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Birds of a feather do however flock together.
Compaq made the adorable decision to use torque screws on everything instead of Philips head like everyone else in the world.
Oh except Apple now we see.
We have a screwdriver in our shop PC called the Compaq driver.
They needed killin'.
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As an old ex-tech, no Compaq didn't need killin'. They made the best machines on the planet before HP corrupted them. I didn't give a rats ass what kind of driver I needed to get them open.
Apple was using Torx screws long before Compaq in the original Mac's. You just needed a driver with a 10" shaft to get at two of them and a "case cracker" to get the shell open. Now THAT needed killin'. I couldn't tell you how many power supplies I replaced in those little sh*ts.
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Church. 
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Now if only the other printer companies follow suit...
Cheers,
Mick
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It doesn't matter how often or hard you fall on your arse, eventually you'll roll over and land on your feet.
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I couldn't care less what they do now. They have already made it clear that they despise their customers. Former customers, I should say.
They went on my boycott list the moment the article first came out.
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I have a better idea. Rather can kissing the feet of these corporate oppressors, how about a class action lawsuit instead.
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Now, they need to change the software to still print black & white when the color cartridge runs out or goes bad.
(OTOH, Years ago, I once used a generic cartridge in a LaserJet and it started having problems.)
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Funny, 2 weeks ago I discovered why my HP printer always ran out of ink while I barely print anything. Turns out the printer rinses its printing heads using ink every time it's turned out, which I did daily because I just flipped the switch on my power strip every day. I quickly switched to a laser printer after I discovered that.
For those who want to educate themselves as well:
How much ink does your printer waste?[^]
Is your printer wasting your pricey printer ink?[^]
Wout
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Google announced today that its now ten-year old service Google Apps for Work (formerly Google Apps for Your Domain), is getting rebranded yet again. This time around, the company will call it “G Suite.” Nope, that name doesn't make me think of a piece of apparel. Not at all.
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Not even a tiny bit?
'PLAN' is NOT one of those four-letter words.
'When money talks, nobody listens to the customer anymore.'
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Gee, saahweeet!
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I'd be happy if they'd just spend a couple days to take the contacts app out of the 1990's.
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
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I read that as "G Spot".
Watching too much p0rn, Iguess! 
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Why not "The It's Adequate Suite"
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A new report, released by security company Check Point on Tuesday, claims that some form of known malware is downloaded every 81 seconds in an enterprise organization. Did they think it wasn't downloaded correctly the first 80 times?
People, just use a reliable download tool next time. Sad!
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Would you stop it! You're slowing down my innernet!
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Some, within Microsoft’s ranks, are so entrenched in the evolution of the PC experience that they envision a future where the multitude of input options users will have when interacting with their PCs will eventually stave off their reliance on the last two vestiges of the modern day PC experience, the mouse and keyboard. From my cold, dead fingers... (which are on home row)
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That would be awesome, especially if it really helps handicapped people with interacting with a computer, even coding!
Marc
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It would be even more awesome if it could correctly recognize Chinese or Indian accented English! 
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Marc Clifton wrote: even coding
Er, yeah.
Camel case or Pascal case?
No, no! I don't mean "assign", I mean "=="!!!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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First, I agree with Marc's comments.
Second.. what are you smoking? Can you imagine a room full of people taking to their computers???
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Tim Carmichael wrote: people taking to their computers
They're already doing that... oh did you mean talk???
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Well done... long day... I almost typed the participant number for a conference call from my keyboard instead of my phone.
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Spot on.
If my computers actually understood the words I screamed at shouted at said to them, they would never do anything at all for me.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Can you imagine a room full of people taking to their computers?
Also, imagine a room of developer's coding using speech. I shudder at the thought. There are enough distractions in our office as it stands.
Most people I know aren't even comfortable using virtual assistants like Siri/Cortana on their phones, let alone sitting at a desk.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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