I think calling Microsoft tech support is a bad idea for anyone with any clue what they're doing.
They're apparently soo used to people who have no idea what they're doing, that when someone who knows exactly what they want to know calls they're immedialtey considered a pirate.
I was treated like a pirate and couldn't make it past the guy who routes your call, even though I had an unopened Windows XP box and the reciept for it from Office Depot sitting on the desk next to me.
The ad was terrible, I've seen fast food training videos and highschool science tapes that were more interesting.
The "call center accent" is going to turn off a lot of people in the US.
The "Allows you to say whatever you want to whoever you want how ever you want" just introduces the "fuck you faggot I run Linux so I can do what I want" Eric Cartman stereotype that extends the already assholish perception a lot of non-technical people have of Linux.
All this ad does is jerk off existing Linux users, there's nothing in it that appeals to new blood.
Don't get me wrong, I've got 4 computers at home with Linux on them, but the reason Linux isn't doing well on netbooks is that netbooks are no longer only for business people and Linux SUCKS for the desktop.
You can call me a troll if you want, but I routinely have problems with multimedia. I had to update my own codecs for simple stuff, something I never had to do on Windows. I can't even use my Netflix accounts instant viewing because of lax Silverlight support. I routinely have problems with the Flash player online, youtube and Google Analytics are the only sites I can count on working 100% of the time.
I have problems with Google earth, new browsers (Chrome for instance) and just generally can't use the software everyone is talking about without a days wirth of tinkering.
As an administrator it brings me peace of mind to get my hands dirty, but as just a computer user I don't want to fuck around with any of that crap.
"Open Source", as nice as it is for learning, will prevent Linux from ever doing well on devices heavily used for multimedia and general usage because of the "Damn hippies" mentality around it. Multimedia on Linux is like if a crack dealer opened a free methadone clinic in their city.
In the beginning stronger men just slept with women any time they wanted, but eventually other weaker men figured out they could team up with the women to fight off the stronger man. Woman were happy not to be forced to have sex with the stronger men on a whim and agreed to have sex with weaker men in exchange for continuing to team up with them against the stronger men.
It's like pee from a pool, man, and there ain't no way for MS to empty the pool and refill.
Why empty the pool when you can just add chemicals that bind to the non-water elements of pee to make them float to the surface where your filter can get rid of them ?
I'd have no reason to doubt it. When I lived in Shalimar Florida someone robbed the bank that's right across the street from the police department with a shotgun and weren't caught for as long as I lived there.
Does he want the computer, or the totla investment to last 10-15 years ?
My dad had a computer similar to the one described that he paid $2,200 for. Assuming this guy did the same and is now thinking it's going to cost another $2,000+, you could probably get a decent business machine with no OS for something like $500 then put Ubuntu on it to last at least 5 years, and place the other $1,500 in a bank CD or something.
I'll support us destroying our nuclear stockpile just as soon as I have 100% assurance that the rest of the nuclear-equipped nations are doing the same, simultaneously.
Are you sure that's a good idea ?
That would probably be a pretty big boom.
Tie a bomb to a platform in the middle of nowhere and it's not a problem, place the only ATM in town on that same platform and tie a bomb to it when everyone depends on it, you do have a problem.
Wind trubines are expensive, so are Navy vessles. The problem is that in order to guard these expensive turbines we have to take time and money to build ships considering the whole surounded by water thing. Pirates and terrorists can just steal more ships. We're clearly at a disadvantage by putting something we depend on as much as electricity plants in the middle of nowhere.
Assume someone normally produces 100 widgets. a 9% increase in productivity would mean 109 widgets.
Even with the extra 9 widgets, if you've been screwing off for 20% of the time you're only producing 80 widgets, or 89 with the increased productivity.
Wouldn't it be easier to put everyone in a chemically induced coma, hook them up to waste tubes, and feed them intraveinously. Schedule the coma to wear off a few weeks to a month before they're scheduled to arive.
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I think calling Microsoft tech support is a bad idea for anyone with any clue what they're doing.
They're apparently soo used to people who have no idea what they're doing, that when someone who knows exactly what they want to know calls they're immedialtey considered a pirate.
I was treated like a pirate and couldn't make it past the guy who routes your call, even though I had an unopened Windows XP box and the reciept for it from Office Depot sitting on the desk next to me.
The ad was terrible, I've seen fast food training videos and highschool science tapes that were more interesting.
The "call center accent" is going to turn off a lot of people in the US.
The "Allows you to say whatever you want to whoever you want how ever you want" just introduces the "fuck you faggot I run Linux so I can do what I want" Eric Cartman stereotype that extends the already assholish perception a lot of non-technical people have of Linux.
All this ad does is jerk off existing Linux users, there's nothing in it that appeals to new blood.
Don't get me wrong, I've got 4 computers at home with Linux on them, but the reason Linux isn't doing well on netbooks is that netbooks are no longer only for business people and Linux SUCKS for the desktop.
You can call me a troll if you want, but I routinely have problems with multimedia. I had to update my own codecs for simple stuff, something I never had to do on Windows. I can't even use my Netflix accounts instant viewing because of lax Silverlight support. I routinely have problems with the Flash player online, youtube and Google Analytics are the only sites I can count on working 100% of the time.
I have problems with Google earth, new browsers (Chrome for instance) and just generally can't use the software everyone is talking about without a days wirth of tinkering.
As an administrator it brings me peace of mind to get my hands dirty, but as just a computer user I don't want to fuck around with any of that crap.
"Open Source", as nice as it is for learning, will prevent Linux from ever doing well on devices heavily used for multimedia and general usage because of the "Damn hippies" mentality around it. Multimedia on Linux is like if a crack dealer opened a free methadone clinic in their city.
In the beginning stronger men just slept with women any time they wanted, but eventually other weaker men figured out they could team up with the women to fight off the stronger man. Woman were happy not to be forced to have sex with the stronger men on a whim and agreed to have sex with weaker men in exchange for continuing to team up with them against the stronger men.
I couldn't tell you how many times I've went to use a phonebook or reference manual and tried to flip through to the search page.
Crap, I screwed up the link somehow. That's "...consisting of the highest paid players in baseball,..."
That's roughly $6.34 each second.
If you tried to put together a single 9 man team consisting of the , it wouldn't be enough to pay them to finish the season.
With the US economy in the toilet, counterfiting is probably skyrocketing, at least in the US.
If people are reading your content at Google News instead of at your site, what does it matter if you're pissing off readers ?
Sometimes it's better to just step out and cut your loses than to worry about whether you're pissing anyone off.
That's what she said !
Good point.
Ship captains might shrug it off with a "It's only an icebug, nothing to worry about" oblivious to the danger.
Sneaky bastards.
Why empty the pool when you can just add chemicals that bind to the non-water elements of pee to make them float to the surface where your filter can get rid of them ?
Dude, do you always suck that bad at telling jokes ?
Are we even sure these are actually rockets ?
Given how much Kim likes to party these could just be really big fireworks.
I'd have no reason to doubt it. When I lived in Shalimar Florida someone robbed the bank that's right across the street from the police department with a shotgun and weren't caught for as long as I lived there.
Does he want the computer, or the totla investment to last 10-15 years ?
My dad had a computer similar to the one described that he paid $2,200 for. Assuming this guy did the same and is now thinking it's going to cost another $2,000+, you could probably get a decent business machine with no OS for something like $500 then put Ubuntu on it to last at least 5 years, and place the other $1,500 in a bank CD or something.
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Are you sure that's a good idea ?
That would probably be a pretty big boom.
Tie a bomb to a platform in the middle of nowhere and it's not a problem, place the only ATM in town on that same platform and tie a bomb to it when everyone depends on it, you do have a problem.
Wind trubines are expensive, so are Navy vessles. The problem is that in order to guard these expensive turbines we have to take time and money to build ships considering the whole surounded by water thing. Pirates and terrorists can just steal more ships. We're clearly at a disadvantage by putting something we depend on as much as electricity plants in the middle of nowhere.
So how much is it going to cost for the Navy to guard these things 24/7 ?
It would be a shame for pirates to hold our power plants hostage, or terrorists to destroy them.
I have a strange feeling tree pussy doesn't mean what I think it does.
Assume someone normally produces 100 widgets. a 9% increase in productivity would mean 109 widgets.
Even with the extra 9 widgets, if you've been screwing off for 20% of the time you're only producing 80 widgets, or 89 with the increased productivity.
Get back to work, slackers.
That, and Drunken Doughnuts.
I must be the only one who barely gets any spam. The run-of-the-mill gmail filter has been working for me perfect for what seems like years now.
Wouldn't it be easier to put everyone in a chemically induced coma, hook them up to waste tubes, and feed them intraveinously. Schedule the coma to wear off a few weeks to a month before they're scheduled to arive.