I am primarily an applications engineer and consultant. I go to meetings with business "execs" daily. Its funny to sit there and throw the buzzwords at them and get the nods.
You hit it right on the nose.
I need a macro sensor to find me women to keep me occupied late at night instead of reading slashdot
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I ordered a 2 gig "SD" flash memory card from a Hong Kong vendor. The price for the card was $47.95 (au)... the transaction appeared to me as $49.95 INCLUDING postage. I clicked "buy". It became apparent after accepting the transaction that the card was $47.95 and the POSTAGE was $49.95 on top. A total of $97.90. The postage was excessive considering the price of the article and I questioned the vendor by email. The only response that I received (multiple times) was "You bid - now you must pay - thanks" repeatedly. I advised Ebay about the vendor and the fact that they were breaking Ebay rules by using "Excessive Postage".
I even advised the vendor that i would engage DHL worldwide couriers and pay for shipping costs myself. The vendor responded as per above "You bid - now you must pay - thanks".
I agree. I professionally maintain a software application that must remain Windows 98 compatible for at the least next 5 years so that the company may get revenue from support, service, add-ons, upgrades etc from a customer base that thinks exactly as you said.
If the application does not work for some reason inder Vista... it would be no great concern. Works well under Win98-xp and under Wine. Our customers dont want new computers or operating systems. They want the software to work efficiently.
I think Microsoft is reaching that brick wall where it smashes apart on impact. And Intel will buy Apple... Inevitable.
far removed from being an expert on the subject - just an interested bystander, I remember reading some moths ago about a project in the USA designed for completion in 2007-8 that uses this very technique -- size of a football stadium in California as I remember.
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Funniest thing I've read all day.
I suppose that would depend on your screensaver and power saving settings - unless you play 3d games 24/7. At Idle its comparable to an 8800
I wish I had mod points because this is the clearest and most explanative post that I have read to "why" -- mark this one up!
and here I was thinking "Apple" made Beatles records
I am primarily an applications engineer and consultant. I go to meetings with business "execs" daily. Its funny to sit there and throw the buzzwords at them and get the nods. You hit it right on the nose.
I need a macro sensor to find me women to keep me occupied late at night instead of reading slashdot
I ordered a 2 gig "SD" flash memory card from a Hong Kong vendor. The price for the card was $47.95 (au) ... the transaction appeared to me as $49.95 INCLUDING postage. I clicked "buy". It became apparent after accepting the transaction that the card was $47.95 and the POSTAGE was $49.95 on top. A total of $97.90. The postage was excessive considering the price of the article and I questioned the vendor by email. The only response that I received (multiple times) was "You bid - now you must pay - thanks" repeatedly. I advised Ebay about the vendor and the fact that they were breaking Ebay rules by using "Excessive Postage".
I even advised the vendor that i would engage DHL worldwide couriers and pay for shipping costs myself. The vendor responded as per above "You bid - now you must pay - thanks".
No resolution was reached.
Are you my dad? ... Merry xmas ... my paypal account number is 123454321
I reckon "Silent Running" should be in the list. THAT was an awesome movie!
Here in Queensland Australia a four metre crocodile is not uncommon at all, they get bigger than that.
I agree. I professionally maintain a software application that must remain Windows 98 compatible for at the least next 5 years so that the company may get revenue from support, service, add-ons, upgrades etc from a customer base that thinks exactly as you said. If the application does not work for some reason inder Vista ... it would be no great concern. Works well under Win98-xp and under Wine. Our customers dont want new computers or operating systems. They want the software to work efficiently.
I think Microsoft is reaching that brick wall where it smashes apart on impact. And Intel will buy Apple ... Inevitable.
far removed from being an expert on the subject - just an interested bystander, I remember reading some moths ago about a project in the USA designed for completion in 2007-8 that uses this very technique -- size of a football stadium in California as I remember.