> IBM has some really smart people tucked away somewhere. But to an IBM customer, dealing with IBM is like dealing with the IRS.
Very true.
I have been doing some work with a local council recently, they have fully bought into the IBM thing, iSeries, lotus notes, websphere, etc.
When you actually get to deal with IBM things you can get things done. But IBM don't deal directly with customers. First you have to go through the partner for that business area, pay £1500 per day for a consultant who usually knows less than than your avarage employee assigned to the project equipped only with the IBM website documentation.
Only when all has failed will IBM send in a team of salespeople, with one tech guy to answer the hard questions.
The salespeople go off to the management/stategy meetings, and we get get the guy with the clue to help us sort out the real problems.
They do themselves a disservice. It should not be that hard, their software is pretty good compared to the competion.
It would be quite amusing to build a device to record every ID and play them back as you leave the store, then sit back and watch as the automated restocking system delivers a whole stores worth of goods.
I wonder how long they would keep the system after that had happened a few times...
I received one of those disks with little brushes attaced to the underside free with my dvd player.
So far it has always resolved these little glitches for me.
some cheesy videogames were using 3-D holo-type displays back in the 80's
I assume by this you mean those black bowl and projector setups?
They looked really cool, but the games were unplayable. Does anyone know who made those things or how they worked? was it a specialised projector, or could I make one from a bog standard lcd projector + a polished bowl?
each other if they are kicking out all this radiation.
The real reason they don't want you to use this stuff is so that your hands are free for their overpriced coffee and sandwiches.
I think mine lasted about three weeks...
And the one that came with the A4000 was similarly flimsy.
The only commodore made Amiga mouse I have that still works is the nasty angular one that came with the A500.
Yep that was a horrible mouse, shaped like a tuna can it was RSI just waiting to happen.
I think that is a bit unfair. I used one of these for three years at college, and never found it uncomfortable. And that included far too many hours of playing netrek.
The added bonus was that the little wheels underneath are very much more tolerant of gunk than the traditional ball and rollers design, which in a college computer lab is a huge benefit!
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> IBM has some really smart people tucked away somewhere. But to an IBM customer, dealing with IBM is like dealing with the IRS. Very true. I have been doing some work with a local council recently, they have fully bought into the IBM thing, iSeries, lotus notes, websphere, etc. When you actually get to deal with IBM things you can get things done. But IBM don't deal directly with customers. First you have to go through the partner for that business area, pay £1500 per day for a consultant who usually knows less than than your avarage employee assigned to the project equipped only with the IBM website documentation. Only when all has failed will IBM send in a team of salespeople, with one tech guy to answer the hard questions. The salespeople go off to the management/stategy meetings, and we get get the guy with the clue to help us sort out the real problems. They do themselves a disservice. It should not be that hard, their software is pretty good compared to the competion.
It would be quite amusing to build a device to record every ID and play them back as you leave the store, then sit back and watch as the automated restocking system delivers a whole stores worth of goods.
I wonder how long they would keep the system after that had happened a few times...
I received one of those disks with little brushes attaced to the underside free with my dvd player. So far it has always resolved these little glitches for me.
And Volkswagons are just overpriced Seats
The comp.sys.sinclair crap game competition is here
some cheesy videogames were using 3-D holo-type displays back in the 80's
I assume by this you mean those black bowl and projector setups?
They looked really cool, but the games were unplayable. Does anyone know who made those things or how they worked? was it a specialised projector, or could I make one from a bog standard lcd projector + a polished bowl?
Yeah, phones do, they are intended as transmitters. But when was the last time your laptop intefered with your tv or radio?
What airline do you fly? I don't recall ever having to pay for food
RyanAir, MyTravelLite, EasyJet.
I dont recall ever having flown on an airline that does not charge for food...
each other if they are kicking out all this radiation. The real reason they don't want you to use this stuff is so that your hands are free for their overpriced coffee and sandwiches.
I think mine lasted about three weeks... And the one that came with the A4000 was similarly flimsy. The only commodore made Amiga mouse I have that still works is the nasty angular one that came with the A500.
Yep that was a horrible mouse, shaped like a tuna can it was RSI just waiting to happen.
I think that is a bit unfair. I used one of these for three years at college, and never found it uncomfortable. And that included far too many hours of playing netrek.
The added bonus was that the little wheels underneath are very much more tolerant of gunk than the traditional ball and rollers design, which in a college computer lab is a huge benefit!