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Here’s a post that should ring true with anyone who has dealt with customers in a service and support regard - especially technical support. When working with the public, despite the general intelligence a person or group of people may posess, some element of the interaction between employee and customer results in a severe breakdown of logic and language. For instance:
“Something is wrong with the program.”
Well, what the fuck is wrong with the program? Can you give me *any* details about this? No. Of course not. Because I’m a mind reader, and I know exactly what the problem is. The above rhetoric is almost as useful as:
“I can’t log in.”
Try turning your caps lock off, dipshit. Or, use the correct password. Or, try to remember your goddamn login information. I’m seriously tempted to reply to these assanine support requests with a simple:
“Ok.”
No answers, no assistance, just a minor acknowledgement of the fact that words were uttered/written in my general direction. Because, honestly, that’s just about as helpful and effective as sending me stupid messages like the ones above. Thank you. 
Familiar
ReactOS is a Microsoft WindowsNT compatible OS and it’s FREE. The layout has the familiarity of Windows with the “Start” button and taskbar. Notice how the taskbar has the clock and FireFox. Just like MS Windows, I was able to find most settings and programs. However, some programs don’t work such as Regedit and WordPad. This may be due the VMPlayer image. Hopefully when I do a full installation I will know for certain.
Notepad worked fine. I was able to type a small document. Desktop allows you to change the resolution and color-depth. I don’t recommend changing the default resolution. This will cause a reboot of ReactOS. However, do change the color-depth to 32-bit; 16-bit distorts the color in FireFox.
A British engineering firm has put together a high-performance hybrid version of BMW’s Mini Cooper. The PML Mini QED has a top speed of 150 mph, a 0-60 mph time of 4.5 seconds. The car uses a small gasoline engine with four 160 horsepower electric motors — one on each wheel. The car has been designed to run for four hours of combined urban/extra urban driving, powered only by a battery and bank of ultra capacitors. The QED supports an all-electric range of 200-250 miles and has a total range of about 932 miles (1,500 km). For longer journeys at higher speeds, a small conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) is used to re-charge the battery. In this hybrid mode, fuel economies of up to 80mpg can be achieved. Explains Martin Boughtwood, PML’s MD: “Until now, most electric vehicles have been little more than souped-up milk floats, limited by range and speed, with compromised performance. For those with a green conscience who also value an enhanced motoring experience, there is still something missing. “Working in partnership with our customer, Synergy Innovations, we set out to demonstrate what our electric wheel technology is capable of. We simply took a standard BMW Mini One, discarded the engine, the disc brakes, the wheels, and the gearbox. These components were replaced by four of our electric wheels, a lithium polymer battery, a large ultra capacitor, a very small ICE with generator (so small it almost fits alongside the spare wheel), an energy management system and a sexy in-car display module.”
Treehugger: Electric Mini: 0-60 in 4 Seconds: It Has Motors In Its Wheels
That mouse is too cute.
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