And these are exactly the sort of people who go to an auto mechanic and say nothing more specific than "My car's making funny noises" and then get upset when the problem isn't fixed after a week of tests and diagnostics. You know what? Some people can't be helped.
As anyone who's done any kind of support knows, a significant chunk of troubleshooting/support depends on the customer's ability to follow directions. When the support person says "I need you to click here and do this. Now read to me EXACTLY what the window that opens up says," they expect the person to do that. It doesn't help when the person on the other end does something else then says "It's not opening a window that says anything" or they say "It's giving me an error message" [duh, that was the point!] rather than "It says 'Program terminated. Error code: PEBKAC'". Yes, some companies have abysmal support. But sometimes the people asking for support don't help the problem either.
I hate having to give out an email address just to get the download, and I hate even more having to uncheck several boxes to avoid downloading every piece of software Apple owns.
You don't need to give them your email address--you can just click the download button.
I honestly won't be the least bit surprised to see some Congressfolk get up and talk about how this bill is a blow to democracy and shouldn't be allowed to pass...
Well, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that you'd get semi-popular 80s covers of both of those songs in Guitar Hero 80s. Maybe you'll get lucky and get the originals in Guitar Hero 70s.
Oh, come on. It's Zonk. Of course the comment at the end of the story is painfully stupid.
Too bad it was javipas that wrote that and not Zonk, otherwise your rant might have meant something. I find it very sad that someone who's been here for so long still can't figure out which parts of the summary are user-submitted and which parts are editorial commentary.
The shooting sections of that game really brought out a kill everything that moves mentality. Half the time I wouldn't even need food, but just wanted to shoot things.
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If the dog hadn't stopped to have a crap, he would have caught the rabbit.
You crack me up, little buddy.
I've found that improved cash management does wonders for me, like allowing me to buy things like new processors.
What about the guys who wanted to convert dead people to fuel?
From the linked page:
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* Consulting
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Errmmmm : /
And these are exactly the sort of people who go to an auto mechanic and say nothing more specific than "My car's making funny noises" and then get upset when the problem isn't fixed after a week of tests and diagnostics. You know what? Some people can't be helped.
As anyone who's done any kind of support knows, a significant chunk of troubleshooting/support depends on the customer's ability to follow directions. When the support person says "I need you to click here and do this. Now read to me EXACTLY what the window that opens up says," they expect the person to do that. It doesn't help when the person on the other end does something else then says "It's not opening a window that says anything" or they say "It's giving me an error message" [duh, that was the point!] rather than "It says 'Program terminated. Error code: PEBKAC'". Yes, some companies have abysmal support. But sometimes the people asking for support don't help the problem either.
I hate having to give out an email address just to get the download, and I hate even more having to uncheck several boxes to avoid downloading every piece of software Apple owns.
You don't need to give them your email address--you can just click the download button.
Finally, a product that allows all the F/OSS zealots to keep track of all the $0.00 software expenditures that they've racked up...
I honestly won't be the least bit surprised to see some Congressfolk get up and talk about how this bill is a blow to democracy and shouldn't be allowed to pass...
And a bar.
Fixed that for you. ; )
A hammer, or a 16 ounce adjusting tool like my grandpa likes to call it.
I prefer a hammer AND a 16 ounce adjusting tool, although the cylindrical 12 ounce adjusting tools work just as well...
Well, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that you'd get semi-popular 80s covers of both of those songs in Guitar Hero 80s. Maybe you'll get lucky and get the originals in Guitar Hero 70s.
Oh, come on. It's Zonk. Of course the comment at the end of the story is painfully stupid.
Too bad it was javipas that wrote that and not Zonk, otherwise your rant might have meant something. I find it very sad that someone who's been here for so long still can't figure out which parts of the summary are user-submitted and which parts are editorial commentary.
The shooting sections of that game really brought out a kill everything that moves mentality. Half the time I wouldn't even need food, but just wanted to shoot things.
Paging Jack Thompson...Paging Jack Thompson...
"Fangrrl", please!
Don't be such a nrrrd!
I just clicked to reply, not to read
In which case you're absolutely at the right site.
Oddly enough, the "duped" tag shows up for me - slownewsday, court, displays, hardware, duped (tagging beta)
What's so odd about that? Duped is not the same as dupe.
These tags will alert us to problems immediately (but they won't show up on the top tags list).
And what happens once the editor has been "alerted"? My guess is they might go "Oh, whoops" and then move along to go post the next dupe...
Saw this come from "the mysterious future" and I e-mailed the on-duty editor like it says. I guess that doesn't work so well.
It's because Zonk can't see what's on his screen and is just blindly clicking around. You should expect to be sued by him for the dupe soon.
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Would you like to visit the vestiges of our various vertical views?
We're probably now the second-largest MMORPG operating that was built in the US right now, you know, built in North America/Europe.
Did I miss another war or something?
This is just paving the way for the release of MS-IP. "See, IPv6 doesn't work. But hey, we have a solution that does work(tm)!"
"2^32 unique addresses ought to be enough for anybody."
It is enough for anybody. The problem is that it's not enough for everybody.
What size are business cards in the rest of the world?
Actualy if you search for "DRM" on /. you get Manny simular results.
Who's Manny?