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Yesterday I devolved almost a full month pay for my new PC. Since I need two ancient DDR (PC400) modules for my dad's dinosaur I ordered them too so to bundle it with my shipment.
They actually called me to be sure I didn't buy them for mistake  I was kind of expecting that but it's still failry rare for a commercial activity to put that much attention to the customer's orders. I'm now a little less worried about the order!
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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Nice to know that there are still people worrying about users.
Maybe is human kind not so lost as I thought 
M.D.V. 
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I ordered my rig from a shop in Tuscany (I'm in Piedmont) and people there are generally nicer and more caring about customers, it's 3 years I attend to a big Comic con in Tuscany and I've always been treated exceptionally well.
Also it's a shop/workshop where you can send your PC and have it returned safely overclocked or order the pieces and have it assembled and overclocked, with delicate operations as delidding.
And they're about 10% cheaper than the cheapest italian online vendor I know (buying from the US isn't convenient because expedition and customs make up entirely for the difference in price but I'd have more trouble returning faulty items).
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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I had a similar pleasant surprise after I'd used my phone to order a Makita trimmer.
The bit where it said 110v was off the edge of the screen, so I ordered the wrong one (I wanted 230-250v), but they e-mailed me to confirm that I did actually want the 110v version.
Mind you, that was about five years ago, and I haven't had anything like that happen since.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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That is great, it saved you time and money!
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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heh.
I just searched for the tool[^], and got a bunch of gardening thingummies as the result.
Gardening + me = never gonna happen.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Good deal; that's a company that deserves your continued business!
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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I would not say "...deserves..." I would say "...has earned..."
It would be nice if more companies were like that.
M.D.V.
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Please clarify the difference.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
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For me...
to deserve might something intrinsic (Life deserves respect)
to earn something is you win it due to your actions (I have earned the privilege to disagree with my boss)
M.D.V.
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Interesting, thank you for the clarification. I fundamentally disagree (the universe owes me nothing), and feel that all deserved things, good and bad, are earned by definition.
Maybe it's a cultural thing.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Nathan Minier wrote: Maybe it's a cultural thing.
Might be...
But I am not the standard type even in my home country 
M.D.V.
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Absolutely, in fact I'm pondering if sending them my CV
Also I'll refer to them if I'll have to spec and assemble PCs for friends/customers/acquaintances, something that I predict will happen as soon as someone sees my new rig.
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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What's the company? Is it online?
Jeremy Falcon
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Oh yes, the company is Tradeco and the site is Tradeco s.r.l.[^], the only problem is that the site is in Italian only I don't even know if they ship abroad, at best they have experience only with our neighbouring countries (France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK, where the majority of abroad italians live).
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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Jeremy Falcon
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One hour to set up a page with some basic styling.
Two hours and a complete rewrite to set the height of a specific element 
Why CSS, why!? 
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I know. I wrote a little RoR app for a friend, took about a day with all the functionality they need for their intranet. Put in styling? Another two days for, basically, three forms & 8 pages.
veni bibi saltavi
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Why? Because HTML and CSS never made up their minds what they are. A layout description language for static documents? A GUI? A dynamic frontend for 'apps'? And what would they be without the third apocalyptic rider, JavaScript?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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The ultimate CSS resource[^].
Unfortunately, the site itself is offline, but the way-back machine has copies.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Sander Rossel wrote: Why CSS, why!?
Well - I don't know. It works for me.
Even have generic auto-formatting pages driven by database table and creating generic tables based on SQL return (if any), including column headers - and all solid enough so a DBA with now HTML/CSS (or anything beyond VB6) can create reports. Sizing and positioning options all built in options, or safely ignored by defaults - even mixable, and its handled.
Now I will admit that they're all .php files - but that shouldn't make a difference.
Also, I have not the least qualm about using tables - and poop in the direction of anyone who thinks I ought not.
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Holy crap! 
And to think there's a "vertical-align" property... 
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You have to learn to think in CSS. It offers flexibility, and with that comes issues until it's mastered.
Jeremy Falcon
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