My point is that even though you can access your account from your desktop, there are some things you just can't do from the website. There are times that the only way you can do what's needed is either on your phone app or at an ATM, and getting a big check deposited so that your rent check doesn't bounce is probably the most urgent one.

If I lose my bank card, I can go to my desktop computer to manage my account.

Can you use your desktop computer to withdraw cash from your account or deposit a check? Even if you have a scanner, I don't think that the bank's website is capable of that.

How do you know mic is really off when not in used? I don't trust its light status. :P

But you have a smartphone and computers. :P

I live in southeastern Colorado. Here, Halloween is observed in the late afternoon, after school if it's on a school day and only in the business district. All of the businesses give out candy, and nobody has to worry about kids being out after dark.

Thank you, that was very interesting, and looking up Duty Solicitor in Wikipedia filled out the explanation, including some limitations and exceptions that weren't explained but seemed fairly reasonable. I can see why this doesn't appear in the various mystery programs: it would get in the way of the protagonist's solving the case and that Just Wouldn't Do.

And here in the USA, you have the right to an attorney, and if you can't afford one, one will be provided at government expense. Judging only by what I've seen on various TV programs produced in England, you don't have that right in Blighty. Do you have it in Germany? I'm not trying to put you down, I'm just looking for information here.

What happened to that?

Simply stating: We Do Not Accept DOCx or XLSx formats, forces compliance. Since MS can produce ODF (allegedly), that's how you get compliance.

There's always going to be a few people who won't do it, mostly because they're afraid to upset some important customer. How you get around that isn't obvious. However, you can start by making it a requirement that anything that comes in that's in an MS format is sent back with some boilerplate added telling the sender why it's rejected and a list of acceptable formats. Making that automatic, so that the chicken droids can't ignore the policy may be all you need.

MS doesn't even have QA testers anymore. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Micr...

Back when I was in Boot Camp (USN) we were given gas masks one afternoon and herded into a sealed chamber to see for ourselves that they work. Once we'd had time to try them out, we were ordered to remove them, and find out for ourselves what a low-concentration of teal gas was like, followed by having us exit the chamber at double-time to help clear it out of our eyes. Some things you can try out for yourself, others are too hard hitting for that.

Yes I was in the Navy. If the helmsman and the duty office stick the ship on a sandbar the Captain still gets the blame.

And now you know why the Captain spends so much time on the bridge at sea. BTW, every time the Captain comes on the Bridge or leaves it is logged in case it later becomes important. (I was in the Navy too.)

Isn't SE limited like slow speed, low memory, etc.? I had to replace my 12 mini because of them. Some games really are killers. :(

Bring back the smaller and lighter iPhones like minis and SEs!