Exactly what new features does the iPhone need on a network?
Everything the iPhone can do, my phone (a $70 camera phone) can do theoretically (it doesn't actually have the processing power for much of it, though...) And, my provider offers sockets access, no need for HTTP proxies.
And, Apple could have easily sold the phone unlocked, ready to pop a SIM card in from your favorite GSM carrier (of course, in this country, that's AT&T or T-Mobile...)
It is very rare for a VW to "forget" keys, but it has happened.
And, $300... it's because they have a near monopoly on the VW key market. Their keys are center-cut, and VERY few lockmsiths have the laser cutting machine necessary to cut those keys. (The key blank itself, I think even with the immobilizer chip, is $60.) Then, for programming the key to the car, you need the Secret Key Code for the car... but VW won't give that to you, and they CAN'T give it to you, the way their system is set up. The dealer scan tool connects to a server in Germany to downlaod the SKC.
(Now, there are ways to get the SKC out of the instrument cluster, but the tools for that are hard to find (on purpose, because an easy way to get the SKC means an easy way to steal the car.)
And on an old VW diesel, you take out the #1 glow plug and remove the wire for the fuel cutoff solenoid. Helps to take the X-relay with you, too, but that's hard to get to on some cars.
#1 glow plug removed: Easy to get to, means cylinder #4 has no compression. Fuel cutoff solenoid wire removed: Keeps the fuel pump from delivering fuel - you get a sputter at best with it removed. Of course, you can always ride the starter X-relay removed: Distributes power to the car. If they figure out that you unplugged the fuel cutoff wire, the X-relay means it won't get power anyway.
Except when the immo loses programming... and except when you need a new key, and the dealer forces you to go there at the tune of (at least in the US, for Volkswagen) $300...
Using features that are unsupported in the mainstream browser, but don't break functionality, is a whole different can of worms from using features that break functionality when they're not supported.
Yes, I'd put it in a pre-install Readme step, and then put "There is no End User License Agreement for this program - for redistribution and modification rights, please read the GNU General Public License in the previous step." as the EULA.
Use their e-mail support, not their phone support.
Then, you can at least read what the Indian guy is trying to say (although it reads like a 419 scammer's e-mail,) and they tend to expect that you've got a higher level of knowledge.
Even though I've done all of this at a business, many of the machines in question are laptops with base support, which means they get home-level support.
I often send messages stating "I have tested the power adapter on multiple machines, and tested multiple power adapters on this machine, and this power adapter does not work. A new power adapter is required." A day later, I get "I apologize for the problems you are having with your machine, and I am sending a new power adapter to you." I'm so good, I only get the autoresponse ~33% of the time, any more.
Every driver CD, at least for their laptops, includes their DOS-based diagnostics. Also, the diagnostics are located in the recovery partition (which is in ADDITION to the plain Windows CD, the separate application CDs, etc., etc.)
It's called their DOS-based diagnostic program, which ships BOTH on the recovery partition (which actually has no reason to be Linux-based on the Linux machines) and on a CD.
(I work at a K-12 that uses almost exclusively Dell machines. I'm a bit familiar with this program.)
Either you had some patch level that made Office 2003 know about the patch, but hadn't installed it, or the.docx files have a header that is treated as a Word 97-2003 header, and runs a macro to give you that prompt...
(Hey, it's been done before - note Win32.EXEs with their "This program requires Windows 95 or newer" dialog on Win3.x, and all Windows.EXEs with their "This program requires Microsoft Windows" or "This program cannot be run under MS-DOS mode" text when run on DOS.)
That compatibility pack allows for opening Office 2007 documents in older versions of Office (NOT, say, publishing apps that import files from older versions of Office.)
And, TFA said that it wasn't due to the Office 2007 file format itself, anyway, it was due to the new Equation Editor in Office 2007 - save a file as Word 97-2003 format, and equations get turned into images, instead of equations (which is a specific OLE embedded object) like in Office 97-2003.
Yeah, my Golf was UAW-built. (Between 1980 and 1989, Volkswagen did a little... experiment... in assembling cars in the US. It failed miserably due to lousy quality control (they got better in 1985, and my Golf is a 1986... but it's still inferior to even the Mexican-built VWs of the time), but American Honda ripped off the idea, except without the UAW, and it worked beautifully.)
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So write a word processor that can read it.
Or, backport OpenDocument support to the 1.0 branch of OO.o.
Actually, there's a plug-in for AbiWord that can handle OpenDocument. And, AbiWord runs on 95.
It is when that trade secret is a critical part of a copy prevention mechanism, and you're subject to the DMCA. ;)
vnc -> tor -> computer in a patent-free country with his coding environment.
:)
Tor adds that plausible deniability angle.
There are some sites that don't work with Firefox.
Hell, I've got Firefox on my WIndows system (but Opera is my main browser,) and I usually end up using IE for some sites.
Also, doesn't the VAX throw a wrench into it?
VAX is just a 32-bit PDP-11, which was DEFINITELY a mainframe, and the MicroVAX line was all PC server size, no?
Exactly what new features does the iPhone need on a network?
Everything the iPhone can do, my phone (a $70 camera phone) can do theoretically (it doesn't actually have the processing power for much of it, though...) And, my provider offers sockets access, no need for HTTP proxies.
And, Apple could have easily sold the phone unlocked, ready to pop a SIM card in from your favorite GSM carrier (of course, in this country, that's AT&T or T-Mobile...)
It is very rare for a VW to "forget" keys, but it has happened.
And, $300... it's because they have a near monopoly on the VW key market. Their keys are center-cut, and VERY few lockmsiths have the laser cutting machine necessary to cut those keys. (The key blank itself, I think even with the immobilizer chip, is $60.) Then, for programming the key to the car, you need the Secret Key Code for the car... but VW won't give that to you, and they CAN'T give it to you, the way their system is set up. The dealer scan tool connects to a server in Germany to downlaod the SKC.
(Now, there are ways to get the SKC out of the instrument cluster, but the tools for that are hard to find (on purpose, because an easy way to get the SKC means an easy way to steal the car.)
And on an old VW diesel, you take out the #1 glow plug and remove the wire for the fuel cutoff solenoid. Helps to take the X-relay with you, too, but that's hard to get to on some cars.
#1 glow plug removed: Easy to get to, means cylinder #4 has no compression.
Fuel cutoff solenoid wire removed: Keeps the fuel pump from delivering fuel - you get a sputter at best with it removed. Of course, you can always ride the starter
X-relay removed: Distributes power to the car. If they figure out that you unplugged the fuel cutoff wire, the X-relay means it won't get power anyway.
Nothing stops you from badging the RS4 as a 1.9TDI, and such. Making it not look like an RS4. (Although, you're not hiding those fender flares...)
Except when the immo loses programming... and except when you need a new key, and the dealer forces you to go there at the tune of (at least in the US, for Volkswagen) $300...
Except, this is different.
Using features that are unsupported in the mainstream browser, but don't break functionality, is a whole different can of worms from using features that break functionality when they're not supported.
You forgot about the obvious one, Ogg Theora.
There's always just going for lower production values...
Yes, I'd put it in a pre-install Readme step, and then put "There is no End User License Agreement for this program - for redistribution and modification rights, please read the GNU General Public License in the previous step." as the EULA.
Use their e-mail support, not their phone support.
Then, you can at least read what the Indian guy is trying to say (although it reads like a 419 scammer's e-mail,) and they tend to expect that you've got a higher level of knowledge.
Even though I've done all of this at a business, many of the machines in question are laptops with base support, which means they get home-level support.
I often send messages stating "I have tested the power adapter on multiple machines, and tested multiple power adapters on this machine, and this power adapter does not work. A new power adapter is required." A day later, I get "I apologize for the problems you are having with your machine, and I am sending a new power adapter to you." I'm so good, I only get the autoresponse ~33% of the time, any more.
They do.
Every driver CD, at least for their laptops, includes their DOS-based diagnostics. Also, the diagnostics are located in the recovery partition (which is in ADDITION to the plain Windows CD, the separate application CDs, etc., etc.)
It's called their DOS-based diagnostic program, which ships BOTH on the recovery partition (which actually has no reason to be Linux-based on the Linux machines) and on a CD.
(I work at a K-12 that uses almost exclusively Dell machines. I'm a bit familiar with this program.)
Either you had some patch level that made Office 2003 know about the patch, but hadn't installed it, or the .docx files have a header that is treated as a Word 97-2003 header, and runs a macro to give you that prompt...
.EXEs with their "This program requires Windows 95 or newer" dialog on Win3.x, and all Windows .EXEs with their "This program requires Microsoft Windows" or "This program cannot be run under MS-DOS mode" text when run on DOS.)
(Hey, it's been done before - note Win32
RTFA.
That compatibility pack allows for opening Office 2007 documents in older versions of Office (NOT, say, publishing apps that import files from older versions of Office.)
And, TFA said that it wasn't due to the Office 2007 file format itself, anyway, it was due to the new Equation Editor in Office 2007 - save a file as Word 97-2003 format, and equations get turned into images, instead of equations (which is a specific OLE embedded object) like in Office 97-2003.
FWIW, you can still buy Office 2003 from places like Newegg...
LEGALLY? Give a few BJs to your senators and representatives.
Yeah, I read Encyclopedia Dramatica, which appears to be the /b/ wiki, pretty much (real /b/... no. Too weird.)
So, I got the "Pool's Closed" reference without ever being on 4chan, ebaumsworld's forums, or Habbo Hotel.
You do realize that it's fully legal to grab an XP CD for another machine, and downgrade Vista Business to XP Pro, right?
There is always FOAF...
Yeah, my Golf was UAW-built. (Between 1980 and 1989, Volkswagen did a little... experiment... in assembling cars in the US. It failed miserably due to lousy quality control (they got better in 1985, and my Golf is a 1986... but it's still inferior to even the Mexican-built VWs of the time), but American Honda ripped off the idea, except without the UAW, and it worked beautifully.)