Shouldn't it be: outsourcing means cheaper IT products, meaning businesses will buy more, meaning more products to make & manage = net gain of IT jobs in India
You should have nothing to hide if you're doing your job. That includes not cursing or yelling at the customer. It is fine to disagree, and fine to refuse something that your job does not require you to do, I do this all the time. Why are people so afraid to stand up for themselves?
The big money doesn't lie in the short term; it lies in the long term. With a free OS you are no longer subject to monopolized prices. Not to mention all of the free software. Openoffice is "big money" savings too. Yes, it runs on Windows, but Windows isn't (legally) free. If you can run software that is free on an OS that's free, that's great isn't it?
I completely disagree. I work in tech support, I do not mind giving my name, in fact I spell it out for them if need be. You as a TSR should realize that the customer is not always wrong as many TSRs like to think when they think they're right.
Asking for a supervisor or manager is helpful because sometimes the TSR/CSR can't help you. Case in point. I placed an order for newegg.com, but the shipping address was different than the billing address. I wanted the shipping address to be the same as the billing address. I called and told them I'd like to change the shipping address (keep in mind this was before the order was shipped), and they told me they could not for security reasons. I tried everything with the CSR and she would not change it, and told me several times that if the package was sent but not received and sent back to newegg.com, I would be refunded and have to order again. I asked to speak with her supervisor. She put me on hold for a few minutes. A supervisor came back, I explained to him what I wanted, we had some arguing to do but he finally understood (apparently I wasn't making myself clear enough) that I wanted the shipping address to be the same as the billing address.
As far as tantrums go, I don't believe in doing that, or screaming, yelling, cursing, etc. I can raise my voice a bit, and demand why they can't do etc, etc, but I don't do tantrums.
i disagree. fedora is much further along in providing a cohesive experience thanks to bluecurve. on top of that, fedora uses anaconda for it's installer -- this is lightyears ahead of anything mandrake has to offer in polish, and somehow i doubt suse's is much better than mandrakes.
Uhhh... SuSE has YaST, which it recently GPL'd. I have used it to install several different versions of SuSE Linux (8.1, 9.0, 9.1) with no hitches. A lot of the installs were done with the sources pointing to ftp! It's very powerful with an easy-to-use point-and-click interface. With a few clicks an install can be started.
suse is a kde distro. enough said. kde is not as good for usability as gnome, and i think this is integral for beginning desktop linux users.
SuSE mainly uses KDE, but GNOME is definitely available and useable. And what's so wrong with KDE? I have been using it for a while and have experienced no major problems. It might be a little slow on older machines, that's for sure, but still...
fedora is backed by the biggest linux company around, redhat. it's going to have a brighter future if you ask me than suse and mandrake.
What is SuSE backed by, chopped liver? Novell may not be as big as they used to be, but they're no slouch either. As for Redhat backing Fedora, it's my understanding that Redhat doesn't actually provide support for Fedora, but "sponser" it (in part). From the website: http://www.redhat.com/fedora/
It's really easy to present "facts" when you don't check them.
Try shoutcast. From rap to rock, oldies to newage, trance to folk music, even music exclusive to Asia, you can find it here to listen to. Whenever I want to listen to music I use shoutcast.
Why not stop and actually read what you're disecting?
Computer application programs over the last few years have evolved into programming languages that are designed to be easily modified to work in various environments. For example, HTML, XML, Java, LINUX and others are written in modular formats that can be connected in different pieces of code to accomplish a variety of functions.In computer terminology, each computer operating system is called a platform and language code that can be used on more than one platform is called "cross platform code."
What he's saying is that a lot of code, in the past, could only work on one platform. He mentions HTML, XML, Java, LINUX (ok that's a little stretchy, as it's really an OS, not a programming language). Yes, none of these are true programming languages except Java (HTML and XML are both ML = Markup Languages). But that point is moot.
I have a Athlon XP (Thorton) 2400+ (2ghz) overclocked to 2385 (159fsb x 15), Mushkin blue 2 x 256 MB PC3200 (underclocked to match fsb), Seagate SATA 80gb HDD (forget the model), Radeon 9500 (128mb version, 276 mhz core/270 mhz memory overclocked to 360 mhz core/280 mhz memory though I have some mem heatsinks otw). And no, the card can't be turned into a Radeon 9700. It won't boot when I try to apply the softmod.
I know my performance would of course be best (and possibly only) boosted significantly by upgrading my video card, but what card would be best to match the other components? I'd love to get another Radeon card, but I want to be able to play OpenGL games (especially in Linux) so of course that throws Radeons out of the window, performance-wise.
Typing this fast has it disadvantages. I mostly learned to type in high school where I took a typing class on these old, small Macs with very small keyboards. As a result, I developed some form of RSI (Repetitive Stress Injury), and I cannot sustain a ~100 WPM rate for very long (re: a few minutes) without my hands cramping and slowing me down about 10-15 WPM.
One of the problems I immediately noticed in the typingpal.com test is that when it goes to a new line, there isn't a space between the previous and next word. This would make since if you had to hit the return/enter key to go to the line, but you don't.
Another problem I noticed is that most of the time the Java applet can't keep up with my typing speed (according to the test, 95 is about average what I'm getting, but the max I've hit is 100). No, it isn't my slow Athlon XP 2.4 ghz (oc'd from 2 ghz), or my slow PC 3200 512M RAM, or my 80gb SATA HDD, or... well, you get the idea.
Oh, the results...
During the test, you typed at a speed of 100 words/minute and made 13 errors. According to these results, you are an expert typist and should consider taking the corresponding course when you register.
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You're right, of course. Just looked now at an e-mail I received from Sony's Station. I never noticed them.
Really? In all of the 3mb of messages I've viewed I've never seen one.
Gmail currently doesn't have ads, but as far as I know they plan to have them. See a screenshot of Gmail.
They'll be debating about electronic hanging chads.
It's going to be released with HL2 and Longhorn.
Shouldn't it be: outsourcing means cheaper IT products, meaning businesses will buy more, meaning more products to make & manage = net gain of IT jobs in India
You should have nothing to hide if you're doing your job. That includes not cursing or yelling at the customer. It is fine to disagree, and fine to refuse something that your job does not require you to do, I do this all the time. Why are people so afraid to stand up for themselves?
The big money doesn't lie in the short term; it lies in the long term. With a free OS you are no longer subject to monopolized prices. Not to mention all of the free software. Openoffice is "big money" savings too. Yes, it runs on Windows, but Windows isn't (legally) free. If you can run software that is free on an OS that's free, that's great isn't it?
That's why I said possibly. As for where I work, I don't have a company ID or I don't know it, either way I can't give it out.
I completely disagree. I work in tech support, I do not mind giving my name, in fact I spell it out for them if need be. You as a TSR should realize that the customer is not always wrong as many TSRs like to think when they think they're right.
Asking for a supervisor or manager is helpful because sometimes the TSR/CSR can't help you. Case in point. I placed an order for newegg.com, but the shipping address was different than the billing address. I wanted the shipping address to be the same as the billing address. I called and told them I'd like to change the shipping address (keep in mind this was before the order was shipped), and they told me they could not for security reasons. I tried everything with the CSR and she would not change it, and told me several times that if the package was sent but not received and sent back to newegg.com, I would be refunded and have to order again. I asked to speak with her supervisor. She put me on hold for a few minutes. A supervisor came back, I explained to him what I wanted, we had some arguing to do but he finally understood (apparently I wasn't making myself clear enough) that I wanted the shipping address to be the same as the billing address.
As far as tantrums go, I don't believe in doing that, or screaming, yelling, cursing, etc. I can raise my voice a bit, and demand why they can't do etc, etc, but I don't do tantrums.
That's why you ask before you throw a tantrum. The moment you call, you ask for these things.
But alas, I have never seen this happen.
I suppose you've never heard of Earth & Beyond then. Ironically, it is being shut down as of September 22nd (it's an MMORPG space sim).
Ha, I remember watching an outerlimits episode he was in. He still can't act.
Here you go.
Uhhh... SuSE has YaST, which it recently GPL'd. I have used it to install several different versions of SuSE Linux (8.1, 9.0, 9.1) with no hitches. A lot of the installs were done with the sources pointing to ftp! It's very powerful with an easy-to-use point-and-click interface. With a few clicks an install can be started.
SuSE mainly uses KDE, but GNOME is definitely available and useable. And what's so wrong with KDE? I have been using it for a while and have experienced no major problems. It might be a little slow on older machines, that's for sure, but still...
What is SuSE backed by, chopped liver? Novell may not be as big as they used to be, but they're no slouch either. As for Redhat backing Fedora, it's my understanding that Redhat doesn't actually provide support for Fedora, but "sponser" it (in part). From the website: http://www.redhat.com/fedora/
It's really easy to present "facts" when you don't check them.
Try shoutcast. From rap to rock, oldies to newage, trance to folk music, even music exclusive to Asia, you can find it here to listen to. Whenever I want to listen to music I use shoutcast.
Yes, I know this sounds like a sales pitch.
I don't know which is funnier. The fact that he made a "first post!" topic with "1d1 post!", or the amazing ability he has to roll a one-sided die.
Look at vaporware.
What he's saying is that a lot of code, in the past, could only work on one platform. He mentions HTML, XML, Java, LINUX (ok that's a little stretchy, as it's really an OS, not a programming language). Yes, none of these are true programming languages except Java (HTML and XML are both ML = Markup Languages). But that point is moot.
I have a Athlon XP (Thorton) 2400+ (2ghz) overclocked to 2385 (159fsb x 15), Mushkin blue 2 x 256 MB PC3200 (underclocked to match fsb), Seagate SATA 80gb HDD (forget the model), Radeon 9500 (128mb version, 276 mhz core/270 mhz memory overclocked to 360 mhz core/280 mhz memory though I have some mem heatsinks otw). And no, the card can't be turned into a Radeon 9700. It won't boot when I try to apply the softmod.
I know my performance would of course be best (and possibly only) boosted significantly by upgrading my video card, but what card would be best to match the other components? I'd love to get another Radeon card, but I want to be able to play OpenGL games (especially in Linux) so of course that throws Radeons out of the window, performance-wise.
Or so I've read. with SLI I believe you can only get about 70% better performance versus 1 card. Can't remember where I read this. Try googling it!
Typing this fast has it disadvantages. I mostly learned to type in high school where I took a typing class on these old, small Macs with very small keyboards. As a result, I developed some form of RSI (Repetitive Stress Injury), and I cannot sustain a ~100 WPM rate for very long (re: a few minutes) without my hands cramping and slowing me down about 10-15 WPM.
One of the problems I immediately noticed in the typingpal.com test is that when it goes to a new line, there isn't a space between the previous and next word. This would make since if you had to hit the return/enter key to go to the line, but you don't. Another problem I noticed is that most of the time the Java applet can't keep up with my typing speed (according to the test, 95 is about average what I'm getting, but the max I've hit is 100). No, it isn't my slow Athlon XP 2.4 ghz (oc'd from 2 ghz), or my slow PC 3200 512M RAM, or my 80gb SATA HDD, or... well, you get the idea. Oh, the results... During the test, you typed at a speed of 100 words/minute and made 13 errors. According to these results, you are an expert typist and should consider taking the corresponding course when you register.