This is a pretty common request from a support tech (one of several variations). They're giving you an opportunity to solve the problem by plugging the darn thing in without feeling like a complete moron for wasting everybody's time. You'd be surprised at how often that's the problem. You just got someone who did know when to move on.
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Go Chargers! :-D In about 15 minutes I'll put the laptop away, go put on the LT jersey my wife bought me a few weeks ago, and watch the Bears cry like the little girly men they really are. :-D [Update]It's half-time and the Bears aren't quite in tears, yet. Darn it!;P[/Update] -- modified at 17:42 Sunday 9th September, 2007
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blackjack2150 wrote:
How about the RS4? That one outscores the M3 in every single aspect.
Not for nothing, but I believe you're comparing the new RS4 with the previous generation M3. The new M3 is hitting the streets in Europe this month and we'll get it in the states early next year. Gotta love the RS4, though. Certainly no argument there. :omg:
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Wow, you know you've got juice when you get fives for saying you can't paste in Windows Explorer.
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As mentioned by others, you didn't read that quite right. The var data type uses type inference, but it is still strongly typed. You can't change the type of the variable, whether its type was assigned explicitly by the programmer or inferred by the compiler.
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How is this monitor? I was just considering buying it yesterday. It's not exactly necessary, but I can certainly use it. I can only imagine how sweet it would be to have Visual Studio on the main screen, flanked by the MSDN doc viewer and Firefox/Outlook on either side. :cool:
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I'd bet you dollars to donuts that the first thing the installer said was "It is strongly recommended that you exit all programs before continuing with this installation." I guess they really meant it this time. ;P
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
- The price is outrageously high
No, it's not. If you want a brand new license for the top-of-the-line, home-theater-running version, it's 400 bucks. If you don't need the Ultimate version (most people don't) or are upgrading, it can be considerably less. And there hasn't been a paid upgrade for a non-server MS operating system in 5 years.
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
- Almost everyone has to buy new hardware to run it, especially if you want the aero stuff.
I'm running Vista (which I prefer to XP) on two machines, neither of which were purchased within the last year. Admittedly, one of them was among the more powerful machines you could get at the time, but the other one is a run-of-the-mill workstation and it runs Vista (with glass) just fine. If you're talking about the folks that upgraded their Windows 98 machines to XP, then yes, they will certainly need to upgrade their hardware. But there are a lot of folks who've purchased new machines the last 12-18 months who are good to go.
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
- Horror stories regarding the UAC has considerably dampened end-user adoption.
The reality of UAC is fas from horrific, though. A lot of people are still reacting to the UAC behavior from Beta 1. Like the new Apple commercial with the security guard. Sure, it's funny, but it's not based in reality.
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
and it doesn't help that Vista sucks so bad.
It must suck to have everything suck so bad.
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That'll stop spam being posted to the message boards. I think he's looking to avoid the email spam that goes along with posting an email address in plain text.
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Joe Woodbury wrote:
except for the design, which could be done insanely easily with the current code?
Insanely easy? Really? Did you just look at the screenshots or did you watch the video? I'm not familiar with coding for Yahoo! Messenger, so I'm not saying you're wrong. If you're right, though, mad props to the Yahoo! team for making something like that insanely easy.
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And now apparently the word synonymous is synonymous with the word associated.
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David Wulff wrote:
I'm a little disapointed that you waited a whole day to tell us, but I guess you can be forgiven one little indiscretion. It is Christmas after all.
Sorry. I'd promise to do better next time, but this is it. Three is enough. Waaaaay enough.
David Wulff wrote:
I trust mother is doing well too?
Yep, mom and baby are just peachy, thanks :)
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
Is this your first, or are you an old hand at this?
He has two older sisters that I'm hoping will take it somewhat easy on him. My fingers are crossed, but no breath is being held :)
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At 2:20 PM yesterday, I became the proud father of a bouncing baby boy. Ok, he hasn't really bounced all that much, but I've verified all the right parts are in all the right places. The best part is that yesterday was also my birthday and this was the best gift I could have asked for. His actual due date was today, but I had a feeling he'd be arriving in time to celebrate with me. :-D <-- Me
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
That has nothing to do with needless fluff in the OS....
Which part would that be? The GUI? If that's needless fluff, I'm sure glad they've added gobs of it since the text-screen days.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I wonder what Microsoft was thinking...
They've got to move the ball forward at some point, no? At what point do you stop writing for 10 year old hardware?
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I'd certainly agree with that.
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edboe wrote:
The reality is that there is really nothing in Vista that businesses "need". There's a bottom line of ROI. Since it's minimal (if any at all), they may stay away.
Well, businesses might not "need" single-source easily update-able images which make for easier deployment, tighter group policy control for things like USB drives, and user-mode drivers that let folks skip the call to the help desk, but all those things sure would come in handy. I'm always so sure I'll come off sounding like a Microsoft fanboy when I say things like that (I'm not), but the Vista FUD crusade is ridiculous. Vista is the most business friendly version of Windows there has ever been.
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Chris Meech wrote:
Be sure to let us know when things happen. And best wishes to you, your wife and family.
I will and thanks!
Chris Meech wrote:
Nothing like a new baby at Christmas to liven things up a bit.
I'm a December baby, too. My parents brought me home wrapped in a Christmas stocking. My mom still has the stocking they used, so the plan is to get a shot of my son in there to put next to the picture of his daddy. My wife made me promise not to hang him on the mantle, though. :-D
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My musical journey went from alto sax to bass guitar to electric guitar to acoustic guitar. Now I play mostly fingerstyle acoustic when I can find the time. It's not always easy with two young daughters (and a son due any day now will make it even more scarce). Interestingly, I don't really care to listen to the kind of music I like to play. At least not on a regular basis.
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