What Are You Doing Right Now
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It just reeks of "Apple is doing it this way let's copy them." Microsoft is in much better hands now that Ballmer isn't in the picture.
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@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Diversify.
Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)
Well, agreed, but if they would have started earlier. It might have been better.
I recognize that every company has their failures... Look at IBMs PS2 - proprietary hardware, MS IE and Edge,... But this is more 'cake' than anyone wants.
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@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Diversify.
Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.He tried. It failed.
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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Diversify.
Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)
And then there are those Microsoft phones.
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@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Diversify.
Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)
Well, agreed, but if they would have started earlier. It might have been better.
Or worse. Have they shown an ability to improve?
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Diversify.
Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)
And then there are those Microsoft phones.
Win98, ME, Vista...but - i digress
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sigh Tech Support (TS) at some places...
ME: I have these specific questions about your device; detail list of equipment and questions
TS: Yes, please see our guide at (web url).
ME: Why yes,.. Yes they are. I have seen this guide,.. however I had additional questions. could you please take a moment to address them? I have read your guide - the one included with the device and the one online. They did not address my questions...
sigh
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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sigh Tech Support (TS) at some places...
ME: I have these specific questions about your device; detail list of equipment and questions
TS: Yes, please see our guide at (web url).
ME: Why yes,.. Yes they are. I have seen this guide,.. however I had additional questions. could you please take a moment to address them? I have read your guide - the one included with the device and the one online. They did not address my questions...
sigh
TS: I'm sorry sir, that answer is not in my script. I am grossly underqualified to support anything, the only skills I have are talking on the phone and reading from a premade document.
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sigh Tech Support (TS) at some places...
ME: I have these specific questions about your device; detail list of equipment and questions
TS: Yes, please see our guide at (web url).
ME: Why yes,.. Yes they are. I have seen this guide,.. however I had additional questions. could you please take a moment to address them? I have read your guide - the one included with the device and the one online. They did not address my questions...
sigh
TS: I'm sorry sir, that answer is not in my script. I am grossly underqualified to support anything, the only skills I have are talking on the phone and reading from a premade document.
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But then I have to give you:
https://flushyourdns.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/cropped-help-desk-theorem1.jpg
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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Diversify.
Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)
And then there are those Microsoft phones.
Win98, ME, Vista...but - i digress
Yeah, their track record on software is decent, but far from rock solid, too.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Diversify.
Hardware and Software divisions. He could have had both.Microsoft and hardware... I give you the MS Surface... A great idea,... but poorly built... they suck - the drivers suck... and the reliability is crap (opinion from what I have supported / seen)
And then there are those Microsoft phones.
Win98, ME, Vista...but - i digress
Yeah, their track record on software is decent, but far from rock solid, too.
As of late, they're not doing bad at all. (Windows 10, Server 2012 R2)...
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Woohoo!!! I got my TSA pre check approved!!! No more shoe removal for me at the airport.
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Woohoo!!! I got my TSA pre check approved!!! No more shoe removal for me at the airport.
Now it's on to the full body cavity searches. .
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Woohoo!!! I got my TSA pre check approved!!! No more shoe removal for me at the airport.
Now it's on to the full body cavity searches. .
Just ignore the husky nurse in the corner that wears the white rubber gloves.
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Got my PureCon (its actually called Pure Accelerate, but I'm calling it PureCon) ticket, just booked plane tickets and the hotel. This thing is actually happening.
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@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Got my PureCon (its actually called Pure Accelerate, but I'm calling it PureCon) ticket, just booked plane tickets and the hotel. This thing is actually happening.
Not to be confused with PurCon, the convention for old lonely spinsters.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Got my PureCon (its actually called Pure Accelerate, but I'm calling it PureCon) ticket, just booked plane tickets and the hotel. This thing is actually happening.
Not to be confused with PurCon, the convention for old lonely spinsters.
I thought that one was about a water filter.
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I'm drawing up some generic quotes for server systems, still considering options and choices.
Support etc.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
PurCon
Reading through the "What Can I Bring?" page on the TSA website and some of this stuff is like "Somebody must have attempted it at least once before to be put on this list."
Some of the things that I have already found are:
- Gravy (yes, the liquid that you put on food such as mashed potatoes or chicken fried steak)
- Fidget Spinners (already has made the list)
- Duct Tape (well that must have been an interesting trip)
- Dynamite (really? Who are you, Yosemite Sam?)
