We were going to go to HP, but the eval machine didn't even have driver packs (for SCCM task sequence) like Dell provides. We never got around to even imaging the box to try it out.

tl:dr

Apple maps was an improvement over the previous google maps except it couldn't tell you where stuff actually was.

Its the same with any retirement account though - my 401k got hosed in 2008 - that is after all the same year the stock market crashed.

I am bleeding though - the cost of living is sky-rocketing, and my pay is pretty much the same - they keep chipping away at my health care - increasing my share of what I pay year by year etc etc. If it wasn't for the SEIU last year we wouldn't have got raise even.

Why is that such a bad thing? I work for the state of oregon and I'm under pers. The idea is we pay into that pension fund - they re-invest it (making more money) and pay it out.

I already take a 20k a year pay cut for working for the state - 105% seems reasonable for doing that.

Its funny if you have Canadian relatives or friends - it always seemed to me that every discussion no matter where you were devolved into a whine and cheese fest about the dollar value and how much control America has over them.

It's about $50 US :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5l0PD80u9k

Not any more. The site licenced version of CS6 suite is an absolute bastard to bulk install via automated means legitimately due to the heavy-handed DRM and online activation.

Stop spreading fud - I deployed CS6 Design Standard to 1200 machines at the university with ZERO issues via SCCM.

You should work in Higher Ed - I've met people who have doctorates who don't understand how to use a computer.

Even better - NT 3.5.1 had like 12 service packs.

If your an enterprise customer - you can just call them :). They have pid key that appears in the apps control panel that changes every week.

If your a regular user - you can use this: http://support.google.com/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=portal_contact_options.cs

Did anyone else read this with a southern drawl accent in their head?

I am very hard on my gear - my Droid X I dropped 6-7 times (twice in the water) never once did that Micro-USB connector ever fail to work properly. When I got rid of the phone it was covered in scratches and chips.

My GF's iPhone however - the connector housing developed a crack and began to fall apart.

I don't buy that Micro-USB is flimsy.

Search for "blocklist"...

I remember when JS was introduced to Acrobat in version 4 - it was surprisingly permissive allowing systems calls for instance. I think they (Adobe) has certainly learned a lot about the wonderful world of security in the 6 major versions since then.