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@scottalanmiller said:
Spiceworks is now showing me ads in Spanish about COBOL. Who the heck selects these ads to run?
Umm...ok. That's quite random. First off, COBOL? Really? And the Spanish I can understand based on the fact your IP will be coming from Spain, but still...
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Spiceworks is now showing me ads in Spanish about COBOL. Who the heck selects these ads to run?
Umm...ok. That's quite random. First off, COBOL? Really? And the Spanish I can understand based on the fact your IP will be coming from Spain, but still...
Spanish is still a little weird. Why show based on location rather than a language setting? Most IT in Spain wants everything in English anyway.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Spiceworks is now showing me ads in Spanish about COBOL. Who the heck selects these ads to run?
Umm...ok. That's quite random. First off, COBOL? Really? And the Spanish I can understand based on the fact your IP will be coming from Spain, but still...
Spanish is still a little weird. Why show based on location rather than a language setting? Most IT in Spain wants everything in English anyway.
Yeah, I know. But I'm sure most of the IT native to Spain also speaks Spanish.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Yeah, I know. But I'm sure most of the IT native to Spain also speaks Spanish.
MAYBE. I'd guess not, though. Lots of IT comes from elsewhere and doesn't speak Spanish. English is the language of IT globally.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Yeah, I know. But I'm sure most of the IT native to Spain also speaks Spanish.
MAYBE. I'd guess not, though. Lots of IT comes from elsewhere and doesn't speak Spanish. English is the language of IT globally.
Yes, but while I'm sure many have moved to Spain, like you, I'd still bet the overwhelming majority is natives who speak English and Spanish.
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Watching classic Clint Eastwood clips on You Tube.
Who's up for a Dirty Harry scene? Silly question! It's always time for a Dirty Harry quote!
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@nadnerB said:
Watching classic Clint Eastwood clips on You Tube.
Who's up for a Dirty Harry scene? Silly question! It's always time for a Dirty Harry quote!
Youtube VideoNever actually seen this movie. Now I want to!
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@BMarie said:
At work trying to distract myself from the news of last night. Here's what the roads look like only a few miles from my house.......
Oh wow that sucks. I know it isn't fun. I hope it does not get to your house!
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Yeah, I know. But I'm sure most of the IT native to Spain also speaks Spanish.
MAYBE. I'd guess not, though. Lots of IT comes from elsewhere and doesn't speak Spanish. English is the language of IT globally.
Yes, but while I'm sure many have moved to Spain, like you, I'd still bet the overwhelming majority is natives who speak English and Spanish.
Many people in the US speak Spanish but it doesn't make it the preferred language. Spanish is being required at many, hospitals, some banks and the US Postal Service. It's also very common in the construction world.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Yeah, I know. But I'm sure most of the IT native to Spain also speaks Spanish.
MAYBE. I'd guess not, though. Lots of IT comes from elsewhere and doesn't speak Spanish. English is the language of IT globally.
Yes, but while I'm sure many have moved to Spain, like you, I'd still bet the overwhelming majority is natives who speak English and Spanish.
Many people in the US speak Spanish but it doesn't make it the preferred language. Spanish is being required at many, hospitals, some banks and the US Postal Service. It's also very common in the construction world.
Especially if you live in Texas.
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@nadnerB said:
Watching classic Clint Eastwood clips on You Tube.
Who's up for a Dirty Harry scene? Silly question! It's always time for a Dirty Harry quote!
Youtube Video"I know what you're thinkin', punk. You're thinkin' did he fire six shots or only five? Now to tell you the truth, I forgotten myself in all this excitement. But bein' this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and it'll blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question. Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?!"
Love this line!
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Many people in the US speak Spanish but it doesn't make it the preferred language. Spanish is being required at many, hospitals, some banks and the US Postal Service. It's also very common in the construction world.
In much of Europe people prefer English so that they are not switching between things for different people. My office here is 100% English.
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Drinking my second cup of coffee and moving files off of an old decrepit tower to a new Synology NAS. My Sys. Admin is also talking to me, on speaker phone, about some potential consultants for a project we are working on.
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Another major vendor screw up. This time Cox doesn't know what VoIP or PBXs are.... while trying to post "expert knowledge" about them.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Another major vendor screw up. This time Cox doesn't know what VoIP or PBXs are.... while trying to post "expert knowledge" about them.
Um unless you are very very small since when is it either or? It's both. I guess they think PBX's are the analog/digital systems only no IP Based.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Another major vendor screw up. This time Cox doesn't know what VoIP or PBXs are.... while trying to post "expert knowledge" about them.
Um unless you are very very small since when is it either or? It's both. I guess they think PBX's are the analog/digital systems only no IP Based.
I'm not completely sure what they are thinking. I thought that they were confusing VoIP with hosted and PBX with on-premises. But I am not completely sure. They are so wildly off base, it might be random.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Another major vendor screw up. This time Cox doesn't know what VoIP or PBXs are.... while trying to post "expert knowledge" about them.
Um unless you are very very small since when is it either or? It's both. I guess they think PBX's are the analog/digital systems only no IP Based.
I'm not completely sure what they are thinking. I thought that they were confusing VoIP with hosted and PBX with on-premises. But I am not completely sure. They are so wildly off base, it might be random.
I think they thought PBX meant POTS and VoIP was VoIP. Clearly someone who had NO IDEA what they were talking about.
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Could be. But some of the stuff that they said, like if you lose your network you'd lose your phones, suggested hosting rather than POTS.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Could be. But some of the stuff that they said, like if you lose your network you'd lose your phones, suggested hosting rather than POTS.
It could easily mean that if your internal network, like a router or switch, goes down, your phones lose connection and therefore go down. I don't see any way that would exclusively imply hosting. That's one explanation, but not how I would have interpreted it at all. It implied to me that if your internal network goes down with a POTS system, you might lose internet, but still have phones, while with a VoIP system you lose it all.
