba. They were curious what was the problem. I explained that I had a BS in Computer Engineering and an MS in Electrical Engineering, so I know how to debug a system. This thing was overheating. The person offered me a full refund after complaining enough. One week later, they announced a recall on the Toshiba 4090XDVD with mobile celeron. Evidently, Intel changed the specifications on the mobile celeron package and Toshiba didn't test this new module.
Toshiba saves money by not testing. I will never buy one again. I bought my Sony Vaio the next week and love it. Thinking about upgrading to a TiBook now though... yum.
I bought a Toshiba 4090 XDVD about 2 years ago. The laptop had a lot of features for a good price. However, the mobile celeron chip kept overheating! It took 8 months for me to convince Toshiba of this. I sent it back to them 4 times and each time they said "Oh, it looks ok to us."
After filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, I got a call from a real person (not a phone support) at Toshiba. They were curious what was the problem. I explained that I had a BS in Computer Engineering and an MS in Electrical Engineering, so I know how to debug a system. This thing was overheating. The person overed me a full refund. One week later, they announced a recall on the Toshiba 4090XDVD with mobile celeron. Evidently, Intel changed the specifications on the mobile celeron package and Toshiba didn't test this new module.
Toshiba saves money by not testing. I will never buy one again. I bought my Sony Vaio the next week and love it. Thinking about getting a TiBook now though... yum.
No, I haven't seen this journal anywhere, but I have a copy of an article from the National Examiner (Vol. 35, No. 52, December 1998) above my desk titled "Company Uses Blueprints from Crashed UFO to Make Supercomputer." It talks about this "TCAP" and how the guy that found it (Jack Shulman of American Computer Co.) is trying to sell it to General Electric.
So, unless the National Examiner is a respected computer journal....
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