When I first had access to Windows 8 through the MS Partner site I installed it on a workstation at work and placed it at a free desk. I asked my users to test it and let me know if they're interested in having it on their workstation. Not one reported back they want this OS. The only reason we'll keep it is for testing.
I'm not pushing this upgrade because I don't think the adaption downtime is worth it. I have some users that have a hard time with change and Windows 8 would kill them.
I just gave my girlfriend a new laptop which came with Win 8 pre-installed. It only took her 30 minutes before she asked me to "fix her laptop" and put Win 7 on it.
I'm surprised the Fox news isn't reporting 'The End'
Fox only wants to frighten it's viewers if it aligns with their agenda. There is nothing to be gained by Fox if all their viewers think the end is nigh.
Really? Where were you during the Presidential election?
Not to mention you can pump any sort of frequency into a digital recording and not have to worry about jumping a needle out of a groove if it contains too many low, rubbery bass notes.
People are still holding onto the original digital recordings from the 80's - the tinny, horrid ones - as an argument for vinyl.
That was the same in our school in the early 80's but the computer lab was your last stop on the advanced math classes. For some reason they thought you needed a full understand of trigonometry to make a computer say "hello world" and save that program to a data cassette.
I can't even imagine how much they actually paid for this with all the different designs submitted, numerous meetings going over designs, tweaks to it.
I can imagine the comments in the meeting though.
"Yeah Bob. What we're looking for is something that says simple and not over thought. Go back and try AGAIN."
We only have 50 workstations but our users are not keen to change. We have about 10 sales guys that would poop themselves if the desktop looked different. They barely manage to navigate Windows 7. Keep in mind, these users call me to fix their computer and when I arrive I find their monitors are turned off. With a new OS with vastly different navigation we would be dead in the water.
So the topic came up in a meeting the other day...
CEO:..and the new Windows 8 is coming out. We should look into updating our computers.
"noticed the second problem, the #($ing Promise CD doesn't have drivers on it! No, I am not kidding, they ship the card with a CD, but that CD has no drivers on it! Honestly."
The guy is mad because he doesn't have the drivers on a CD (so much so he writes up an article on-line about this fact) but he never bothers to hit up Promise's website to download the drivers.
I'm all for people using whatever OS they need to get the job done, but this article seems a bit dodgy. If the client wanted XP for a file server, then buy him a copy of the OS and invoice him for it (or call HP and tell them your needs and see if they have a different install disk). I'm sure the extra XP license would cost less then paying this guy to fart around for a couple hours attempting to install XP from a restore disk.
If Ubuntu will work for him, fine, use that.
But why install Ubuntu and write up a mini-rant just because you don't have the basic skills to download some drivers on-line.
[109.1] Say: O unbelievers! [109.2] I do not serve that which you serve, [109.3] Nor do you serve Him Whom I serve: [109.4] Nor am I going to serve that which you serve, [109.5] Nor are you going to serve Him Whom I serve: [109.6] You shall have your religion and I shall have my religion.
I don't care much for Circuit City, but I'm glad they're taking this on. It's going to take companies like this to change the mindset (god knows no one wants to listen to "the little guys")
My Beta copy of Vista has ad placement - not standard adverts, but it IS a way for the owner of the code (Microsoft) to make money off the user. Throughout the OS there are places that prompt you to "find software for a machine with your rating" (I don't remember the actual wording).
When you click these prompts they take you to WindowsMarketplace.com.
Guess who she'll call to come hook it all up? heh heh.
She's bought herself a DVD recorder about 6 months ago and it is STILL in the box because she's too scared to hook it up and I haven't been to her house yet (she lives in a different state than I do). She's not in a rush because I don't think she'll ever use it - and she knows this.
"Seriously though, how is this news? If the police are building any sort of murder case against anyone, they are going to sieze everything remotely related to murder and killing."
That's true. A friend of mines brother and his best friend stabbed someone to death. The police arrested the pair the next day and mostly cleaned out this kids room (he still lived at home). The police took the bathroom sink in the basement next to his room even though it contained no visible trace of blood.
Someone like my mother will go buy a new television - HDTV. She'll upgrade her cable box to HDTV. When it comes time to buy a new DVD player which do you think she'll pick? HD-DVD or Blu-Ray?
Of course she'll pick the HD-DVD because it sounds like it will work with her system.
As for the other Sony products.. I like their hardware. The Clie I have ran circles around the Palm out at the time. I HATED memorystick.
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Michael Bolton: You were supposed to come in Saturday. What were you doing?
Peter Gibbons: Michael, I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything I thought it could be.
"Hello, Acme Lawyers of Walla Walla Washington? Yes. I was riding my rocket-powered roller skates down the road minding my own business when WHAM I drove straight into a cliff face. The odd thing was I thought it was a tunnel. It sure looked like a tunnel. I saw Winckle sneaking off with a can of paint. I don't even think I would have noticed him were it not for the guy in the bushes playing sneaking music on the oboe. I want to sue him for a million-trillion dollars and a Illudium PU36 Explosive Space Modulator.
When I was a kid the hype was all about violence in cartoons.. I watched them but I never dropped an anvil or piano on someone (not to say I didn't want rocket-powered roller skates).
I think people give far less credit to kids and their concepts of reality vs make believe.
This article reminds me of the guy (who fancied himself a computer tech) who brought in his new video card to my computer shop. He said he tried everything to get it installed, but he thinks he might have a defective card.
I didn't have the heart to tell him it was an AGP card and his computer only had PCI slots.
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When I first had access to Windows 8 through the MS Partner site I installed it on a workstation at work and placed it at a free desk. I asked my users to test it and let me know if they're interested in having it on their workstation. Not one reported back they want this OS. The only reason we'll keep it is for testing.
I'm not pushing this upgrade because I don't think the adaption downtime is worth it. I have some users that have a hard time with change and Windows 8 would kill them.
I just gave my girlfriend a new laptop which came with Win 8 pre-installed. It only took her 30 minutes before she asked me to "fix her laptop" and put Win 7 on it.
I'm surprised the Fox news isn't reporting 'The End'
Fox only wants to frighten it's viewers if it aligns with their agenda. There is nothing to be gained by Fox if all their viewers think the end is nigh.
Really? Where were you during the Presidential election?
Not to mention you can pump any sort of frequency into a digital recording and not have to worry about jumping a needle out of a groove if it contains too many low, rubbery bass notes.
People are still holding onto the original digital recordings from the 80's - the tinny, horrid ones - as an argument for vinyl.
Don't listen to this guy. I'll run your music through wire coat hangers for half the price!
That was the same in our school in the early 80's but the computer lab was your last stop on the advanced math classes. For some reason they thought you needed a full understand of trigonometry to make a computer say "hello world" and save that program to a data cassette.
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I can't even imagine how much they actually paid for this with all the different designs submitted, numerous meetings going over designs, tweaks to it.
I can imagine the comments in the meeting though.
"Yeah Bob. What we're looking for is something that says simple and not over thought. Go back and try AGAIN."
We only have 50 workstations but our users are not keen to change. We have about 10 sales guys that would poop themselves if the desktop looked different. They barely manage to navigate Windows 7. Keep in mind, these users call me to fix their computer and when I arrive I find their monitors are turned off. With a new OS with vastly different navigation we would be dead in the water.
So the topic came up in a meeting the other day...
CEO: ..and the new Windows 8 is coming out. We should look into updating our computers.
Me: (almost cutting him off) Nope.
CEO: (laughs) Ah.. ok. Well, you would know.
That was the end of that issue.
When I bought my mixing console the manual had a warning "do not use in the bath or shower".
This is a 32x8 mixing board covered in knobs and sliders and is about 4.5 foot long, 3 foot deep and weighs a good 60 pounds.
It would take some effort just to get it into the bathroom let alone bathe with it.
What I don't understand about this story:
"noticed the second problem, the #($ing Promise CD doesn't have drivers on it! No, I am not kidding, they ship the card with a CD, but that CD has no drivers on it! Honestly."
The guy is mad because he doesn't have the drivers on a CD (so much so he writes up an article on-line about this fact) but he never bothers to hit up Promise's website to download the drivers.
I'm all for people using whatever OS they need to get the job done, but this article seems a bit dodgy. If the client wanted XP for a file server, then buy him a copy of the OS and invoice him for it (or call HP and tell them your needs and see if they have a different install disk). I'm sure the extra XP license would cost less then paying this guy to fart around for a couple hours attempting to install XP from a restore disk.
If Ubuntu will work for him, fine, use that.
But why install Ubuntu and write up a mini-rant just because you don't have the basic skills to download some drivers on-line.
Forget about a stranger looking at pictures of the wife and kid..
it's the pictures of the girlfriend I don't want the wife and kid to see.
Or the Atari 2600 "Adventure" engine.
Get that duck away from me.. aaaaagh!
Software developer: HEY ARMY GUYS! I said you can't use this software.
Army Guys: I have a big gun.
Software developer: I'm going back to my cube now.
[109.1] Say: O unbelievers!
[109.2] I do not serve that which you serve,
[109.3] Nor do you serve Him Whom I serve:
[109.4] Nor am I going to serve that which you serve,
[109.5] Nor are you going to serve Him Whom I serve:
[109.6] You shall have your religion and I shall have my religion.
I don't care much for Circuit City, but I'm glad they're taking this on. It's going to take companies like this to change the mindset (god knows no one wants to listen to "the little guys")
My Beta copy of Vista has ad placement - not standard adverts, but it IS a way for the owner of the code (Microsoft) to make money off the user. Throughout the OS there are places that prompt you to "find software for a machine with your rating" (I don't remember the actual wording).
When you click these prompts they take you to WindowsMarketplace.com.
I doubt it.
Guess who she'll call to come hook it all up? heh heh.
She's bought herself a DVD recorder about 6 months ago and it is STILL in the box because she's too scared to hook it up and I haven't been to her house yet (she lives in a different state than I do). She's not in a rush because I don't think she'll ever use it - and she knows this.
That's what I'm going to wait for as well.
I do have HL2, but I'm not going to bother with the "sequals" until they're complete - then I'll play them straight through.
Crazy youngin's.
Now get off my lawn!
"Seriously though, how is this news? If the police are building any sort of murder case against anyone, they are going to sieze everything remotely related to murder and killing."
That's true.
A friend of mines brother and his best friend stabbed someone to death. The police arrested the pair the next day and mostly cleaned out this kids room (he still lived at home). The police took the bathroom sink in the basement next to his room even though it contained no visible trace of blood.
I guess the police figured they washed up there.
Someone like my mother will go buy a new television - HDTV. She'll upgrade her cable box to HDTV. When it comes time to buy a new DVD player which do you think she'll pick? HD-DVD or Blu-Ray?
Of course she'll pick the HD-DVD because it sounds like it will work with her system.
As for the other Sony products.. I like their hardware. The Clie I have ran circles around the Palm out at the time. I HATED memorystick.
Michael Bolton: You were supposed to come in Saturday. What were you doing?
Peter Gibbons: Michael, I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything I thought it could be.
"Hello, Acme Lawyers of Walla Walla Washington? Yes. I was riding my rocket-powered roller skates down the road minding my own business when WHAM I drove straight into a cliff face. The odd thing was I thought it was a tunnel. It sure looked like a tunnel. I saw Winckle sneaking off with a can of paint. I don't even think I would have noticed him were it not for the guy in the bushes playing sneaking music on the oboe. I want to sue him for a million-trillion dollars and a Illudium PU36 Explosive Space Modulator.
Yes, I'll hold."
When I was a kid the hype was all about violence in cartoons.. I watched them but I never dropped an anvil or piano on someone (not to say I didn't want rocket-powered roller skates).
I think people give far less credit to kids and their concepts of reality vs make believe.
This article reminds me of the guy (who fancied himself a computer tech) who brought in his new video card to my computer shop. He said he tried everything to get it installed, but he thinks he might have a defective card.
I didn't have the heart to tell him it was an AGP card and his computer only had PCI slots.