When I used to work as an Apple Tech, is was rated to repair monitors (CRTs) and did.
Power fluctuations could cause the analog baords or the power supply boards on the CRT assembly to fail - usually if a capacitor overloaded. The Performa/PM 5200 model in particular was prone to these problems. In addition to replacing the faulty components, you would then have to 'configure' the display, aligning the image, keystone, etc...
Given most newer style digital displays allow you to play with the alignment controls through a control panel on the front of the device, you spend less time with the back off - but it wasn't always that way.
KatieT's lawyer, Parry Aftab, is certainly not lacking in ego - there is a section on her website where she revels in the title "Angel of the Internet":
For the amount of time and personal sacrifice Parry has devoted to making sure that everyone, especially children, can learn to use the Internet safely, privately and responsibly, Parry is often called the "Angel of the Internet." (emphasis added)
One can only gues that KatieT is making as much of this opportunity as she can - after all, she is unlikely to publish any other books of significance making basic editing mistakes on the front page of her website:
As an advocate and expert in this field, I realize that the dangers that lye on the Internet will continue to exist unless we as a collective make the effort to prevent those dangers. (emphasis added)
Shame on KatieT for harrassing the rightful domain owner - I hope she realises that it will undermine what she hopes to achieve in the long term.
Close, but no banana. Depending on the state, it goes like this:
Preschool - Prep (Prepatory)
Primary School - Years 1 to 6
Secondary School - Years 7 to 12
Tertiary Education - TAFE or University
Prep may be part of primary school, but is still prior to year 1.
Some states have different options to finish secondary school. In Victoria there used to be a Technical Leaver's Certificate, which you could do at year 11 and was amied at people going to trade school. Then there was the academic stream, which is currently called the VCE (Victoria Certificate of Eductaion) which is assessed over two years (11 & 12) in modules.
TAFEs are generally trade schools, where people learn to be a chef or an electrician or a plumber or a hairdresser, whatever. They also tend to teach ESL (english as a second language) and run basic business courses.
Universities tend to run the more traditional professional and academic degree courses. The standard bachelor (undergraduate) degree is 3 years. Some bachelors now have pre-requisite degrees - but then tend to be shorter. e.g. Vetrinary Sciene or Medicine require a Bachelor of Science with minimum grade requirements in specific courses, but are in themselves a two year degree. This may vary from univerity to university, most 'prefessional degrees require a total of 5 years study. After a bachelor's degree, you may be eligible to do an Honours year, a Master's Degree or a Doctorate.
Featured in today's Age newspaper, is an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, in which he specifically mentions:
As the first generation that grew up with computer video games enter their 30s and discover less time for play, Miyamoto also questions the industry's obsession with game length. "It's been a topic of much discussion at Nintendo. We need shorter, simpler games that people can pick up and play without so much commitment".
As a corollary to the 'don't waste my time' item, is the issue in some games that only allow you to save at fixed save points - then put those points more than 20 minutes of game play apart. There's nothing worse than picking up a game to play for a while and find that you've solved/succeeded a complex section of the game but can't find a save point and have to go.
I'm unsure if we get supplied from different stock in Australia, but I have been purchasing Sony consumer/prosumer electronics for nearly 20 years and haven't had a problem with a single device yet.
We still have the original Sony video record, TV and TV that I bought when I moved out of home, the only thing that needed 'repairs' was a remote needed replacing (it got dropped down a concrete stairwell during a house move).
Other consumer electronnics of similar age owned by my husband have died and failed years before the Sony equipment I owned before we met. *Shrug* The only products I heard stories about reliabilty issues were the early Playstations and PS2s.
The likelyhood of a paperjam in a copier will depend significantly on the complexity of the paper path - look at any of the copiers that use a seperate tray for turning the paper over when duplexing, they will have a high incidence of jams as the paper spends longer in the machine and goes through more turns. The straighter the paper path and the fewer times it gets turned the less jams you get.
PoD isn't as cheap per copy as a mass print run, but it doesn't require a mass run to be viable if your target market will pay a slightly increased cost for a specialised item.
I would anticipate the areas where PoD will do well is things like - printing a thesis (x copies required for submission), family histories, course notes, anthologies, small-run limited-audience works that want something slightly better than a photocopied batch of papers stapled in the top corner.
IF you are referring to the McDonalds Hot Coffee lawsuit, perhaps you need to read up on the facts of the case, the coffee wasn't merely hot, but was scalding.
From the link: The sweatpants Liebeck was wearing absorbed the coffee and held it next
to her skin. A vascular surgeon determined that Liebeck suffered full thickness burns (or third-degree burns) over 6 percent of her body, including her inner thighs, perineum, buttocks, and genital and groin areas. She was hospitalized for eight days, during which time she underwent skin grafting. Liebeck, who also underwent debridement treatments, sought to settle her claim for 20,000, but McDonalds refused.
There were certainly devics that did this in the early '90s. I had a friend get training on the only device located in Australia at that time in about '91.
The DocuTechs mentioned in the article are still out there - the DT135 was released in 1990 - the next generation of print engines to replace them are only being released this year. The new engine is called iGen
If it's an older printer, it may need a service to clean the paper path rollers - they pick up a slick of sorts that makes the rollers shiny and less able to grip the paper, causing slippage within the paper path.
If it's a newer printer, check that you are using the correct paper - if it's too light it will not get gripped firmly be the rollers and slip, if it's too heavy it may not clear the rollers either.
Don't take paper out of the wrapper until you are planning to use it - paper needs to be kept dry, and leaving it out of the wrapper in a humid environment can alow it to become damp, which will cause the sheets to stick to each other, causing jams.
Store the paper somewhere flat - paper with dog-eared edges or corregations will catch on the internal mechanisms of the printer and jam.
Lastly, if the printer is any of the top/gravity feed devices (e.g. a HP LJ 6L), throw the sucker out. The engines on these were a disaster and commonly exhibit feed problems due to a design problem.
While you won't be able to run hard cover stock through your average printer, there is no reason to have a printer that jams all the time.
While an individual may have keyed the erroneous code, they are not soley responsible for the error.
In a properly managed project there should have been significant testing.
There should have been a disaster recovery plan with multiple abort points and plans on how to rollback to a known good version if it was only a software upgrade.
If it was a full system upgrade, the existing system should have been available to cut across immediately should the new system fail.
The person at fault is the person who approved the implementation project plan without a real disaster recovery plan to back it up.
You do understand the concept of franchises in gaming don't you? I mean, look at Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, War Craft, Resident Evil, Leisure Suit Larry even...
If you can't get your hard around it at a gaming level, what about in books, movies or even comics... People like the familiar - that's why it's so hard to get a truely unique project going in any industry, especially any branch of the entertainment industry.
For the most part I would agree with you - with the exception of laptop computers.
As a highly portable item, they experience more wear and tear than the typical desktop device in normal usage. It is not uncommon for laptops to suffer from stress related failures 18-24 months after purchase, such as hinge problems causing video issues, unexpected casing fatigue which is sometimes covered by manufacturer recall programs, but that doesn't always result in a fast enough resolution to a problem.
But then, I would also strongly recommend real insurance for a laptop
I used to share a flat with an Apple employee, and was friends with another Apple employee. Whenever they had to travel for business, they all used to take PhoneNet boxes for their PowerBooks (PB170-180 era) so they could play networked Bolo in the waiting lounge at the airport.
Just think how far we've come. And the irony of having their wireless networking offering called "Airport" makes me wonder if this was a common phenomenon for Apple globally.
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OK. I had always been taught that 'Lye' was a component in soap making, and that 'Lie' was to "tell a lie" (lying) or to "lie down" (recline).
I have never encountered 'lye' being used in the manner you suggest. But that could be a cultural difference
A quick look at the Pocket Oxford (5th Edition, 1969 - first published 1924) provides the following sole definition:
Lye: Water alkalized with wood ashes or other alkaline solution for washing.
I'll have to ask my husband... :)
When I used to work as an Apple Tech, is was rated to repair monitors (CRTs) and did.
Power fluctuations could cause the analog baords or the power supply boards on the CRT assembly to fail - usually if a capacitor overloaded. The Performa/PM 5200 model in particular was prone to these problems. In addition to replacing the faulty components, you would then have to 'configure' the display, aligning the image, keystone, etc...
Given most newer style digital displays allow you to play with the alignment controls through a control panel on the front of the device, you spend less time with the back off - but it wasn't always that way.
KatieT's lawyer, Parry Aftab, is certainly not lacking in ego - there is a section on her website where she revels in the title "Angel of the Internet":
For the amount of time and personal sacrifice Parry has devoted to making sure that everyone, especially children, can learn to use the Internet safely, privately and responsibly, Parry is often called the "Angel of the Internet." (emphasis added)
She is obviously aware of the problems they are causing, as referenced in her blog entry titled Katie Tarbox and Katie.com (the book, not the site) - Monday, July 26, 2004.
One can only gues that KatieT is making as much of this opportunity as she can - after all, she is unlikely to publish any other books of significance making basic editing mistakes on the front page of her website:
As an advocate and expert in this field, I realize that the dangers that lye on the Internet will continue to exist unless we as a collective make the effort to prevent those dangers. (emphasis added)
Shame on KatieT for harrassing the rightful domain owner - I hope she realises that it will undermine what she hopes to achieve in the long term.
I don't care if they get taught how to type, provided they get taught how to spell and the correct use of grammar.
Apple... beleagured since 1984...
Close, but no banana. Depending on the state, it goes like this:
Prep may be part of primary school, but is still prior to year 1.
Some states have different options to finish secondary school. In Victoria there used to be a Technical Leaver's Certificate, which you could do at year 11 and was amied at people going to trade school. Then there was the academic stream, which is currently called the VCE (Victoria Certificate of Eductaion) which is assessed over two years (11 & 12) in modules.
TAFEs are generally trade schools, where people learn to be a chef or an electrician or a plumber or a hairdresser, whatever. They also tend to teach ESL (english as a second language) and run basic business courses.
Universities tend to run the more traditional professional and academic degree courses. The standard bachelor (undergraduate) degree is 3 years. Some bachelors now have pre-requisite degrees - but then tend to be shorter. e.g. Vetrinary Sciene or Medicine require a Bachelor of Science with minimum grade requirements in specific courses, but are in themselves a two year degree. This may vary from univerity to university, most 'prefessional degrees require a total of 5 years study. After a bachelor's degree, you may be eligible to do an Honours year, a Master's Degree or a Doctorate.
Featured in today's Age newspaper, is an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, in which he specifically mentions:
As the first generation that grew up with computer video games enter their 30s and discover less time for play, Miyamoto also questions the industry's obsession with game length. "It's been a topic of much discussion at Nintendo. We need shorter, simpler games that people can pick up and play without so much commitment".
Bugger - I just got mod points :)
But as I've already commented in this thread - I can't give you one... :(
The greed and selfishness I see in the world today is far more indecent than anything I see on television.
YES! If I had mod points today - you'd get them
How much tax money is wasted because some americans just don't have a clue?
I'm guessing - most of it...
As a corollary to the 'don't waste my time' item, is the issue in some games that only allow you to save at fixed save points - then put those points more than 20 minutes of game play apart. There's nothing worse than picking up a game to play for a while and find that you've solved/succeeded a complex section of the game but can't find a save point and have to go.
...not noticblyless spam in my inbox...
I'm unsure if we get supplied from different stock in Australia, but I have been purchasing Sony consumer/prosumer electronics for nearly 20 years and haven't had a problem with a single device yet.
We still have the original Sony video record, TV and TV that I bought when I moved out of home, the only thing that needed 'repairs' was a remote needed replacing (it got dropped down a concrete stairwell during a house move).
Other consumer electronnics of similar age owned by my husband have died and failed years before the Sony equipment I owned before we met. *Shrug* The only products I heard stories about reliabilty issues were the early Playstations and PS2s.
The likelyhood of a paperjam in a copier will depend significantly on the complexity of the paper path - look at any of the copiers that use a seperate tray for turning the paper over when duplexing, they will have a high incidence of jams as the paper spends longer in the machine and goes through more turns. The straighter the paper path and the fewer times it gets turned the less jams you get.
PoD isn't as cheap per copy as a mass print run, but it doesn't require a mass run to be viable if your target market will pay a slightly increased cost for a specialised item.
I would anticipate the areas where PoD will do well is things like - printing a thesis (x copies required for submission), family histories, course notes, anthologies, small-run limited-audience works that want something slightly better than a photocopied batch of papers stapled in the top corner.
IF you are referring to the McDonalds Hot Coffee lawsuit, perhaps you need to read up on the facts of the case, the coffee wasn't merely hot, but was scalding.
From the link: The sweatpants Liebeck was wearing absorbed the coffee and held it next to her skin. A vascular surgeon determined that Liebeck suffered full thickness burns (or third-degree burns) over 6 percent of her body, including her inner thighs, perineum, buttocks, and genital and groin areas. She was hospitalized for eight days, during which time she underwent skin grafting. Liebeck, who also underwent debridement treatments, sought to settle her claim for 20,000, but McDonalds refused.
For inforamtion on the DocuTech replacement iGen3.
There were certainly devics that did this in the early '90s. I had a friend get training on the only device located in Australia at that time in about '91.
The DocuTechs mentioned in the article are still out there - the DT135 was released in 1990 - the next generation of print engines to replace them are only being released this year. The new engine is called iGen
the two main causes of paper jams are either:
If it's an older printer, it may need a service to clean the paper path rollers - they pick up a slick of sorts that makes the rollers shiny and less able to grip the paper, causing slippage within the paper path.
If it's a newer printer, check that you are using the correct paper - if it's too light it will not get gripped firmly be the rollers and slip, if it's too heavy it may not clear the rollers either.
Don't take paper out of the wrapper until you are planning to use it - paper needs to be kept dry, and leaving it out of the wrapper in a humid environment can alow it to become damp, which will cause the sheets to stick to each other, causing jams.
Store the paper somewhere flat - paper with dog-eared edges or corregations will catch on the internal mechanisms of the printer and jam.
Lastly, if the printer is any of the top/gravity feed devices (e.g. a HP LJ 6L), throw the sucker out. The engines on these were a disaster and commonly exhibit feed problems due to a design problem.
While you won't be able to run hard cover stock through your average printer, there is no reason to have a printer that jams all the time.
Pitney Bowes perhaps?
GBC used to do inserters - I can't find a link for the minute.
There are quite a few brands that do mail room equipment but they tend to be fairly specialised.
While an individual may have keyed the erroneous code, they are not soley responsible for the error.
In a properly managed project there should have been significant testing.
There should have been a disaster recovery plan with multiple abort points and plans on how to rollback to a known good version if it was only a software upgrade.
If it was a full system upgrade, the existing system should have been available to cut across immediately should the new system fail.
The person at fault is the person who approved the implementation project plan without a real disaster recovery plan to back it up.
Want scary, just think what a cat with opposeable thumbs and the motivation to use tools could achieve...
You do understand the concept of franchises in gaming don't you? I mean, look at Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, War Craft, Resident Evil, Leisure Suit Larry even...
If you can't get your hard around it at a gaming level, what about in books, movies or even comics... People like the familiar - that's why it's so hard to get a truely unique project going in any industry, especially any branch of the entertainment industry.
For the most part I would agree with you - with the exception of laptop computers.
As a highly portable item, they experience more wear and tear than the typical desktop device in normal usage. It is not uncommon for laptops to suffer from stress related failures 18-24 months after purchase, such as hinge problems causing video issues, unexpected casing fatigue which is sometimes covered by manufacturer recall programs, but that doesn't always result in a fast enough resolution to a problem.
But then, I would also strongly recommend real insurance for a laptop
I used to share a flat with an Apple employee, and was friends with another Apple employee. Whenever they had to travel for business, they all used to take PhoneNet boxes for their PowerBooks (PB170-180 era) so they could play networked Bolo in the waiting lounge at the airport.
Just think how far we've come. And the irony of having their wireless networking offering called "Airport" makes me wonder if this was a common phenomenon for Apple globally.