I could not make myself to throw away my SyncMaster 793. Also it is either a very lucky piece of equipment or something dark is going on around. Whenever I went to a shop looking for a replacement, something bizarre (simplest of all shopping mall to be closed in the midday etc.) happens...

It is general practice in OEM/ODM manufacturing that the buyer decides methods of production, especially QA and even logistics, maybe even HR... It is the sole responsibility of manufacturer to decide the situation is viable or not. They can either choose to go with the deal or not. It is their (claimed only in this case) expertise in the first place which attracts buyer to their facility. If they are not able to see or tell the problems in the business model on table it is their fault not to make corrections before the problems' occurrence.

Unlike you I will express my views not behind the AC, you fucking moron... There are several reasons, most discussed in /. in detail, so one is expected to know at least some like losing control of clear text configuration details and losing access to clear text log files.

If it is not in beta, users are not expected to file performance reports. Even in beta, this is optional.

Unfortunately that was the case in my time. I should know that, as I was on the list of Cisco Certified SalesPro and SupoortPro trainers, with permission to establish a lab for certification of said *Pro people. I am sure whatever certifications you have are of far more better quality, this is the basis of Cisco training program.

Cisco certification is better than MS and Check Point is better than Cisco AFAIK, with a serious margin of error, based on territory and certification authority. Again this is my (unfortunately true and based on facts) view. Your take naturally can be different, but BS is one of the most effective tools of trade in commercial certification. That is why we still have universities...

This is unfortunately true for most certification programs. In Cisco SupportPro training (1996 I guess) I remember some of my classmates' points was better in the exam performed before training than the certification exam. That was because, in the first exam they used a simple criteria that "which answer is most costly and Cisco friendly", but in the actual exam they tried to use the training material they were given...

We all knew it was becoming an organized religion...

For some reason I was not compelled to pay 30+ USD for a seemingly very important paper, describing the future scientific base of (quasi ?) secure communications.

Or they should stay in and around Wall Street...

When I saw

part, I was puzzled. If that was a reference to a network close to Sun, they should not use HF on satellites. Then I read the whole sentence and felt sorry for the need of explanation...

In early 90's it was necessary to recompile Ultrix Kernel when you have added a new SCSI on the external bus. It was an improvement to the competition that must not be named, as you could do the compilation on premises without paying a licence fee tor the C compiler... If you do not like the heritage we have in Unix, you can switch to the popular OS that is based on VMS...

Saying, on many occasions, that you cannot manage and modify your startup scripts by hand for boot problem prevention, hardly qualify you as an adviser on system management issues.

This is interesting, thank you for that. However in my opinion, it is better to have a simple design in high power systems.Those converters seem to be very complex...

Yes otherwise Soviets would be first to send a satellite into the orbit and a human to the space. Also USA would be in need of Soviet rockets to send their astronauts to the ISS as of now... Ah, wait, I was trying to see what is happening in an alternate reality and suddenly a paradox occurred I guess.Sorry guys...

Sorry, but as the frequency rises, path taken by the current shifts to the surface. You can search for the skin effect.