Microsoft (circa 2001): "With this new licensing model, you buy "software assurance" so if a new version is released in the next two years, you're entitled to a free upgrade"
I love this line: 'It may take a celestial body hit to Earth' before governments take any meaningful steps to address this danger.
Well, I'm sure anyone left after the "big one" hits will have other things on their mind (food, shelter, etc) besides setting up a freakin laser beam to shoot the next one down.
Why not just say, if we don't get on the stick and get something in place, we're all f*cked if the "big one" hits earth?
It's too bad that instead of rotting in jail, we couldn't stick those assholes in a copy of Grand Theft Auto to be killed/maimed/run over/burned repeatedly and have them keep respawning... to endure a different ending again and again...
Sorry, I hit submit too fast and I forgot to add the reason she kept calling tech support back.
The driver disk never showed up. She would call back, reorder, and get promised it would show up on such and such day, the day would come and no disk. Everyone she talked to apologized, offered to resend the disk but it never came. She even talked to supervisors who would offer to move the process along....nothing.
With a Dell last Christmas....she called and went through the support desk script and it was determined that she had a software driver issue. They would send out a new driver (since she couldn't access the internet...it was a modem driver). 1 month later and over 40 hrs logged on hold and tech support, she finally went to a friends house, downloaded the driver to a floppy, installed it and it still didn't work. Called Dell and they finally send a tech to replace the modem.
That's all well and good, but LRP was shutdown after Diesel Dave decided to call it quits. It was news on slashdot a few months ago (too lazy to link to it).
I listened to the daily brefing yesterday, and the comms expert did say that during a brainstorming session, someone came up with the idea that the Stanford dish could "possibly" detect the EM radiation emmissions of the onboard CPU, but that it was just a working theory and that before they throw in the towel, they'd try it. But, by no means was this anything to hang their hopes on.
They thinking is, the Stanford radiotelescope is so sensative, that detecting small changes in EMR millions of light years away compared to a few million miles...that maybe they could detect it even with the shielding. They also stated it would not be in "real time" and that they would have to scrub the data to see if they can detect a signal 'a la Seti@Home
Exactly, most times in the case of storage rooms or whatever, they wanted it for some dept. storage or some crap....usually something "they couldn't live without" like holiday decorations or God forbid they have to walk down a hall to get their files.
The joke was, these dept's NEVER stay in one place for more than a few years. We were ALWAYS moving someone somewhere. And some of these storage rooms had old furiture from the 40's, 50's, 60's in them. Usually in really good shape except for the dust and crap on them. Sometimes a leaky pipe would destroy a leather chair or something, but usually it was just dusty. Alot of people got some nice old stuff when we went on a cleaning binge.
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"It's probably a misplaced decimal point....I always screw up some mundane detail like that"
Don't know, the last version I bought was Office 97. For what we use it for, there is no added value to upgrading.
By skipping Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003, we saved mucho $$$.
Microsoft (circa 2001): "With this new licensing model, you buy "software assurance" so if a new version is released in the next two years, you're entitled to a free upgrade"
Uh huh...I see that's working out nicely...
'It may take a celestial body hit to Earth' before governments take any meaningful steps to address this danger.
Well, I'm sure anyone left after the "big one" hits will have other things on their mind (food, shelter, etc) besides setting up a freakin laser beam to shoot the next one down.
Why not just say, if we don't get on the stick and get something in place, we're all f*cked if the "big one" hits earth?
and they do an ok job for the most part, but for something as precise and advanced as war, I think it would be hard to do.
Translation: Close only counts in Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
People wear headphones to give the voices in their heads some company.
I personally wear them to drown out the sounds of my PHB.
Quick, to Home Depot for some lumber supports!
And AFT fits this story about as well as any other acronym....
About F***ing Time.
I know there's rules of law and all that, but Jesus tapdancing Christ, they sure took their sweet ass time to get to the matter at hand.
They are confusing Value Added service (easy lookup) with information ownership....
'Officials in the telemarketing industry did not immediately return calls seeking comment.'
I thought they only have outgoing call capability...whenever I ask to call them back when I'm interested...they tell me that I can't.
Finally! The Y2K bug bit....
Oh wait..
Finally! The Y2K + 3 years, 8 months bug bit!
See? All those powdered eggs and shotgun shells paid off.
Hushed voice in my head: (PSST! The power was only out for a day or so)
Uhhhhh, nevermind.
WTF is SQL Server 97?
Do you mean SQL Server 7?
Now there'll be 15 different ways to answer my phone?
Relax...
it's Funny...Ha..Ha..
That's why I looked into buying put options....only one problem. They don't offer options for SCOX.
Well, if I hadn't been totally REAMED with the Andover/VA Linux takeover and subsequent CRASH, I'd have a few $$$ to give it a try.
But, I have no one to blame but me...(so this is not a troll or flamebait you moderators)
to short 1000 shares of SCOX...Thanks for the reminder!
{begin fantasy mode}
It's too bad that instead of rotting in jail, we couldn't stick those assholes in a copy of Grand Theft Auto to be killed/maimed/run over/burned repeatedly and have them keep respawning... to endure a different ending again and again...
{end fantasy mode}
Nevermind....sorry, I misread it as an XP3400 (32 bit, not 64)
I just bought a Barton 2500, now I bet the prices are going down as I type this.
Good news, at least now I have an upgrade path for a little longer....
Sorry, I hit submit too fast and I forgot to add the reason she kept calling tech support back.
The driver disk never showed up. She would call back, reorder, and get promised it would show up on such and such day, the day would come and no disk. Everyone she talked to apologized, offered to resend the disk but it never came. She even talked to supervisors who would offer to move the process along....nothing.
With a Dell last Christmas....she called and went through the support desk script and it was determined that she had a software driver issue. They would send out a new driver (since she couldn't access the internet...it was a modem driver). 1 month later and over 40 hrs logged on hold and tech support, she finally went to a friends house, downloaded the driver to a floppy, installed it and it still didn't work. Called Dell and they finally send a tech to replace the modem.
I can beleive it, I've seen it.
Still better than the Goat.cx attachments I keep getting...
That's all well and good, but LRP was shutdown after Diesel Dave decided to call it quits. It was news on slashdot a few months ago (too lazy to link to it).
LEAF is the successor (LEAF).
I listened to the daily brefing yesterday, and the comms expert did say that during a brainstorming session, someone came up with the idea that the Stanford dish could "possibly" detect the EM radiation emmissions of the onboard CPU, but that it was just a working theory and that before they throw in the towel, they'd try it. But, by no means was this anything to hang their hopes on.
They thinking is, the Stanford radiotelescope is so sensative, that detecting small changes in EMR millions of light years away compared to a few million miles...that maybe they could detect it even with the shielding. They also stated it would not be in "real time" and that they would have to scrub the data to see if they can detect a signal 'a la Seti@Home
Exactly, most times in the case of storage rooms or whatever, they wanted it for some dept. storage or some crap....usually something "they couldn't live without" like holiday decorations or God forbid they have to walk down a hall to get their files.
The joke was, these dept's NEVER stay in one place for more than a few years. We were ALWAYS moving someone somewhere. And some of these storage rooms had old furiture from the 40's, 50's, 60's in them. Usually in really good shape except for the dust and crap on them. Sometimes a leaky pipe would destroy a leather chair or something, but usually it was just dusty. Alot of people got some nice old stuff when we went on a cleaning binge.