I was asked to write an application which my firm could use as a helpdesk tool I created the core of the application so that using a mouse was not necessary - using alpha-numeric menu's etc. Whilst this took a bit more thought and a bit more design the application works like a dream (if I do say so myself!) The staff who use it rarely need to access any other applications - and so data entry is so much quicker than their old application which relied on click and point drop down menu's etc. Some new starters find it a pain to get used to - but overall I think that it allows much more data to be entered in a shorter space of time - with increased accuracy. The reporting side was far more complex - and needs a mouse to be used - but aside from that it works well and is much quicker.
Hi - you need to look at BDD2007 - a solution from Microsoft which actually works - Layered Images which work very very well - Have seen it used (ok at a Microsoft Meeting so it was going to work) and it looks excellent - especially if you have a good solid infrastructure - the images which you can deploy and create using WAIK are intelligent and work exceptionally well.
ok - so how much does it cost to purchase and install 65,000 $39 video cards? - sure about 2.5 mil just to buy them - however its much easier to buy new hardware and not have to worry that in 6months time people will start complaining about memory / processor / disk space etc and it all needs replacing anyway!
me too - Aero is the least important feature as far as I am concerned - most of the management in my company have brand spanking new hardware anyway and instead of feeding back on performance of applications the just go on about how nice it looks on their new Tablet Laptop! whilst they enjoy watching their stocks and share prices rising in the sidebar:) they are so far removed from the end users that they cannot understand why other people are complaining that its slow to boot and work with - we are looking at refreshing the vast majority of our estate to enable us to deploy vista - which will not be cheap or painless - keeps me in employment though:)
The Company I work for try to bunch together new joiners and run a full 1 day computer introduction training session in one of our dedicated training rooms, on their second day (with first day being the usual this is your team, this is the fire regs etc). New Joiners get the benefit of meeting other people starting at the same time as them - and then get the run through on how our systems work - with more structured training for specific applications they may have to use carried out later that week. Its fairly informal but also gives us the chance to go properly through our computer use policy etc. we are finding that fewer people need these intro's as time progresses, however you still get the odd person who is mystified by the whole thing.
There is a wind farm just off the coast where I live - and as u bird friendly as this may sound - we have noticed a distinct drop in the number of seagulls in the area - a good side effect of wind farms.. I say yes..
Is this not the Tech equivalent of having LCD tv screens in the headrests of your back seats? - a la all the celebs you see on Cribs!.. "yeah I had the 10" lcd's put in the headrests so people behind me in traffic know how gangster I am"
What is pushing you to Study in the US anyway? - I admit that some Schools in the UK are pretty poor - and the standard of Graduates which we see for interview is sometimes pretty shocking - however you should be able to get a decent course in the UK without going through all this.
As an aside - my daughter just had to do SAT tests, these are something which the UK is adopting for kids in primary school - it won't be long before they are more widely used.
I work for a large company who provides this type of service - we typically charge $40 per month per desktop / laptop which allows us to pay a 3rd Party Hardware maintainer for HW Break Fix and still make money, and we do most of the Software Break Fix remotely. We work 8am - 6pm but can work outside of this on a T&M basis (I think it averages out at around $70 - 80 per hour)
However - we only really take on clients with 2000 items to be supported - however the figures probably dont alter that much to still make money with smaller clients. We do however where possible offer reduced rates to clients who make use of policies to make sure that users can't screw up machines.
The set price per month is handy to ensure that your income is pretty even throughout the year.
"People love laying blame on ONE thing as the cause of something. The game isn't at fault, but it may have been somewhat of a contributing factor. I know when I used to play some of those cockpit racing games at a Dave and Buster's, when I got in my car it felt a little weird. Gamers want to say that games have no impact on what a person does, but I think they do. So do movies, music, advertisements, etc. If they had no impact, then these things wouldn't exist."
your right - movies have this effect too - after I watched a load of porno one night I desperatly wanted to bang 2 Swedish Lesbians..
damn. Media is having an effect on the way I think..
Wow your so cool.. you throw in those nice alternate browser references nice and early on - sure to be modded insightful. Your comment was a waste of energy - it was an IE fix - and everyone here.. even the editors know that you don't have that problem unless your running windows..
idiot.
What I think was being driven at here - is that your average user doesnt want to Edit a Conf file any more than they want to use regedit for that matter. - they want to go to the control panel (or its equivalent) and select - use TCP/IP or turn off sleep when I close the laptop lid etc. I live with XP because to be honest - it works for what I need it to. I could use Linux at work - however it takes a lot more messing around to do some of the same tasks. when I have left my windows laptop at home - I use a Linux Laptop at work - I can still do what I need to - buts it takes a little longer.
No not Holland.. Just had my Stag do in Amsterdam! - was hoping to visit it every year on a Stag Do reunion... never been to a better place for a blokes weekend... although some of the males in my wife's family would appear to have only enjoyed the ladies in Windows.. which you can get in Manchester if you know where to look.. the whole Amsterdam experiance was wasted on them - they spent the whole weekend getting blowjobs of women dressed as School girls! (a little wierd for my liking) where as my friends and I enjoyed more of the greenery.
I agree..
The kids who work at these store all dress the same - they think that they bring something unique to the store and fashion in general - go to the next Independant record shop down the road and there is a clone dressed in the same outfit.. unless they make their own clothes (which to be fair some of them may - they look badly made enough!)
I agree.. My Grandmother uses Windows ME - which in my opinion is absolute rubbish - she asked me to get her on the internet with it - and I just thought that it would be a disaster - so I installed Fedora Core on her machine - it works fine - she is no hardcore Windows Fan - so she just accepted it almost as if it was a Microsoft OS. My nephew bitched a bit about it becase he can no longer play Hitman 2 on her pc!.. although as he is only 8 I think I was doing his parents a favor!
I have 2 computers at home - plus my works laptop. The one which the Kids use has Fedora on it and they use it with no problems - I though they get enougher exposure to MS products at school to be familiar with it - so using Linux at home gives them an extra insight into computers and Operating systems. When they are old enough to go to college I will let them pick what they want and then purchase the rquired hardware for them. I expect my daughter to pick the latest Linux distro, although my son will probably opt for Windows for the gaming.. either way Linux wins as both my kids are experianced with the OS.
I spent some time working at a UK Gov site - their patching was so bad that when we were due to tidy it all up - they sent one of their Health and Safety bods down to look at the working environment and he dictated that no 1 person was to be in the room on their own at any 1 time.. at all points there had to be 2 of us in there... not sure if it was because of the danger of electricution (which was high) or the fact that you could get tangled up in the cat5 and never escape.
I cant keep up with all these fashion choices - I am on 56k dial up and as soon as I download a new Distro ISO then everyone stops using it - will I ever get off Windows 95? Damn..
Do people in US Jail get access to the Internet? just wondering if there are any Blogs out there from people who are actually inside prison at the time of writing - in the UK you are not allowed internet access - however there are computers.
Good post - I agree - we put in 5 cabs of Dell servers for a client - they have been thrilled with both the performance and the support that they have received from Dell (plus the nice blue lights make the server room look cool)
Dell works well for the business - and looks after the business - and I know that when the kit becomes obsolete or they need more - they will go straight back to Dell and buy more.
Do you not think that daft posters are a bit childish too - "Hasta la Vista Vista" ? This will be like watching 2 monkey's throwing poo at each other when your at the zoo.
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I was asked to write an application which my firm could use as a helpdesk tool I created the core of the application so that using a mouse was not necessary - using alpha-numeric menu's etc. Whilst this took a bit more thought and a bit more design the application works like a dream (if I do say so myself!) The staff who use it rarely need to access any other applications - and so data entry is so much quicker than their old application which relied on click and point drop down menu's etc. Some new starters find it a pain to get used to - but overall I think that it allows much more data to be entered in a shorter space of time - with increased accuracy. The reporting side was far more complex - and needs a mouse to be used - but aside from that it works well and is much quicker.
Hi - you need to look at BDD2007 - a solution from Microsoft which actually works - Layered Images which work very very well - Have seen it used (ok at a Microsoft Meeting so it was going to work) and it looks excellent - especially if you have a good solid infrastructure - the images which you can deploy and create using WAIK are intelligent and work exceptionally well.
ok - so how much does it cost to purchase and install 65,000 $39 video cards? - sure about 2.5 mil just to buy them - however its much easier to buy new hardware and not have to worry that in 6months time people will start complaining about memory / processor / disk space etc and it all needs replacing anyway!
me too - Aero is the least important feature as far as I am concerned - most of the management in my company have brand spanking new hardware anyway and instead of feeding back on performance of applications the just go on about how nice it looks on their new Tablet Laptop! whilst they enjoy watching their stocks and share prices rising in the sidebar :) they are so far removed from the end users that they cannot understand why other people are complaining that its slow to boot and work with - we are looking at refreshing the vast majority of our estate to enable us to deploy vista - which will not be cheap or painless - keeps me in employment though :)
These ARE Brits we're talking about here. Much too polite for a flamewar I think
You think??..
Fuck you prick... where is the polite in that?
hahaha - there goes my karma.
The Company I work for try to bunch together new joiners and run a full 1 day computer introduction training session in one of our dedicated training rooms, on their second day (with first day being the usual this is your team, this is the fire regs etc). New Joiners get the benefit of meeting other people starting at the same time as them - and then get the run through on how our systems work - with more structured training for specific applications they may have to use carried out later that week. Its fairly informal but also gives us the chance to go properly through our computer use policy etc. we are finding that fewer people need these intro's as time progresses, however you still get the odd person who is mystified by the whole thing.
There is a wind farm just off the coast where I live - and as u bird friendly as this may sound - we have noticed a distinct drop in the number of seagulls in the area - a good side effect of wind farms.. I say yes..
Is this not the Tech equivalent of having LCD tv screens in the headrests of your back seats? - a la all the celebs you see on Cribs!.. "yeah I had the 10" lcd's put in the headrests so people behind me in traffic know how gangster I am"
What is pushing you to Study in the US anyway? - I admit that some Schools in the UK are pretty poor - and the standard of Graduates which we see for interview is sometimes pretty shocking - however you should be able to get a decent course in the UK without going through all this. As an aside - my daughter just had to do SAT tests, these are something which the UK is adopting for kids in primary school - it won't be long before they are more widely used.
I work for a large company who provides this type of service - we typically charge $40 per month per desktop / laptop which allows us to pay a 3rd Party Hardware maintainer for HW Break Fix and still make money, and we do most of the Software Break Fix remotely. We work 8am - 6pm but can work outside of this on a T&M basis (I think it averages out at around $70 - 80 per hour) However - we only really take on clients with 2000 items to be supported - however the figures probably dont alter that much to still make money with smaller clients. We do however where possible offer reduced rates to clients who make use of policies to make sure that users can't screw up machines. The set price per month is handy to ensure that your income is pretty even throughout the year.
"People love laying blame on ONE thing as the cause of something. The game isn't at fault, but it may have been somewhat of a contributing factor. I know when I used to play some of those cockpit racing games at a Dave and Buster's, when I got in my car it felt a little weird. Gamers want to say that games have no impact on what a person does, but I think they do. So do movies, music, advertisements, etc. If they had no impact, then these things wouldn't exist."
your right - movies have this effect too - after I watched a load of porno one night I desperatly wanted to bang 2 Swedish Lesbians.. damn. Media is having an effect on the way I think..
Wow your so cool.. you throw in those nice alternate browser references nice and early on - sure to be modded insightful. Your comment was a waste of energy - it was an IE fix - and everyone here.. even the editors know that you don't have that problem unless your running windows.. idiot.
I am guessing he was being sarcastic. but hey.. maybe I am wrong.. wouldnt be the first time.
What I think was being driven at here - is that your average user doesnt want to Edit a Conf file any more than they want to use regedit for that matter. - they want to go to the control panel (or its equivalent) and select - use TCP/IP or turn off sleep when I close the laptop lid etc. I live with XP because to be honest - it works for what I need it to. I could use Linux at work - however it takes a lot more messing around to do some of the same tasks. when I have left my windows laptop at home - I use a Linux Laptop at work - I can still do what I need to - buts it takes a little longer.
This says all you need to know about agent orange http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-02/0 5/content_303315.htm
No not Holland.. Just had my Stag do in Amsterdam! - was hoping to visit it every year on a Stag Do reunion... never been to a better place for a blokes weekend... although some of the males in my wife's family would appear to have only enjoyed the ladies in Windows.. which you can get in Manchester if you know where to look.. the whole Amsterdam experiance was wasted on them - they spent the whole weekend getting blowjobs of women dressed as School girls! (a little wierd for my liking) where as my friends and I enjoyed more of the greenery.
I agree.. The kids who work at these store all dress the same - they think that they bring something unique to the store and fashion in general - go to the next Independant record shop down the road and there is a clone dressed in the same outfit.. unless they make their own clothes (which to be fair some of them may - they look badly made enough!)
I agree.. My Grandmother uses Windows ME - which in my opinion is absolute rubbish - she asked me to get her on the internet with it - and I just thought that it would be a disaster - so I installed Fedora Core on her machine - it works fine - she is no hardcore Windows Fan - so she just accepted it almost as if it was a Microsoft OS. My nephew bitched a bit about it becase he can no longer play Hitman 2 on her pc!.. although as he is only 8 I think I was doing his parents a favor! I have 2 computers at home - plus my works laptop. The one which the Kids use has Fedora on it and they use it with no problems - I though they get enougher exposure to MS products at school to be familiar with it - so using Linux at home gives them an extra insight into computers and Operating systems. When they are old enough to go to college I will let them pick what they want and then purchase the rquired hardware for them. I expect my daughter to pick the latest Linux distro, although my son will probably opt for Windows for the gaming.. either way Linux wins as both my kids are experianced with the OS.
I spent some time working at a UK Gov site - their patching was so bad that when we were due to tidy it all up - they sent one of their Health and Safety bods down to look at the working environment and he dictated that no 1 person was to be in the room on their own at any 1 time.. at all points there had to be 2 of us in there... not sure if it was because of the danger of electricution (which was high) or the fact that you could get tangled up in the cat5 and never escape.
They could use my sponge - its in the shape of a foot and is blue
I cant keep up with all these fashion choices - I am on 56k dial up and as soon as I download a new Distro ISO then everyone stops using it - will I ever get off Windows 95? Damn..
Yep - Microsoft and Dell in the same post - be careful - you could experiance the full wrath of the /. crowd =)
Do people in US Jail get access to the Internet? just wondering if there are any Blogs out there from people who are actually inside prison at the time of writing - in the UK you are not allowed internet access - however there are computers.
Good post - I agree - we put in 5 cabs of Dell servers for a client - they have been thrilled with both the performance and the support that they have received from Dell (plus the nice blue lights make the server room look cool) Dell works well for the business - and looks after the business - and I know that when the kit becomes obsolete or they need more - they will go straight back to Dell and buy more.
Do you not think that daft posters are a bit childish too - "Hasta la Vista Vista" ? This will be like watching 2 monkey's throwing poo at each other when your at the zoo.