We apologize for the inconvenience, but printer support for Windows XP Basic Starter Home Edition has been removed. You do qualify to upgrade to Windows XP Somewhat More Usable Edition for only $99.99; this upgrade will allow you to use some of the hardware you currently cannot use, including printers, a keyboard, and a mouse.
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Dear voxel,
We apologize for the inconvenience, but printer support for Windows XP Basic Starter Home Edition has been removed. You do qualify to upgrade to Windows XP Somewhat More Usable Edition for only $99.99; this upgrade will allow you to use some of the hardware you currently cannot use, including printers, a keyboard, and a mouse.
Thanks for your inquiry.
Sincerely,
Microsoft Technical Support.
The Second Amendment was created for a reason... how did the founding fathers know what a "slashdotter" was way back then?;)
Ahem. I mean, you are in favor of the second amendment which means you must be a republican, and since President Bush is a republican it is now my duty as a citizen of the US to hate you but still vote you into office, complain that you're the reason I don't have a job, and then do nothing more until the next election, when I will refuse to vote at all.
*shifts eyes back and forth... and darts into the cover of the woods*
Like it or not, Microsofts business model has never really been to cater to the customer, and this this is 20 year old proof. Yes, it's bad business, and yes it may be unethical, but people still bought MS Dos 6.2. And then people bought Windows ME. And then people bought Office XP and Office 2003 (the new versions offer nothing compelling to upgrade past Office 2k).
If Microsoft was ethical they would have offered the free update. Instead Microsoft wanted profit, and we gave it to them, again and again and again. This is our mistake; not Microsoft's.
Can you think of a better way? Seriously, if you're in the Senate, and your party is in the minority, how would you go about fighting for what you believe?
Democrat or Republican, if you don't have the votes, your party must find some way to express their opinions.
HAHAHAHAHA. John Kerry... President! OMG!!! ROFLMAO!!!!1111one (not that I like Bush, but Kerry's not a leader...)
Anyway, have you used Gmail? It's amazing! At first I was disappointed that it didn't offer POP3 support, but by the time they started offering it, I forgot all about <insert mail client here>. Would you like an invite? Would you like 100?
To be honest, I couldn't think of any good reasons when I wrote my response earlier, but obviously they're still planning on using it... they must have their reasons...
There is one FireFox frustration I do have... certain news sites are obviously programmed for that very broken HTML you speak of above./shrug. Stupid Cnet.
I'm not saying I like IE, but Mozilla isn't without it's flaws, either. Open source may be the "devil" for Ballmer, but there are reasons (as shallow as they may be) for Microsoft to stick with IE.
You're very right. A programming job is a programming job, and it doesn't matter where you're working. I would like to point out, though, that corporate values also play a role into this equation. There are places that the environment is a wonderful place to work thanks to great management or great corporate philosophies. There are also places that the environment is generally negative. When you are looking for a new job, it's generally a good idea to ask questions about the corporate culture, the work environment, and try to get to know the people you're going to be working with/for as best as you can.
I would just like to say that Nintendo has announced that the revolution will be able to play DVDs using some sort of internal add-on. This makes me speculate if Remote Control functions will be built into this controller...
My personal advice: Money is not everything. Ask yourself these questions:
Does this new job pay your bills?
Does your current job offer you a greater sense of self-satisfaction when the day is over?
Do you like Psuedo Management roles? I personally, do, but it may not be for you.
Is there room for growth? If you don't like your new job title as well as you could, are there promotion opportunities?
I guess the biggest thing you have to worry about is your bills. Sure everyone likes a fatter paycheck, but all in all more money doesn't make you happy. Money only keeps you happy for a short while, after that happiness expires it becomes a question of personal satisfaction. Without personal satisfaction in your career choice, you're always going to dislike going into work. You're always going to dislike your job.
I thought the Commodore 64 was relatively successful, for the market they were aiming... although, I think I'm the only one who owned the Gyroscopic controller for the system...
If you work for a company with trade secrets/mission critical procedures or data/etc., you may also wish to specify explicitly that you will not violate the integrity of these secrets in the event of your termination.
I'm not a lawyer, and I don't write legal jargon... however, if you violate the company by taking the code you wrote that handles this sort of sensative data/processes, you could get yourself in a lot of trouble. Morally and otherwise.
Of course, this is probably covered by your non-disclosure contract anyway, right?
Actually, one of the founding principles of contemporary organizational behaviour theory states that pay is completely independant of employee happiness. With each pay increase an employee is only temporarily appeased, but the inevitabilities of the stressors of the job will eventually remanifest themselves. In the long run, it is the satisfaction of a friendly, warm, and enjoyable climate that will reap the greatest amount of employee satisfactions.
Point is, if you don't like your job, you won't like it at $5/hour, and you won't like it at $50/hour. On the other hand, working at Taco Bell for minimum wage might actually be fun (unless of course, you can't pay your bills, but Maslow's heirarchy of needs answers that riddle).
Ok, I have no motivation whatsoever right now to adopt any new form of radio, and this further demotivates me.
These people keep thinking they can control everything that we think, do, or say. When the founders of the USA wrote the bill of rights and drafted our first laws, they had no intention whatsoever that they would be abused this way.
Software patents? Now I cannot program an application that is an interface for presenting and displaying playback information on a portable device because microsoft owns the patent? Come on. Lame.
Music? I'm sorry, but I have no realistic alternative to buying the CD if I want to listen to music. Radio sucks (ok, the commercials more than anything else), and I have no good reason to pay 99 cents for a song on iTunes. I, for one, like the pretty box.
I have no doubt that HDTV might have been pushed forth a lot sooner if anyone settled on a standard. Instead, they've been debating the different ways to present the media, and most recently the biggest qualm is with the feared broadcast flag. If it weren't for things like broadcast flag, I'm sure I could have been watching Sonic SatAM in HD 12 years ago.
Need another point? BluRay or HD-DVD? Nope. The biggest debate I've seen is piracy control. Encryption schemes, manufacturing processes, etc. The studios are leaning away from HD-DVD because they basically utilize the same technology as existing DVDs, but BluRay didn't have the must have CSS (Consumer Screwed Severely) version 2.0.
Bloody hell. Instead of promoting innovation, this system promotes stagnation. I for one, am sick and tired of it. And anyone who questions that... I'd like to point out that, while aural recording techniques have dramatically improved over the past 20 years, we're still using the same basic late 70s/early 80s tech to record most of the world's CDs. I know there's nothing wrong with the proven tech, but why do CDs still run $16 a pop?
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Dear voxel,
We apologize for the inconvenience, but printer support for Windows XP Basic Starter Home Edition has been removed. You do qualify to upgrade to Windows XP Somewhat More Usable Edition for only $99.99; this upgrade will allow you to use some of the hardware you currently cannot use, including printers, a keyboard, and a mouse.
Thanks for your inquiry.
Sincerely,
Microsoft Technical Support.
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Dear voxel, We apologize for the inconvenience, but printer support for Windows XP Basic Starter Home Edition has been removed. You do qualify to upgrade to Windows XP Somewhat More Usable Edition for only $99.99; this upgrade will allow you to use some of the hardware you currently cannot use, including printers, a keyboard, and a mouse. Thanks for your inquiry. Sincerely, Microsoft Technical Support.
*Rock On, Seattle!*
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The Second Amendment was created for a reason... how did the founding fathers know what a "slashdotter" was way back then?
Ahem. I mean, you are in favor of the second amendment which means you must be a republican, and since President Bush is a republican it is now my duty as a citizen of the US to hate you but still vote you into office, complain that you're the reason I don't have a job, and then do nothing more until the next election, when I will refuse to vote at all.
*shifts eyes back and forth... and darts into the cover of the woods*
Why should Microsoft have offered free updates?
Like it or not, Microsofts business model has never really been to cater to the customer, and this this is 20 year old proof. Yes, it's bad business, and yes it may be unethical, but people still bought MS Dos 6.2. And then people bought Windows ME. And then people bought Office XP and Office 2003 (the new versions offer nothing compelling to upgrade past Office 2k).
If Microsoft was ethical they would have offered the free update. Instead Microsoft wanted profit, and we gave it to them, again and again and again. This is our mistake; not Microsoft's.
Can you think of a better way? Seriously, if you're in the Senate, and your party is in the minority, how would you go about fighting for what you believe?
Democrat or Republican, if you don't have the votes, your party must find some way to express their opinions.
HAHAHAHAHA. John Kerry... President! OMG!!! ROFLMAO!!!!1111one (not that I like Bush, but Kerry's not a leader...)
Anyway, have you used Gmail? It's amazing! At first I was disappointed that it didn't offer POP3 support, but by the time they started offering it, I forgot all about <insert mail client here>. Would you like an invite? Would you like 100?
Anvil Studio was one of my favorite editors... no less than three years ago when I last used it.
You may wish to investigate FInale, although I believe that will cost you a pretty penny these days.
Ummm... it's got the perdy blue e?
/shrug. Stupid Cnet.
To be honest, I couldn't think of any good reasons when I wrote my response earlier, but obviously they're still planning on using it... they must have their reasons...
There is one FireFox frustration I do have... certain news sites are obviously programmed for that very broken HTML you speak of above.
I'm not saying I like IE, but Mozilla isn't without it's flaws, either. Open source may be the "devil" for Ballmer, but there are reasons (as shallow as they may be) for Microsoft to stick with IE.
You're very right. A programming job is a programming job, and it doesn't matter where you're working. I would like to point out, though, that corporate values also play a role into this equation. There are places that the environment is a wonderful place to work thanks to great management or great corporate philosophies. There are also places that the environment is generally negative. When you are looking for a new job, it's generally a good idea to ask questions about the corporate culture, the work environment, and try to get to know the people you're going to be working with/for as best as you can.
I would just like to say that Nintendo has announced that the revolution will be able to play DVDs using some sort of internal add-on. This makes me speculate if Remote Control functions will be built into this controller...
You raise some excellent points!
Once your bills are paid, it doesn't matter if you make $5,000 more at one job than the next. What does matter if you're happy with what you do.
Some people, as you've pointed out, enjoy working on several different projects and being able to manage a wide array of resources.
Other people prefer to work the "Code Slave" jobs for all eternity.
When it comes down to it, do you enjoy what you'll be doing? Forget any office, title, or salary--those don't give you satisfaction with your job.
- Does this new job pay your bills?
- Does your current job offer you a greater sense of self-satisfaction when the day is over?
- Do you like Psuedo Management roles? I personally, do, but it may not be for you.
- Is there room for growth? If you don't like your new job title as well as you could, are there promotion opportunities?
I guess the biggest thing you have to worry about is your bills. Sure everyone likes a fatter paycheck, but all in all more money doesn't make you happy. Money only keeps you happy for a short while, after that happiness expires it becomes a question of personal satisfaction. Without personal satisfaction in your career choice, you're always going to dislike going into work. You're always going to dislike your job.What do I know, though?
Push the A button! The A button! NO! Not that button! That's the ... power. Damned. Well. Maybe we should do something else. :S
I thought the Commodore 64 was relatively successful, for the market they were aiming... although, I think I'm the only one who owned the Gyroscopic controller for the system...
Something notable:
If you work for a company with trade secrets/mission critical procedures or data/etc., you may also wish to specify explicitly that you will not violate the integrity of these secrets in the event of your termination.
I'm not a lawyer, and I don't write legal jargon... however, if you violate the company by taking the code you wrote that handles this sort of sensative data/processes, you could get yourself in a lot of trouble. Morally and otherwise.
Of course, this is probably covered by your non-disclosure contract anyway, right?
I loved the SS6. Although that Tetris game was frustrating... what was that called?
Was Duck Hunt ever really that popular? I mean... if it didn't come with the system and Mario, would anyone have bought it?
Actually, one of the founding principles of contemporary organizational behaviour theory states that pay is completely independant of employee happiness. With each pay increase an employee is only temporarily appeased, but the inevitabilities of the stressors of the job will eventually remanifest themselves. In the long run, it is the satisfaction of a friendly, warm, and enjoyable climate that will reap the greatest amount of employee satisfactions.
Point is, if you don't like your job, you won't like it at $5/hour, and you won't like it at $50/hour. On the other hand, working at Taco Bell for minimum wage might actually be fun (unless of course, you can't pay your bills, but Maslow's heirarchy of needs answers that riddle).
Microsoft's business model is their biggest XBox360 threat.
"Look at me. I'm a video game company who sells my console at a huge loss, and I have two good games a year to show for it." Yeeee.
Give Halo the status of "geeky". Don't taint "geek" with this filth... ;) (Long Live Goldeneye*!)
* EA does not make Bond games. I don't care what anyone says...
... a new console every year is quite another.
A new console every year? Yup. Spoken like a true PS2 (malfunctioning optical drive?) or X-Box (optical/hard drive failure) owner. Hehe.
iTunes Music Store provides music that "rivals CD quality". Take it as you will.
Ok, I have no motivation whatsoever right now to adopt any new form of radio, and this further demotivates me.
These people keep thinking they can control everything that we think, do, or say. When the founders of the USA wrote the bill of rights and drafted our first laws, they had no intention whatsoever that they would be abused this way.
Software patents? Now I cannot program an application that is an interface for presenting and displaying playback information on a portable device because microsoft owns the patent? Come on. Lame.
Music? I'm sorry, but I have no realistic alternative to buying the CD if I want to listen to music. Radio sucks (ok, the commercials more than anything else), and I have no good reason to pay 99 cents for a song on iTunes. I, for one, like the pretty box.
I have no doubt that HDTV might have been pushed forth a lot sooner if anyone settled on a standard. Instead, they've been debating the different ways to present the media, and most recently the biggest qualm is with the feared broadcast flag. If it weren't for things like broadcast flag, I'm sure I could have been watching Sonic SatAM in HD 12 years ago.
Need another point? BluRay or HD-DVD? Nope. The biggest debate I've seen is piracy control. Encryption schemes, manufacturing processes, etc. The studios are leaning away from HD-DVD because they basically utilize the same technology as existing DVDs, but BluRay didn't have the must have CSS (Consumer Screwed Severely) version 2.0.
Bloody hell. Instead of promoting innovation, this system promotes stagnation. I for one, am sick and tired of it. And anyone who questions that... I'd like to point out that, while aural recording techniques have dramatically improved over the past 20 years, we're still using the same basic late 70s/early 80s tech to record most of the world's CDs. I know there's nothing wrong with the proven tech, but why do CDs still run $16 a pop?
Nasa and their outsourcing... Apparently they hired a Liberty City pimp to design this one.