What would you do if suddenly your uncle bernie was reanimated like a zombie. You'd blow his head off I'm sure! I side with the sparrows! Death to cyborg zombies!
Since you got all this info about guns posting on/., maybe you should try asking the tech question on a gun site?
Let me know if you need an IT guy with sailing experience to help set it all up and go along and maintain it. (It would be cheaper to bring me along vs. fly me in)
I applaud them for taking care of themselves, and not looking for or expecting a handout.
I think we should have free hand outs on mars. Load up a rocket with all the people who want free handouts, then top it off with lawyers, and fire them off at Mars.
When that call comes "Earth, this is mars 1. Do you copy?"
We just have to go "Kssschhhhssss Mar 1 kssscchhhhh break-shhhhhhh up"
I think Twitter has Google + beat soundly based on ONE feature
I can sign up for Twitter, but Google + is not open for new accounts. I think that's the most important feature in ANY online service.
What happens when nature evolves a new predator to eat this abundance of protein?
Maybe aliens gave cavemen this technology just to watch the t-rex's go to town?
I cut the cord years ago. The few shows I like I watch online, and like others say, if they start charging or making it too much of a pain to watch, I will just go without.
Most of the time when I'm at a friends house that has cable/sat, I surf through and find nothing of interest on. So when I'm bored it just means I have to find something more productive and fulfilling to do then sit on the couch and watch whatever crap the media companies are trying to shovel down my throat this week.
I like hulu a lot, and noticed they started taking back episodes offline. It's a shame because sometimes I show somebody a show they haven't seen before (like 30 rock) and can't show them more because of network greed. I think that now that anybody can host a TV show on the internet, their empire is falling, and they're going to try and squeeze every last drop out of it before it falls.
I taught myself how to type. The biggest thing that helped me was getting one of those natural keyboards with the hump in the middle. I got one at one of my early jobs because I was afraid of having carpal tunnel issues--and when I first started using it my hands would actually collide in mid air because my fingers were all over the place. I quickly adapted to keeping my hands on their respective sides, and eventually dumped the natural keyboard and my typing is better for it. I type about 100-120 wpm.
I don't think independent thought is a requirement for a lvl 1 support person.
The script reads: 10 Have the customer reboot. 20 Ask basic questions to try and determine if blame can be shifted on to somebody else 30 Put customer on hold while you try and learn something from a lvl 2 person. 40 GOTO 10
Rule #1 when dealing with level 1 tech support. You know what the problem is--so tell them what they need to hear.
"Do you have a home phone number?"
Your answer--"No"
Problem solved.
And whatever you do never tell them you're using a linux computer as your firewall! I'm running ipcop, but if I call tech support I tell them I've got my cable modem plugged directly into my Windows XP computer--and it still doesn't work.
I bought a canon sd600 a few months ago, and it died on my second glamis trip. Sand (from the air, it was never dropped) ruined the lense. So I bought an Optio W30 instead. No moving parts to get sand in.
So if this is such old news, why don't cameras use this technology? Because then they would last too long?
The in store price should match the online price. Don't tell me it's ok to charge more in store because of store overhead. What about the online overhead? The website expenses, warehouse expenses, labor, etc?
I was looking for advantage for our cats, and found petsmart had it for a similar price as other online vendors--so I drove down to the local petsmart and it was almost twice the cost! I showed them the printout and asked why it was so much more--they just said they don't honor their website prices in store. So I went back home and ordered it online from a different vendor.
Same thing happened at Circuit City. So I don't shop there anymore either.
The best way to vote is with your wallet. Don't give your money to places with deceptive practices like that. Even if something is on sale--give your business to a company that has good customer service--it's worth paying a little extra for it.
1) There's a moderately priced, high performance DX10 video card available ($200-$250) 2) There's a way to address the DRM laden Vista (either a hack/patch/new version) 3) There's a DX10 game that I have to have that doesn't include spyware, adware, or malware.
The only way to convince big corporations that their new direction sucks is to vote with your wallet. Don't buy whatever crap they want to shove in your face. I play bf2 a lot, but didn't buy bf2142. Why? Because they never fixed the bugs in bf2, and they charge full price for a game with ads in it.
Terrible customer service. They don't honor their own coupons. They charge more in their store then they do on their website. Lay them all off and close the doors--I could care less. I won't shop there ever again.
Original COMPUSA business plan:
1. Sell customer overpriced item with big rebate
2. Find any reason to not pay rebate
3. ?????
4. Profit!
Since they are forced to actually PAY their rebates they find it suddenly hard to stay profitable?
You guys are missing the big picture... We're California. If we were by ourselves we'd have the 6th, 7th, or 10th largest economy in the world (depending on who you ask--says wikipedia). We'd have the TERMINATOR for president. Our army would be undefeatable in any 70-80 degree dry climate.
They lost me at one of the first scenes... when they go "You're being arrested for assisting a pirate Jack Sparrow to escape" and they both correct him "Captain... Jack Sparrow". LAME LAME LAME.
I really liked the first movie, but the second movie had a terrible script. I can only imagine the 3rd will be worse.
My buddy had an Apple IIe with a 300 baud modem. We called one BBS that would say "300 baud detected... F*** OFF L0SER!" I had an Atari 1200XL, and when I finally got a modem (1200 baud) the first thing we did was call that BBS to see what it was about--and it turned out to be a damn COMMIE 64 BOARD!!!
I taught myself how to program in Turbo Pascal by modding WWIV BBS. Caveman and Food fight forever!
There was one local BBS called "The Swamp". The SysOp was Swampman. They were one of the first multi-line BBS's. Many years later (post internet age) I found out later he had an address you could telnet to and it connected to the old BBS.
I remember the first time I saw Steve on TV. It was when he just started--before he hit it big. He was standing there holding a small green snake. As he talked about this snake it just bit his fore-arm repeatedly. He just kept on talking and the snake kept on biting... blood started to drip from the bites. It was hilarious. I told everyone I knew about it and to watch the show.
If ya gotta go, go doing what you love.
It just goes to show you, that if you shop around for the cheapest insurance you can get--don't be shocked when you go to file a claim and run into this kinda BS.
Stick with one of the major players, and you're less likely to run into these problems.
I can't wait until Blue Ray comes out. I can't wait to spend $600-$700 on a player, then $40 per movie, and I get to hassle with DRM for no extra charge!
I can see it now... I've got some friends over... hey let's watch a movie!
Authorizing your movie... please wait...
Authorization error -3212455661220 Would you like to retry?
Authorization server did not respond. Please call 800-555-SONY to unlock this movie.
Thank you for calling 800-555-SONY. For english, press one now.
Thank you. Please enter the serial number located on your movie package, followed by the pound key
You entered... four...five...one...two...three..nine...five...zer o...one...two...two...two..three..four..five..one. . If this is correct, press one now.
Thank you. Please enter the serial number of your blue ray dvd player
Thank you. Please hold for the next available anti-piracy specialist. The average hold time is...12... minutes.
Thank you for holding, how can I help you?
We're sorry about that. I need the serial number of the movie and the serial number of your blue ray dvd player.
I've had plenty of bad experiences with Cox's HD PVR. First, the problem with the subscription bug. If you turned your PVR off, it would not record shows in HD. Figured out what was happening is the PVR would power up, switch to the channel, and see the "you need to subscribe to this channel message". This message would then go away, and the show would come on. Well, the PVR didn't wait around for the message to go away, it said "Oh, you don't get this channel" and abort. If you turned the unit off, it would record maybe 30% of your HD shows. If you left it on, it would record probably 80% of your shows.
The second major issue was a design flaw. The box did not have adequate cooling, so it would overheat. When it overheated you would get pixelation, sound would drop, and/or video would drop completely. Later units had a fan on the bottom that didn't help much. I had a unit on a shelf by itself and it still overheated. There's no way you could put the unit on a stack of electronics (ie: tuner, dvd player, HTPC, etc).
I had them replace the unit probably 5-6 times before I finally moved to a different area (Time Warner). Haven't had any problems with their HD PVR--it runs on different hardware but the same software.
So I'd say it's a good thing for COX--they can have a PVR that works for a change! I wouldn't pay more for tivo though.
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What would you do if suddenly your uncle bernie was reanimated like a zombie. You'd blow his head off I'm sure! I side with the sparrows! Death to cyborg zombies!
Since you got all this info about guns posting on /., maybe you should try asking the tech question on a gun site?
Let me know if you need an IT guy with sailing experience to help set it all up and go along and maintain it. (It would be cheaper to bring me along vs. fly me in)
I applaud them for taking care of themselves, and not looking for or expecting a handout. I think we should have free hand outs on mars. Load up a rocket with all the people who want free handouts, then top it off with lawyers, and fire them off at Mars. When that call comes "Earth, this is mars 1. Do you copy?" We just have to go "Kssschhhhssss Mar 1 kssscchhhhh break-shhhhhhh up"
I think Twitter has Google + beat soundly based on ONE feature I can sign up for Twitter, but Google + is not open for new accounts. I think that's the most important feature in ANY online service.
What happens when nature evolves a new predator to eat this abundance of protein? Maybe aliens gave cavemen this technology just to watch the t-rex's go to town?
I cut the cord years ago. The few shows I like I watch online, and like others say, if they start charging or making it too much of a pain to watch, I will just go without. Most of the time when I'm at a friends house that has cable/sat, I surf through and find nothing of interest on. So when I'm bored it just means I have to find something more productive and fulfilling to do then sit on the couch and watch whatever crap the media companies are trying to shovel down my throat this week. I like hulu a lot, and noticed they started taking back episodes offline. It's a shame because sometimes I show somebody a show they haven't seen before (like 30 rock) and can't show them more because of network greed. I think that now that anybody can host a TV show on the internet, their empire is falling, and they're going to try and squeeze every last drop out of it before it falls.
I taught myself how to type. The biggest thing that helped me was getting one of those natural keyboards with the hump in the middle. I got one at one of my early jobs because I was afraid of having carpal tunnel issues--and when I first started using it my hands would actually collide in mid air because my fingers were all over the place. I quickly adapted to keeping my hands on their respective sides, and eventually dumped the natural keyboard and my typing is better for it. I type about 100-120 wpm.
I don't think independent thought is a requirement for a lvl 1 support person.
The script reads:
10 Have the customer reboot.
20 Ask basic questions to try and determine if blame can be shifted on to somebody else
30 Put customer on hold while you try and learn something from a lvl 2 person.
40 GOTO 10
Rule #1 when dealing with level 1 tech support. You know what the problem is--so tell them what they need to hear. "Do you have a home phone number?" Your answer--"No" Problem solved. And whatever you do never tell them you're using a linux computer as your firewall! I'm running ipcop, but if I call tech support I tell them I've got my cable modem plugged directly into my Windows XP computer--and it still doesn't work.
I bought a canon sd600 a few months ago, and it died on my second glamis trip. Sand (from the air, it was never dropped) ruined the lense. So I bought an Optio W30 instead. No moving parts to get sand in.
So if this is such old news, why don't cameras use this technology? Because then they would last too long?
Bah, just give me EDLIN.EXE
The in store price should match the online price. Don't tell me it's ok to charge more in store because of store overhead. What about the online overhead? The website expenses, warehouse expenses, labor, etc?
I was looking for advantage for our cats, and found petsmart had it for a similar price as other online vendors--so I drove down to the local petsmart and it was almost twice the cost! I showed them the printout and asked why it was so much more--they just said they don't honor their website prices in store. So I went back home and ordered it online from a different vendor.
Same thing happened at Circuit City. So I don't shop there anymore either.
The best way to vote is with your wallet. Don't give your money to places with deceptive practices like that. Even if something is on sale--give your business to a company that has good customer service--it's worth paying a little extra for it.
Well, I did the math. I'd be 924 years old if I was born on that planet!
I'm perfectly happy sticking with XP until...
1) There's a moderately priced, high performance DX10 video card available ($200-$250)
2) There's a way to address the DRM laden Vista (either a hack/patch/new version)
3) There's a DX10 game that I have to have that doesn't include spyware, adware, or malware.
The only way to convince big corporations that their new direction sucks is to vote with your wallet. Don't buy whatever crap they want to shove in your face. I play bf2 a lot, but didn't buy bf2142. Why? Because they never fixed the bugs in bf2, and they charge full price for a game with ads in it.
Terrible customer service. They don't honor their own coupons. They charge more in their store then they do on their website. Lay them all off and close the doors--I could care less. I won't shop there ever again.
Original COMPUSA business plan: 1. Sell customer overpriced item with big rebate 2. Find any reason to not pay rebate 3. ????? 4. Profit! Since they are forced to actually PAY their rebates they find it suddenly hard to stay profitable?
You guys are missing the big picture... We're California. If we were by ourselves we'd have the 6th, 7th, or 10th largest economy in the world (depending on who you ask--says wikipedia). We'd have the TERMINATOR for president. Our army would be undefeatable in any 70-80 degree dry climate.
They lost me at one of the first scenes... when they go "You're being arrested for assisting a pirate Jack Sparrow to escape" and they both correct him "Captain... Jack Sparrow". LAME LAME LAME. I really liked the first movie, but the second movie had a terrible script. I can only imagine the 3rd will be worse.
I can get you the $20 billion dollars, if I could only get some sharks with freakin' laser beams attached to their heads!
My buddy had an Apple IIe with a 300 baud modem. We called one BBS that would say "300 baud detected... F*** OFF L0SER!" I had an Atari 1200XL, and when I finally got a modem (1200 baud) the first thing we did was call that BBS to see what it was about--and it turned out to be a damn COMMIE 64 BOARD!!! I taught myself how to program in Turbo Pascal by modding WWIV BBS. Caveman and Food fight forever! There was one local BBS called "The Swamp". The SysOp was Swampman. They were one of the first multi-line BBS's. Many years later (post internet age) I found out later he had an address you could telnet to and it connected to the old BBS.
The reason more people vote for american idol then local government is because on american idol at least some of the candidates are worth voting for!
If you want more people to vote, they need to focus on getting quality candidates instead of all the crooks!
I remember the first time I saw Steve on TV. It was when he just started--before he hit it big. He was standing there holding a small green snake. As he talked about this snake it just bit his fore-arm repeatedly. He just kept on talking and the snake kept on biting... blood started to drip from the bites. It was hilarious. I told everyone I knew about it and to watch the show. If ya gotta go, go doing what you love.
It just goes to show you, that if you shop around for the cheapest insurance you can get--don't be shocked when you go to file a claim and run into this kinda BS. Stick with one of the major players, and you're less likely to run into these problems.
I can't wait until Blue Ray comes out. I can't wait to spend $600-$700 on a player, then $40 per movie, and I get to hassle with DRM for no extra charge!
r o...one...two...two...two..three..four..five..one. .
I can see it now... I've got some friends over... hey let's watch a movie!
Authorizing your movie... please wait...
Authorization error -3212455661220
Would you like to retry?
Authorization server did not respond. Please call 800-555-SONY to unlock this movie.
Thank you for calling 800-555-SONY. For english, press one now.
Thank you. Please enter the serial number located on your movie package, followed by the pound key
You entered... four...five...one...two...three..nine...five...ze
If this is correct, press one now.
Thank you. Please enter the serial number of your blue ray dvd player
Thank you. Please hold for the next available anti-piracy specialist. The average hold time is...12... minutes.
Thank you for holding, how can I help you?
We're sorry about that. I need the serial number of the movie and the serial number of your blue ray dvd player.
I've had plenty of bad experiences with Cox's HD PVR. First, the problem with the subscription bug. If you turned your PVR off, it would not record shows in HD. Figured out what was happening is the PVR would power up, switch to the channel, and see the "you need to subscribe to this channel message". This message would then go away, and the show would come on. Well, the PVR didn't wait around for the message to go away, it said "Oh, you don't get this channel" and abort. If you turned the unit off, it would record maybe 30% of your HD shows. If you left it on, it would record probably 80% of your shows.
The second major issue was a design flaw. The box did not have adequate cooling, so it would overheat. When it overheated you would get pixelation, sound would drop, and/or video would drop completely. Later units had a fan on the bottom that didn't help much. I had a unit on a shelf by itself and it still overheated. There's no way you could put the unit on a stack of electronics (ie: tuner, dvd player, HTPC, etc).
I had them replace the unit probably 5-6 times before I finally moved to a different area (Time Warner). Haven't had any problems with their HD PVR--it runs on different hardware but the same software.
So I'd say it's a good thing for COX--they can have a PVR that works for a change! I wouldn't pay more for tivo though.