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- RTFM
- (Read The F***ing Manual) The last resort when having a hardware or software problem! Of course, this is a sad but true state of affairs. Most people...
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- I reply to your "I don't RTFM" TalkBacks
- I reply to your "I don't RTFM" TalkBacksAnd that is why Linux will never make a good Desktop OS.;-)ExcellentAs a man I never read manuals.This problem - requiring manuals - is one of the biggest things holding back Open Source, Software as Services, even the Net in general.Thanks Russell.yeah... we're...
- Tags: RTFM
- Discussion threads 2006-02-03
- I reply to your "I don't RTFM" TalkBacks
- Yesterday, I wrote a post entitled "Sorry, Tech Companies Of The World, I Don't RTFM." Politely expressed, RTFM could be taken to mean, Read The Foolin' Manual."Tech support types everywhere use the term to describe callers and customers who ask dumb questions because they haven't taken the time to...
- Tags: Don't RTFM
- Blog posts 2006-02-03
- Sorry, tech companies of the world: I don't "RTFM"
- Sorry, tech companies of the world: I don't "RTFM"I do read the manual.And people like you pay me $85/hour to explain how things work.This is dumbWhile I do agree that you should not have major problems installing new software or hardware I do think you come off as whinny and...
- Tags: RTFM
- Discussion threads 2006-02-02
- Sorry, tech companies of the world: I don't "RTFM"
- Every time I come back from my local consumer electronics retailer and come back with a new digitoy, there's a thick user's manual inside.And ever time I download and either unzip or execute some new software, there's a Read Me file therein.Many is the occasion that I try to...
- Tags: RTFM
- Blog posts 2006-02-02
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- Does HIMSS hate open source?
- Does HIMSS hate open source?Our Health Care System is Broken in So Many Ways.I have no doubts that before our Health Care system is fixed if it ever will be, a million years in life will be lost. What a horrible waste. I would rather not be a...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, open source, Does HIMSS
- Discussion threads 2008-09-27
- Grab yourself a 64GB solid-state drive for $99
- Grab yourself a 64GB solid-state drive for $99Comments are lousyI looked through some of the comments at the Newegg site and they are pretty uniformly negative. Apparently the drive has a lot of problems.hoops?The only hoops I ever run into are the norm: you must have bought it in...
- Tags: UPC, original
- Discussion threads 2008-09-18
- Ultimate Steal spreads across the pond: Vista Ultimate included
- Ultimate Steal spreads across the pond: Vista Ultimate includedYou really lose a lot of clout...When you become so emptional that you resort to using grade-school words - such as calling people who don't take advantage of these offers "idiots".You then end, what was a rather informative article with terms like...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), pond, Ultimate Steal, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- Google Chrome: Steal this browser
- Google Chrome: Steal this browserMemory Usage not commendableFirefox 3 uses lesser memory than Google Chrome. The base browser itself uses about 75MB and with 5 tabs opened, the total memory usage is around 200MB. Firefox with the same number of tabs is less than 100MB. Makes me wonder how efficient...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Web browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Linux laptop, make or buy?
- Linux laptop, make or buy?The answer may simply be[i]I sort of expected a vendor representative to write and offer a unit, but that did not happen. This may tell more about the state of this market than anything else[/i].Maybe they simply had not read your blog? :)RE: Linux laptop, make...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux laptop, Linux, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Rage against Adrian
- Rage against AdrianWell ...[i].. calling your colleague a dumbass violates this forums rules.[/i]When you constantly shill for Microsoft this could be interpreted as posting "advertisements" which also violate forum rules since you are offering a service to advocate a product. Does Microsoft pay well? Many here would like to know....
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Adrian, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- How Linux app install leaves one PC expert befuddled
- Adrian, you dumb arse! At least that was my initial reaction when I read his "Linux's dirty little secret" column about his struggles with installing applications onto a Linux distro. It was either the Linux Geek rage originating from the knowing that he didn't Read the Fine...
- Tags: Ubuntu, PC, VMware Inc., Tool, Adrian, VMWare Tools, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Productivity, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- My kid hates Linux too! (so what?)
- My kid hates Linux too! (so what?)Message has been deleted.My kid hates Linux too! (so what?)My completely nonsensical 15 year-old daughter whines about the fact that all the machines in the house run Linux. I laugh....she'll get over it. Else, she can buy/build her own machine....learn to maintain it....alone....while...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-04-15
- (Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)
- (Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)Physical CompressionWe see the diameter of the cable at the surface. What diameter is it when it reaches the depth of 3 miles?RE: (Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)Always amazes me what one will do to get High Speed Internet to have that High Speed Porn.RE:...
- Tags: Network technology, cable, Internet, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- I've been fired!
- I've been fired!He did say at the end :"I know this: yesterday wasn’t April fool’s - and tomorrow maybe somebody will think this is funny - but right now it’s about 1:15 in the morning and come 8:30 - I’ll be on the phone to the lawyers."Yes, smells fishy to...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Roger, April Fool, job
- Discussion threads 2008-04-01
- Scandal: Apple 'unlocked' iPhones not really unlocked
- Scandal: Apple 'unlocked' iPhones not really unlockedRE: Scandal: Apple 'unlocked' iPhones not really unlockedAnd this was a surprise, why?And theres more to the apple BAD PRYou know I hand it to apple, when they screw up --they do it well! This is the only company (that comes to mind off...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Orange France, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- Video of my Out-of-Box experience with Amazon's Kindle (and some quick impressions)
- No. It's not a review of the Kindle, yet. There are plenty of those already circulating the Web and I'll get to mine better late than never. But, after missing the Amazon press conference in NYC where the members of the press were offered Kindles to take home...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Video, Amazon Kindle, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Marketing, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-11-30
- '$100 laptop' hits $200
- '$100 laptop' hits $200Com'on get real!Is this to create jobs for poor chinese workers? Or to help kids of poor countries? I don't know how many of kid can afford $100 dollars! That's a lot of money for their parents. More realistic approach is to ask people in developed contries...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows, $100 laptop
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- 2008 Acura TSX
- Photo gallery:2008 Acura TSXWhen the Acura TSX debuted in 2004 as the smallest sedan in the Acura lineup, it was well-received by the press and populace alike, drawing favorable comparisons to the benchmark BMW 3-series, among others. Here at CNET Car Tech, our first look at the TSX came with...
- Tags: Bluetooth, Keyboards, Digital music, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, interior, Acura TSX, Acura
- Product reviews 2007-09-21
- Apparently, I'm a breath of fresh air
- Or so said one of our new teachers after a faculty meeting. She joins us from a school where the network admin is remarkably unpleasant and does his level best to avoid interacting with his users. Give him a database to manage, servers to upgrade, or PCs to...
- Tags: Mom, Breath, Teacher, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-08-28
- iPhones for Ed Tech? Are you kidding?
- iPhones for Ed Tech? Are you kidding?You're dating yourself if you balk at a computer that fits in your palmiPhone is not [i]just[/i] a phone. It's a computer. Hence it's more useful in the school than you think.More distractionsJust what educators need...more distractions in the classroom.SnapKast makes it...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Apple iPhone, iphone, computer, SnapKast, phone, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2007-08-16
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