The simple explanation is that a.) It was being used for business and b.) They were being generous to help out a friend.
I did a quick search of office space rentals in Cali and a 500 sq. ft. space was roughly $1,750. They might have been getting a deal. (Hot tub, etc...) I didn't actually search in the area that they were in (all those stupid sites require registration.) so really my suggestion is merely a theory.
"do you really think this is Comcast, or some jerk rep that's trying to meet his quota or make an extra few $ on commission!"
That's a good point. I've worked a couple of sales jobs and I've heard similar stories of over-zealous reps. Still, though, Comcast shouldn't allow this to happen. Sad thing is, I cannot picture just calling them and having them go "oh.. okay! we'll send out a memo!" and having the problem disappear. A good old fashioned PR black-eye could do wonders.
So... to answer your question about why this post made it through, I'd say it's a good thing, even in the case of somebody stooping to lows to meet his quota. Companies shouldn't look the other way when this sort of sales tactic is used.
"And I care about movie interactivity why? It's a friggin movie for crying out loud."
Depends on what features are added. I've had DVDs that had some interesting commentaries, for example. The Muppets in Space movie had a neat little gag where it had MST3K'ish chars in the front making comments. The Star Trek DVDs had little blippy 'facts' about the art direction in the shows byh Michael Okuda. (Although why that was some flashy thing with graphics instead of simple text is beyond me...)
Interactive doesn't just mean they can play Dragon's Lair. Conversely, it doesn't necessarily mean only good will come from it. Heh.
"This gets modded down to troll? It certainly helps prove the point that the people posting articles in the games section have a serious hard-on to rip on Sony."
Actually I thought it proved the point that not everybody feels that bad news for Sony is always FUD.
"Why do you say that? They can head over to WalMart and buy a new replacement copy of XP Home for only about $100."
Though I agree with the sentiment of the rest of your post, having to re-purchase the OS you already have a license for is pretty low. Toshiba pissed me off with this. I bought an M-200 TabletPC. The optical drive was an extra $250 and I didn't spring for it. A year later, XP was a little overwhelmed and I wanted to re-install. Instead of just giving me an XP TabletPC edition disc, they packing in a restore DVD that's really an encrypted ghost file. I couldn't extract the image on my desktop machine. The disc would ONLY respond if it could detect that I was running on Toshiba hardware. ARGH. I don't know why they felt the need to encrypt it. I could have extracted the image and copied it over the network. But nooOOOooo.
I ended up downloading an ISO of XP Tablet and installing it that way. Amusingly the auto-registration barfed and I had to actually call Microsoft to get the unlock #. Of course, if I had paid the $250 for the drive...
It pissed me off. I'm sure I raised a red flag with Microsoft somewhere, the guy on the phone wasn't too thrilled about giving me a number.
In any event, no, I don't agree with that particular line of reasoning you provided. Back in the good 'ol days, when you purchased a computer with Windows, you also recieved a Windows disc. You've paid the Microsoft tax, you shouldn't have to pay for it again.
Hmm.. this is a toughie. I wouldn't advise being sneaky. It was suggested earlier that you let him fail. That's risky. Failures cost money, and if it can be proven you could have prevented that loss, your ass could be in the line of fire. A more subtle approach would be to raise the visiblity of your contributions. If, for example, you need to purchase equipment, maybe create a diagram of the equipment and put your name on it. Then pass it around. Maybe even print a big copy of it and hang it on your wall. That may not be a great suggestion, but hopefully you get the idea. That doesn't solve the problem of getting your boss replaced, but hopefully it helps with the credit part of it. Who knows, maybe somebody'll see what you suggested, and when something doesn't go right, they'll remember that a different solution was proposed and ignored?
Well, I dunno. I wish I knew more specifics about your job and what your boss is failing in. These things happen. Maybe it's the sort of thing a little more communication would help with. I mean, if you became buddy buddy with him and got to where you could converse informally, maybe over time you two could build trust with each other. From there you could get him to realize the problem and either learn how to cope or maybe hire an extra person to help him out. It's hard to say. I agree with your view about not wanting to rat him out, though. Sometimes it's necesary to do that, but exhaust your other options first.
"I think you're missing the sarcasm when people say "Apple Quality(tm)".
I was mod-bombed to the point of being banned once because I pointed out a scenario where Apple's hold on the market prevented an interesting feature from being added to the iPod. I get your point though, I shouldn't generalize because of a few noisy people.
I'm not saying it's not. Not even Apple with their golden reputation has been able to avoid production problems. Allow me to quote the immortal Forrest Gump: Shit happens.
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Let's all welcome Haile's first post on Slashdot!
"No one is going to call it that. I feel silly saying "Wii," but "SixAxis" is just plain unpronouncable."
I can get you close. Think long and hard about Sony executives, then just say six asses. It just rolls off the tongue!
"$1700 seems steep, even for today's standards."
The simple explanation is that a.) It was being used for business and b.) They were being generous to help out a friend.
I did a quick search of office space rentals in Cali and a 500 sq. ft. space was roughly $1,750. They might have been getting a deal. (Hot tub, etc...) I didn't actually search in the area that they were in (all those stupid sites require registration.) so really my suggestion is merely a theory.
"Male or female?"
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
"do you really think this is Comcast, or some jerk rep that's trying to meet his quota or make an extra few $ on commission!"
That's a good point. I've worked a couple of sales jobs and I've heard similar stories of over-zealous reps. Still, though, Comcast shouldn't allow this to happen. Sad thing is, I cannot picture just calling them and having them go "oh.. okay! we'll send out a memo!" and having the problem disappear. A good old fashioned PR black-eye could do wonders.
So... to answer your question about why this post made it through, I'd say it's a good thing, even in the case of somebody stooping to lows to meet his quota. Companies shouldn't look the other way when this sort of sales tactic is used.
"But can you reverse the angular momentum of polaritrons in order to counteract a magneton beam?"
It's like filling a ballon until it pops!
Hey baby... like my shiny Commander's pips?
"And I care about movie interactivity why? It's a friggin movie for crying out loud."
Depends on what features are added. I've had DVDs that had some interesting commentaries, for example. The Muppets in Space movie had a neat little gag where it had MST3K'ish chars in the front making comments. The Star Trek DVDs had little blippy 'facts' about the art direction in the shows byh Michael Okuda. (Although why that was some flashy thing with graphics instead of simple text is beyond me...)
Interactive doesn't just mean they can play Dragon's Lair. Conversely, it doesn't necessarily mean only good will come from it. Heh.
"Illegally using a monopoly position to expand into other markets."
Illegal because...?
You expect massive numbers of people to suddenly stop buying computers?
" Really, is there any way that technology has enhanced your web experience for the better?"
.GIFs.
On the CG forums I visit people frequently show animated how-to's using animated
Does it do on-line play? If so, does that help your impression at all?
p.s. Sorry to hear about the hospital visit, I know those are unpleasant.
"Don't get me wrong... teleportation, flight, invulnerability, etc... all okay. But a hot girl using linux on the desktop? Yeah, right!"
*fap fap fap*
oo! And there's a hot chick using it!
*FAP FAP FAP*
That one had a picture on the cover of an offended alien pointing at a book titled "How to Cook for Forty Humans".
"Only if you want free ads..."
Opera isn't ad supported.
"This gets modded down to troll? It certainly helps prove the point that the people posting articles in the games section have a serious hard-on to rip on Sony."
Actually I thought it proved the point that not everybody feels that bad news for Sony is always FUD.
"Why do you say that? They can head over to WalMart and buy a new replacement copy of XP Home for only about $100."
Though I agree with the sentiment of the rest of your post, having to re-purchase the OS you already have a license for is pretty low. Toshiba pissed me off with this. I bought an M-200 TabletPC. The optical drive was an extra $250 and I didn't spring for it. A year later, XP was a little overwhelmed and I wanted to re-install. Instead of just giving me an XP TabletPC edition disc, they packing in a restore DVD that's really an encrypted ghost file. I couldn't extract the image on my desktop machine. The disc would ONLY respond if it could detect that I was running on Toshiba hardware. ARGH. I don't know why they felt the need to encrypt it. I could have extracted the image and copied it over the network. But nooOOOooo.
I ended up downloading an ISO of XP Tablet and installing it that way. Amusingly the auto-registration barfed and I had to actually call Microsoft to get the unlock #. Of course, if I had paid the $250 for the drive...
It pissed me off. I'm sure I raised a red flag with Microsoft somewhere, the guy on the phone wasn't too thrilled about giving me a number.
In any event, no, I don't agree with that particular line of reasoning you provided. Back in the good 'ol days, when you purchased a computer with Windows, you also recieved a Windows disc. You've paid the Microsoft tax, you shouldn't have to pay for it again.
Hmm.. this is a toughie. I wouldn't advise being sneaky. It was suggested earlier that you let him fail. That's risky. Failures cost money, and if it can be proven you could have prevented that loss, your ass could be in the line of fire. A more subtle approach would be to raise the visiblity of your contributions. If, for example, you need to purchase equipment, maybe create a diagram of the equipment and put your name on it. Then pass it around. Maybe even print a big copy of it and hang it on your wall. That may not be a great suggestion, but hopefully you get the idea. That doesn't solve the problem of getting your boss replaced, but hopefully it helps with the credit part of it. Who knows, maybe somebody'll see what you suggested, and when something doesn't go right, they'll remember that a different solution was proposed and ignored?
Well, I dunno. I wish I knew more specifics about your job and what your boss is failing in. These things happen. Maybe it's the sort of thing a little more communication would help with. I mean, if you became buddy buddy with him and got to where you could converse informally, maybe over time you two could build trust with each other. From there you could get him to realize the problem and either learn how to cope or maybe hire an extra person to help him out. It's hard to say. I agree with your view about not wanting to rat him out, though. Sometimes it's necesary to do that, but exhaust your other options first.
"Now that's one nice word they've come up with, to distinguish the two categories of battery found in laptops. ;-)"
When they fix this problem, laptop batteries will have a warning sticker that says 'inexplodable'.
"if he was masturbating and his cock also exploded?"
Not if he's a mobo-sexual.
"This too shall pass, in the end."
Did you know these robots were voice controlled? Piece of advice: Don't use the word "Armageddon" before the operation is over.
"I think you're missing the sarcasm when people say "Apple Quality(tm)".
I was mod-bombed to the point of being banned once because I pointed out a scenario where Apple's hold on the market prevented an interesting feature from being added to the iPod. I get your point though, I shouldn't generalize because of a few noisy people.
I'm not saying it's not. Not even Apple with their golden reputation has been able to avoid production problems. Allow me to quote the immortal Forrest Gump: Shit happens.
Welcome to Earth. Beware of exploding laptop batteries and consoles you have to lay upside-down. Enjoy your stay!
"Yeah, because all of my power supplies melt!"
You're looking at that comment from the wrong end of the telescope. They meant that of all the machines released, only x% failed.
I suppose that could have been a joke, but regarding MS around here, it's hard to tell.
"If by "guilty pleasures" you mean jacking it to man-on-man pornos while refreshing slashdot in another tab, well ALL ABOARD THE SLASHDOT EXPRESS!"
Speak for yourself. I visit Digg, too!