Have done a few Zebra labels. Watch out for firmware levels. I ones created a nice label, different fonts, different barcodes, different orientation etc. On my test printer looked nice, on all others not. Had to upgrade the firmware on all other printers (same model, old firmware) to get the same result. Make sure the documentation fits the firmware.

In the Netherlands there’s a website http://bestwelsnel.nl/ with measured speeds on the road. “uitleg” = help. Its Dutch but I am sure you can find a translator. Measurements are done by “inductions loops” in the asphalt, 24000 of them throughout the country. Green = bevestigd = confirmed (within 1 minute, within 5km, a second measurement > 170kmh) Gray = onbevestigd = unconfirmed Red = maximum (as of 2013-12-31) or dagmax (maximum of the day) The Netherlands is not that big, if you watch this website, it looks like a formula 1 circuit. Take a look and see for yourself how much idiots we have over here

We do test, on 4 PCs. Last week patched them (one after the other) and started the automated tests. Next day an email with the differences, if any. With this update its goanna take a week before we know the result on 4 PC’s We make small well defined changes, making sure we stay in control. The Windows.Old directory after the “Fall update” is nearly 30 GB. It really makes me nervous. Who is in control? I’m pretty sure you have something with parts originating our company. Consider those made in a controlled environment, with well tested in-house made software making sure nothing is wrong with the quality.

From today’s daily news: Microsoft pleads for more enterprise Windows 10 Insider recruits[^] Well, I did opt in with 1 of my home PC’s, the one with no important programs / data. Last Friday I was the lucky one to receive the fall update, nice, from 20:00 till 01:00 the computer was totally unusable. At my work (24x7x365) we still using Windows 7, have to upgrade someday. This “nice” update experience really made me doubt about Windows 10 (as a service, if I deliver such service I can look for another job) in our production environment. Twice a year a reimage of all physical PC’s, we don’t have the resources. Citrix in a box, we have some experience but doesn’t exist anymore. Terminal server (remote apps), have some nice and more important, less nice experience. Maybe just go back to Windows XP on a segmented network with a nice firewall, even Linux comes to mind. Porting our software to Linux will cost a huge amount of resources, which we don’t have. Don’t know which way Microsoft Windows 10 is going but it looks like “from us”, not “towards us” Opt in the insider program with a work PC, no way. It’s there to get work done, not to wait for a 5 hour update before you boot and wait another hour before you can actually use it for any work.