If my experience with customers has anything to say, people will be more likely to see that the keys change when they hit control and think they broke the keyboard.
Personally, I'd stay away from it for now. It seems as if nothing is actually available as 64 bit. Microsoft even requires you to use the 32 bit version of IE to go to windowsupdate.com. Driver support is pretty bad too. If you do go for it, make very sure to check on driver support for all your devices. Even if they claim compatibility, they may not really support it, so read up on forums and see how people are doing with the devices if at all possible.
Please, get your facts straight. For one thing, inkjets are way too slow for that type of use. They just wouldn't be able to handle the load of customers. Secondly, they cost too much. Better printers can make your prints for much less than an inkjet costs. How much do you think they pay for those $0.19 prints? Last of all, have you taken a look at a print from a mini-lab? There's a noticable difference.
Most mini-labs use either a dye-sub or some type of lightjet process to make their prints. Not the best quality you can get, but far greater than that of an inkjet for glossy prints. Not to mention the fact that they're about 10 times faster.
My registrar actually does the same thing. I recieved emails notifying me of an expiring domain and I just kept putting the renewal off for one reason or another. Once it'd gone past the expiration date I got worried for a moment, but then I noticed they had already charged me. In this case I was actually happy about it and I remembered that I had set it to auto renew. However, the emails were definately decieving. Honestly, I think it might be an issue with their software as they implemented the auto-renew fairly recently.
Also, I may be alone in this, but my only dealings with debt collection agencys have actually been pretty positive. I attended a course at a state college which either never sent a bill or sent it to the wrong address and refused to listen to me when I tried to resolve the issue. They eventually added on fees for late payment and reenrollment, etc. When I got in touch with the debt collectors, I explained the situation and that I believed the debt to be ridiculous and they aided me in resolving the debt with the college after mentioning that they'd had other complaints as well.
However, TFA also mentions that the collection agency was not authorized to actually take any legal action and "was intended solely to spook people into responding."
Great, so maybe we'll actually start training generations of people who realize that there is more than one operating system out there. I think this is probably one of the biggest things that's kept Microsoft on top. At least in my area, most people my age and under know windows because that's all we had at the school.
Besides that, with all the copying that KDE and Gnome have done of Windows, the differences really should not be that hard to overcome. Computers are a needed skill now just like reading and writing. If someone can't figure out the basics of how to get around an OS then they need to go back to computer class and learn it before they graduate. They sure as hell wouldn't pass English if they didn't know how to use at least basic grammar.
I see my town as sortof a backwards place, but for quite some time now it's been a requirement that you pass a certain computer literacy requirement or you don't graduate highschool. I wish this would be taken more seriously, because we've already gotten to the point where our lives depend on computers and I don't think it's going to go backwards anytime soon.
I could be alone here, but having been a sysadmin for a small college using all Macs, I can't imagine what a nightmare it would be to support as many Windows computers as you probably have in your school. I'd have nightmares just thinking about it. I think a lot more knowledgable people would be much more interested in running a school that operates in a Linux environment. Overall, it's just easier to keep the machines all up and running.
As for the tools being different in the Windows world and the Linux world, I can't really see all that many differences. Learning OpenOffice would be just fine imho. When you learn things like word processors or spreadsheets, you're mostly learning about how to organize information. Sure, there's always the part about teaching where everything is in the program, all the menus etc. If it's taught well, though, someone who learned on OpenOffice should be able to work with MS Office without much trouble. As for Access, I'm not sure what options there are for teaching that software. If I heard right, Base (the Access replacement in OO.o) is supposed to be a decent competitor. Maybe it would suffice. Again, they should be learning more about how the data is organized rather than absolute specifics.
We used to do that at the shop I work at, but the problem has just gotten too bad. Every computer we try to acually fix when it has a bad infection usually runs over 4 hours and customers just won't pay that. At this point, any computer coming in with spyware is an automatic wipe / reinstall. We're very careful to save data, but it's just not worth it to remove the stuff. It's not easy for us to do it that way, though... I know that it's really frustrating for me to be doing the same routine day in and day out, reinstalling windows on multiple computers.
On the other side of things, we really work hard to educate our customers and make sure they know how the stuff works. We also install antispyware programs on their computers and change their default browser to Firefox. People really seem to appreciate this service, and it keeps them from having to come back repeatedly.
How many movies are really worth buying, though? I will be purchasing the boxed extended edition set of LOTR, because it was just so kickass. I also own Hackers (pure bullshit, but entertaining) and a couple others. My actual collection is pretty small, though. Most movies I tend to only watch once. Some movies, have replay(watch?) value, but not many. Because of this, those that I do actually feel the need to purchase, I want to have the whole box and everything for; that's really the reason for the purchase. It just wouldn't be the same to download the original Star Wars trilogy whether I paid for it or not.
I think Netflix has got it nailed. A monthly subscription to just keep watching new movies, plus a database of my ratings and suggestions offered to me which are usually pretty on target. Now if they could figure out some way to do that over the internet, I'd definitely be interested.
For one thing, I'm not complaining, so please leave me out of it. For those IT workers that are complaining, they have just as much ability to leave their jobs as you do. I never said I saw their situation as being any different than yours, and I offer them no more sympathy than you.
Now when the hell did I tell you to quit right away? You've got internet access... check out monster.com or maybe even the help wanted ads of a newspaper. What's your skillset right now? Don't say nothing, because that's bullshit. Even swinging a hammer is a skill, and being a hard worker counts for a lot too. Plus, you're on slashdot, so I have a feeling that you've got at least some interest in computers which means that you've probably accumulated a bit of technical knowledge. Ever try looking for an internship based on that? Maybe your town doesn't have anything to offer. If that's the case, get the fuck out of there. Find someplace that does have something to offer. Believe it or not, you've got a lot of options in front of you. It just takes a certain amount of courage to say: "fuck you all, I'm out of here." I never said it was going to be easy, but I'll stand by the fact that it's possible.
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Ugh, I think my brain just imploded. Nice one though.
Hell, there's no way I'm giving that kind of right to any of my work for any amount of time. That's freaking robbery.
Hopefully someone will come out with a theme like that, though. I kinda like it :)
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Damned 20 second rule...
And there are quite a few without floppy drives. What's your point?
If my experience with customers has anything to say, people will be more likely to see that the keys change when they hit control and think they broke the keyboard.
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The floating keyboard is also made out of cardboard.
Right. That'd give the OSDN guys a good time for scheduled maintenance too.
Personally, I'd stay away from it for now. It seems as if nothing is actually available as 64 bit. Microsoft even requires you to use the 32 bit version of IE to go to windowsupdate.com. Driver support is pretty bad too. If you do go for it, make very sure to check on driver support for all your devices. Even if they claim compatibility, they may not really support it, so read up on forums and see how people are doing with the devices if at all possible.
Wow, now that's a war story. I bow to you.
By that logic, the thumb drive is nearly universal as well.
Please, get your facts straight. For one thing, inkjets are way too slow for that type of use. They just wouldn't be able to handle the load of customers. Secondly, they cost too much. Better printers can make your prints for much less than an inkjet costs. How much do you think they pay for those $0.19 prints? Last of all, have you taken a look at a print from a mini-lab? There's a noticable difference.
Most mini-labs use either a dye-sub or some type of lightjet process to make their prints. Not the best quality you can get, but far greater than that of an inkjet for glossy prints. Not to mention the fact that they're about 10 times faster.
Shouldn't that be "insightful?"
My registrar actually does the same thing. I recieved emails notifying me of an expiring domain and I just kept putting the renewal off for one reason or another. Once it'd gone past the expiration date I got worried for a moment, but then I noticed they had already charged me. In this case I was actually happy about it and I remembered that I had set it to auto renew. However, the emails were definately decieving. Honestly, I think it might be an issue with their software as they implemented the auto-renew fairly recently.
I'd hit it.
Also, I may be alone in this, but my only dealings with debt collection agencys have actually been pretty positive. I attended a course at a state college which either never sent a bill or sent it to the wrong address and refused to listen to me when I tried to resolve the issue. They eventually added on fees for late payment and reenrollment, etc. When I got in touch with the debt collectors, I explained the situation and that I believed the debt to be ridiculous and they aided me in resolving the debt with the college after mentioning that they'd had other complaints as well.
However, TFA also mentions that the collection agency was not authorized to actually take any legal action and "was intended solely to spook people into responding."
What did you use to contain the vapor?
Mac OS X != BSD.
Great, so maybe we'll actually start training generations of people who realize that there is more than one operating system out there. I think this is probably one of the biggest things that's kept Microsoft on top. At least in my area, most people my age and under know windows because that's all we had at the school.
Besides that, with all the copying that KDE and Gnome have done of Windows, the differences really should not be that hard to overcome. Computers are a needed skill now just like reading and writing. If someone can't figure out the basics of how to get around an OS then they need to go back to computer class and learn it before they graduate. They sure as hell wouldn't pass English if they didn't know how to use at least basic grammar.
I see my town as sortof a backwards place, but for quite some time now it's been a requirement that you pass a certain computer literacy requirement or you don't graduate highschool. I wish this would be taken more seriously, because we've already gotten to the point where our lives depend on computers and I don't think it's going to go backwards anytime soon.
I could be alone here, but having been a sysadmin for a small college using all Macs, I can't imagine what a nightmare it would be to support as many Windows computers as you probably have in your school. I'd have nightmares just thinking about it. I think a lot more knowledgable people would be much more interested in running a school that operates in a Linux environment. Overall, it's just easier to keep the machines all up and running.
As for the tools being different in the Windows world and the Linux world, I can't really see all that many differences. Learning OpenOffice would be just fine imho. When you learn things like word processors or spreadsheets, you're mostly learning about how to organize information. Sure, there's always the part about teaching where everything is in the program, all the menus etc. If it's taught well, though, someone who learned on OpenOffice should be able to work with MS Office without much trouble. As for Access, I'm not sure what options there are for teaching that software. If I heard right, Base (the Access replacement in OO.o) is supposed to be a decent competitor. Maybe it would suffice. Again, they should be learning more about how the data is organized rather than absolute specifics.
Gimme a good discount and a loan for it and I'm in.
We used to do that at the shop I work at, but the problem has just gotten too bad. Every computer we try to acually fix when it has a bad infection usually runs over 4 hours and customers just won't pay that. At this point, any computer coming in with spyware is an automatic wipe / reinstall. We're very careful to save data, but it's just not worth it to remove the stuff. It's not easy for us to do it that way, though... I know that it's really frustrating for me to be doing the same routine day in and day out, reinstalling windows on multiple computers.
On the other side of things, we really work hard to educate our customers and make sure they know how the stuff works. We also install antispyware programs on their computers and change their default browser to Firefox. People really seem to appreciate this service, and it keeps them from having to come back repeatedly.
How many movies are really worth buying, though? I will be purchasing the boxed extended edition set of LOTR, because it was just so kickass. I also own Hackers (pure bullshit, but entertaining) and a couple others. My actual collection is pretty small, though. Most movies I tend to only watch once. Some movies, have replay(watch?) value, but not many. Because of this, those that I do actually feel the need to purchase, I want to have the whole box and everything for; that's really the reason for the purchase. It just wouldn't be the same to download the original Star Wars trilogy whether I paid for it or not.
I think Netflix has got it nailed. A monthly subscription to just keep watching new movies, plus a database of my ratings and suggestions offered to me which are usually pretty on target. Now if they could figure out some way to do that over the internet, I'd definitely be interested.
For one thing, I'm not complaining, so please leave me out of it. For those IT workers that are complaining, they have just as much ability to leave their jobs as you do. I never said I saw their situation as being any different than yours, and I offer them no more sympathy than you.
Now when the hell did I tell you to quit right away? You've got internet access... check out monster.com or maybe even the help wanted ads of a newspaper. What's your skillset right now? Don't say nothing, because that's bullshit. Even swinging a hammer is a skill, and being a hard worker counts for a lot too. Plus, you're on slashdot, so I have a feeling that you've got at least some interest in computers which means that you've probably accumulated a bit of technical knowledge. Ever try looking for an internship based on that? Maybe your town doesn't have anything to offer. If that's the case, get the fuck out of there. Find someplace that does have something to offer. Believe it or not, you've got a lot of options in front of you. It just takes a certain amount of courage to say: "fuck you all, I'm out of here." I never said it was going to be easy, but I'll stand by the fact that it's possible.
If the workers all get $100,000 a year too, I think I'd be pretty happy working for said company.