They may be measuring the area printed in each layer. Find out the layer thickness and you can convert to volumes. I'd say it's still going to be expensive.
I had a fellow 'admin' who showed everyone that it was much better to move the task bar to another edge of the screen and set auto-hide. I had to hit each edge (and the @#$# office toolbar) to find the damn thing. To this day, I hit Ctrl-Esc instead. (We didn't have the Windows button on keyboards at the time, I've learned to like that button. Windows-E forever, or at least as long as Windows exists.)
You'll note they got rid of the Office toolbar. It was none too soon.
Actually, in 3.1 you could have 'MOM' the Microsoft Office Manager, that was a bar that sat at the top of the screen with icons to launch Office apps. It was part of Office, not Windows, but it's been around for a while. In Office 95 they replace it with a bar that could dock with the side of the screen like another task bar.
Thanks for the flashbacks. I forget how long I've been doing this sometimes.
The only screwy thing I get in Oz, is one party keeps sending my brother and sister political mail as Mr. and Mrs. I guess they prefer incest to some other choices.
Would you care to explain what you mean by "Windows Registry." You're not talking about the actual Registry or hive files are you? It would be possible to build a service that monitored the local hive and replicated the changes to a back end DB. It could get ugly, but would make for an interesting product.
If you simply mean a tree-like data structure then I can see what you're talking about, but I've seen that kind of retardation in Unix software as well. It's not a Microsoft only phenomenon.
If they were real MS programmers they would have simply looked for an ODBC/ADO/LINQ/(whatever they call it this year) interface to the DB and been happy to not know anything about the back-end. These guys sound more like they don't know either end and are relying on MS tools being 'easy' to cover their inexperience.
Have you ever run an apt-get dist-upgrade against the out-of-the-box ASUS repositories? They had some real blunders in those updates including tools stop working, icons disappearing, etc. I haven't bothered to patch for a while so hopefully they've got their not half-assed Linux install sorted out.
I'll probably install Ubuntu on mine when I stop using it for a kitchen computer / photo viewer.
I've seen similar. A middle manager that was untouchable had to keep his boat at the company warehouse because the garage at home was full of stolen tools. Everybody but senior management knew but would be screwed over if they mentioned it.
You pay for client access licenses for Exchange and that includes Outlook. You buy Office for the other stuff. And Outlook does a pretty good job, but its job isn't solely as a mail client.
Many times, especially when some idiot qmail fanboy sets up a mail server/relay without a functioning 'mail' command. The only problem I have is not having backspace.
They're more likely to enable OWA (webmail) than POP3 or IMAP. Last time I checked those two were off by default. But, if IMAP is on, Thunderbird works fine for email. Squirrelmail works too. (Don't ask, it was a weird request.)
Only if the helpful (note that he said state job) IT staff have loosened the security policies and enabled POP3 or IMAP. Then he has the problem that the groupware (calendars/tasks/public folders/apps using custom forms) doesn't work.
Yep, the price itself is usually less of a problem than figuring out how to pay for something. First, there is the paperwork. Then you have to see if the supplier is set up by Accounting. Then you may have to make a cost justification. Then you run into the 'we don't pay for things online, do they have a mailing address and can we get thirty days credit' line from the Accounting people. It's quicker and easier to get a cracked copy than jump through all of the hoops for a cheap item.
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Is it just me or does she sound like the principal from South Park?
Not sure where the first reply went, but wouldn't the GW originals be cheaper. Now, that's a scary thought.
They may be measuring the area printed in each layer. Find out the layer thickness and you can convert to volumes. I'd say it's still going to be expensive.
I had a fellow 'admin' who showed everyone that it was much better to move the task bar to another edge of the screen and set auto-hide. I had to hit each edge (and the @#$# office toolbar) to find the damn thing. To this day, I hit Ctrl-Esc instead. (We didn't have the Windows button on keyboards at the time, I've learned to like that button. Windows-E forever, or at least as long as Windows exists.)
You'll note they got rid of the Office toolbar. It was none too soon.
Actually, in 3.1 you could have 'MOM' the Microsoft Office Manager, that was a bar that sat at the top of the screen with icons to launch Office apps. It was part of Office, not Windows, but it's been around for a while. In Office 95 they replace it with a bar that could dock with the side of the screen like another task bar.
Thanks for the flashbacks. I forget how long I've been doing this sometimes.
The only screwy thing I get in Oz, is one party keeps sending my brother and sister political mail as Mr. and Mrs. I guess they prefer incest to some other choices.
Why do I automatically think of Viagra when you mention McCain. Damn sneaky spammers.
Well, it's not like their picking candidates for a beauty contest, now, is it?
Would you care to explain what you mean by "Windows Registry." You're not talking about the actual Registry or hive files are you? It would be possible to build a service that monitored the local hive and replicated the changes to a back end DB. It could get ugly, but would make for an interesting product.
If you simply mean a tree-like data structure then I can see what you're talking about, but I've seen that kind of retardation in Unix software as well. It's not a Microsoft only phenomenon.
If they were real MS programmers they would have simply looked for an ODBC/ADO/LINQ/(whatever they call it this year) interface to the DB and been happy to not know anything about the back-end. These guys sound more like they don't know either end and are relying on MS tools being 'easy' to cover their inexperience.
We know about paper. You forget Quality Assurance, developed by the paper industry to defeat the paperless office.
Have you ever run an apt-get dist-upgrade against the out-of-the-box ASUS repositories? They had some real blunders in those updates including tools stop working, icons disappearing, etc. I haven't bothered to patch for a while so hopefully they've got their not half-assed Linux install sorted out.
I'll probably install Ubuntu on mine when I stop using it for a kitchen computer / photo viewer.
Yeah, but this was high grade crap. Much better than the other crap they've had on idle.
I've seen similar. A middle manager that was untouchable had to keep his boat at the company warehouse because the garage at home was full of stolen tools. Everybody but senior management knew but would be screwed over if they mentioned it.
... and competing naked. I'm waiting for the fencing myself.
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Or go out in the bush where the wildlife crossing signs accumulate bullet holes.
How about tinted windows? Harsh Australian sun and all that.
Or do it in KKK hoods and an unmarked police car. Oh wait, it's been done.
From the summary: "support for Australia's version of the national ID card is waning." Um, what national ID card?
So what exactly is the Hawke government going to do now?
You pay for client access licenses for Exchange and that includes Outlook. You buy Office for the other stuff. And Outlook does a pretty good job, but its job isn't solely as a mail client.
Many times, especially when some idiot qmail fanboy sets up a mail server/relay without a functioning 'mail' command. The only problem I have is not having backspace.
They're more likely to enable OWA (webmail) than POP3 or IMAP. Last time I checked those two were off by default. But, if IMAP is on, Thunderbird works fine for email. Squirrelmail works too. (Don't ask, it was a weird request.)
Only if the helpful (note that he said state job) IT staff have loosened the security policies and enabled POP3 or IMAP. Then he has the problem that the groupware (calendars/tasks/public folders/apps using custom forms) doesn't work.
Yep, the price itself is usually less of a problem than figuring out how to pay for something. First, there is the paperwork. Then you have to see if the supplier is set up by Accounting. Then you may have to make a cost justification. Then you run into the 'we don't pay for things online, do they have a mailing address and can we get thirty days credit' line from the Accounting people. It's quicker and easier to get a cracked copy than jump through all of the hoops for a cheap item.