Dell Sucks
The following is a letter I just sent to a customer support supervisor at Dell.
Category Archives: Computers
MacOS X — so right, and yet so wrong
My wife and I finally caved in and bought a new computer for her, an iMac G5. Her old, slow PowerMac running Mac OS 9 just couldn’t cut it anymore. The slowness, crashes, hangs, and nondeterministic behavior just finally got to be too much to bear. Also, now that the kids are starting to use… Read More: MacOS X — so right, and yet so wrong »
FootSmart: Totally Evil or Totally Incompetent?
Updated 8/29/2015: And… They’re spamming me again. Now, it’s through the “salesforce marketing cloud.” I’ve unsubscribed using the link in today’s spam, and I also sent a complaint to SalesForce. We’ll see if anything comes of it (I doubt it). Updated 1/31/2006: I’ve put on-line the statement of claim I was intending to use to… Read More: FootSmart: Totally Evil or Totally Incompetent? »
“Google Print” is here to stay
Google has embarked on an ambitious project to scan millions of books into an online, searchable database. Many people and organizations object to the project on the grounds that it infringes on these books’ copyrights. These include the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, both of which have filed suit to stop Google… Read More: “Google Print” is here to stay »