I realize the parent was trying to be sarcastic, but remote phone wipe has been a feature on BES for a long time, I know it was available on the first BES I setup running 3.x many years ago.
It's still on an ongoing issue in those parts. Driving through Saginaw/Midland area a few years ago lots of residents had signs in their front yards demanding Dow cleanup their Dioxin mess, especially houses near the Tittabawasee river. Weather or not it's really an issue? I have no idea. But people are still seem to be concerned about it.
Had a pretty good game with Farmville? You mean they did a pretty good job of copying/ripping off Farm Town? I'm quite happy to see Zynga go rigtht down the toilet. They deserve it. Even Mafia Wars was a copy cat of another game.
We've had several hard drive failures in the last few months and I've used HP's online chat every time to get them replaced. When I call HP, I'm usually on the phone for a t least 15 minutes listening to on-hold music. On the Chat, my wait is rarely more than two minutes. On the downside, I'm often waiting for them to respond, but it's easier for me to do other things while waiting on the chat than it would be on the phone.
I agree. I use Dell's support chat every week. I hate calling them but for a different reason, I always seem to have a hard time understanding the person on the other end of the line.
I had a worthless boss at a job I left, I requested an exit interview with the head of HR. They didn't normally do exit interviews, but I had been there for 6 years, so they wanted to know why I was leaving. Took a few months after I left to find time for a meeting, but I laid it all out. How I felt, why I left... 2 months later I got a call to come back. They fired my old boss after I opened their eyes to the BS he was pulling. I went back.. with a nice raise and a $4k signing "bonus". It works in certain cases. YMMV.
Myself and a co-worker were just discussing this topic. At my previous job, I would took a box full of old HDD's, several boxes of Winchester whitebox ball ammo (9MM) and my Springfield XD-9 out behind my parents house (who live out in BFE). What a blast. The only problem is the mess it makes. It's by far the most entertaining way I've ever disposed of hard drives.
Reminds me of when I was a kid buying C64 games, they ALL had screen shots from the Amiga version. I fell for it once with some car game.. I remember my buddy and I taking turns playing it to the end thinking we were going to be rewarded with the "better graphics". I was sorely dissapointed. At least back then you could return opened software to EB.
I second this. My company has been using both HP and Compaq server hardware for years. Rarely do we have hardware failures severe enought to cash in on the 24x7x365 support guaruntee, but it has happened, and they have (both companies, even before the merger) responded in a very timely fashion. I was impressed. It was worth the money. I normally refuse to buy "extended" support of any kind. But in this case, it was well worth it.
I was in a similar situation. There was a "IS" department, but I was the only one in it. No management whatsoever. Now, don't get me wrong, this has it advantages. But when it comes to getting upper managment to buy into *anything*, it was futile. They didn't want to pay someone a mangers salary. What I ended up doing was picking two people out of our organazation that had some sort of technical skills. They became my "part time" tech's. I sent them to the proper training. We're also spread out location wise, so getting to a person with phone/computer/network problems is a lot quicker now. All in all, things seem to be going much better. I still have a problem with upper management not having a clue when it comes to needing money for projects, but at least my "manpower/spread to thin" issues are all but gone.
Games?? Pa-Lease! Yea... tuxracer. Free-civ. I can't really think of any other worthwhile games. Nethack, sure, but c'mon. Games? Hardly. I love Linux too, but I'm also realistic. Linux is *NOT* a gaming platform, yet. I'm still waiting for that to happen. Maybe someday.
Ok, I've seen it many, many times now on/., where in the *hell* are you guys paying $20 for a CD? Last couple of CD's I bought (some older, and some new releases) where between $10-$13 at Best Buy.
The Amiga failed because of a horrible, wretched marketing department. It became synonymous with "video games", and then became Amiga vs. Atari. Nobody seemed to take it seriously as a business machine.
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I realize the parent was trying to be sarcastic, but remote phone wipe has been a feature on BES for a long time, I know it was available on the first BES I setup running 3.x many years ago.
Amen to that. That's what friends and the kid's friends get handed when they ask to "check their email and Facebook". It works.
It's still on an ongoing issue in those parts. Driving through Saginaw/Midland area a few years ago lots of residents had signs in their front yards demanding Dow cleanup their Dioxin mess, especially houses near the Tittabawasee river. Weather or not it's really an issue? I have no idea. But people are still seem to be concerned about it.
It's running fine for me on 7.17 (ASDM 6.4)
What if someone on the ground started shooting back?
Had a pretty good game with Farmville? You mean they did a pretty good job of copying/ripping off Farm Town? I'm quite happy to see Zynga go rigtht down the toilet. They deserve it. Even Mafia Wars was a copy cat of another game.
We've had several hard drive failures in the last few months and I've used HP's online chat every time to get them replaced. When I call HP, I'm usually on the phone for a t least 15 minutes listening to on-hold music. On the Chat, my wait is rarely more than two minutes. On the downside, I'm often waiting for them to respond, but it's easier for me to do other things while waiting on the chat than it would be on the phone.
I agree. I use Dell's support chat every week. I hate calling them but for a different reason, I always seem to have a hard time understanding the person on the other end of the line.
I had a worthless boss at a job I left, I requested an exit interview with the head of HR. They didn't normally do exit interviews, but I had been there for 6 years, so they wanted to know why I was leaving. Took a few months after I left to find time for a meeting, but I laid it all out. How I felt, why I left... 2 months later I got a call to come back. They fired my old boss after I opened their eyes to the BS he was pulling. I went back.. with a nice raise and a $4k signing "bonus". It works in certain cases. YMMV.
from the Ministry of Housinge? It could pin point a purr from 400 yards away!
Myself and a co-worker were just discussing this topic. At my previous job, I would took a box full of old HDD's, several boxes of Winchester whitebox ball ammo (9MM) and my Springfield XD-9 out behind my parents house (who live out in BFE). What a blast. The only problem is the mess it makes. It's by far the most entertaining way I've ever disposed of hard drives.
-Warcraft was very much like all of the rest of the genre.-
What? The original Warcraft was ground breaking. There was nothing else like it when it first came out.
They should put a "Type R" sticker on it.. .then it would be SUPER FAST!!!!
I believe the "underling" was Col. Sanders.
Amen, my 9700 Pro is still playing all the latest games just fine.
.. but I'm still waiting for this thing to come out: http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
Reminds me of when I was a kid buying C64 games, they ALL had screen shots from the Amiga version. I fell for it once with some car game.. I remember my buddy and I taking turns playing it to the end thinking we were going to be rewarded with the "better graphics". I was sorely dissapointed. At least back then you could return opened software to EB.
I second this. My company has been using both HP and Compaq server hardware for years. Rarely do we have hardware failures severe enought to cash in on the 24x7x365 support guaruntee, but it has happened, and they have (both companies, even before the merger) responded in a very timely fashion. I was impressed. It was worth the money. I normally refuse to buy "extended" support of any kind. But in this case, it was well worth it.
I wish I had points to mod you up.. I wonder if I'm the only one who got that.
I was in a similar situation. There was a "IS" department, but I was the only one in it. No management whatsoever. Now, don't get me wrong, this has it advantages. But when it comes to getting upper managment to buy into *anything*, it was futile. They didn't want to pay someone a mangers salary. What I ended up doing was picking two people out of our organazation that had some sort of technical skills. They became my "part time" tech's. I sent them to the proper training. We're also spread out location wise, so getting to a person with phone/computer/network problems is a lot quicker now. All in all, things seem to be going much better. I still have a problem with upper management not having a clue when it comes to needing money for projects, but at least my "manpower/spread to thin" issues are all but gone.
*just to name a few* --- You named them all.
Games?? Pa-Lease! Yea... tuxracer. Free-civ. I can't really think of any other worthwhile games. Nethack, sure, but c'mon. Games? Hardly. I love Linux too, but I'm also realistic. Linux is *NOT* a gaming platform, yet. I'm still waiting for that to happen. Maybe someday.
omg, I wish I had mod points for ya... I was thinking the SAME THING!
Ok, I've seen it many, many times now on /., where in the *hell* are you guys paying $20 for a CD? Last couple of CD's I bought (some older, and some new releases) where between $10-$13 at Best Buy.
It means nothing... the Phantom will be using Intel, and they will TAKE OVER THE CONSOLE INDUSTRY.... mwa-haa-haa-haa.
The Amiga failed because of a horrible, wretched marketing department. It became synonymous with "video games", and then became Amiga vs. Atari. Nobody seemed to take it seriously as a business machine.