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profdlp said:
College textbooks are a way for professors to make more money. I've seen books that had a different version - with no significant changes made - every couple of years. It sells a lot of books.
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Not only colleges, but schools too. We have to buy half a dozen books, all of them $50-$100 that we don't even touch for the year.
 

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People that come to the forums and beg for help. Asking for help is one thing, but coming in here and saying something like "Computer won't start, plsssss help!!!!!!!" or anything with "urgent" in the title, then have no info at all in the post.
The hell do people think, we can read minds over the internet now?
Grow the hell up and learn how to ask a question without sounding like a baby.
 

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CCleaner is the only "cleaner" program I will recommend always. There are other programs that work fine on my system, but CCleaner is the only one I trust to recommend to others. A Guy
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Hum +1 for me I have to say that the reg items are usually self explanatory even to me - never had a problem.

The only thing is it wouldn't wipe a drive for me just recently.

Oh and badger - Nasolacrimal duct - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 

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profdlp said:
College textbooks are a way for professors to make more money. I've seen books that had a different version - with no significant changes made - every couple of years. It sells a lot of books.
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I've been involved in writing several academic text books and have never made a single penny: indeed, you sometimes have to buy your own copy when it is published. You should be directing your anger at the publishers, not public-spirited academics who freely give their time and knowledge.
 

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Maybe that's been your experience, but over here it is a big money-maker. I had a paperback last semester (http://www.amazon.com/Frauds-Myths-Mysteries-Pseudoscience-Archaeology/dp/076742722X) which cost over $50 and was written by a friend of the professor teaching the course. It was a good book, was well-written, and served its purpose. It also would cost about $10.95 if it wasn't a "textbook".

I would also wonder why someone would write a book and not get paid for it.

I will agree with you that the publishers and college bookstores are in on the deal. I should have mentioned them as well. My experience last semester (and others like it) made me think of professors when the subject came up. I am also sure that the majority of professors work very hard for any money they may get from writing a book. :)
 

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Know what you mean mine are from my service provider:sarc:
 

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profdlp said:
Maybe that's been your experience, but over here it is a big money-maker. I had a paperback last semester (Amazon.com: Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology (9780767427227): Kenneth L. Feder: Books) which cost over $50 and was written by a friend of the professor teaching the course. It was a good book, was well-written, and served its purpose. It also would cost about $10.95 if it wasn't a "textbook".

I would also wonder why someone would write a book and not get paid for it.

I will agree with you that the publishers and college bookstores are in on the deal. I should have mentioned them as well. My experience last semester (and others like it) made me think of professors when the subject came up. I am also sure that the majority of professors work very hard for any money they may get from writing a book. :)
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You are still assuming that the academic is getting some of that money. They aren't: the publishers are. I've had to buy several books to which I have contributed simply so that I have a copy of my own work. I have worked in the US and the UK and it was true in both.

As to why someone would do the work and not get paid for it - it does help with promotions and job applications to have some books on your list of personal publications, so it's not all complete altruism. But it most certainly is not done for the money!

Since this is a thread about what annoys you, being accused of making money out of textbooks that you have written for free in your own spare time is pretty annoying....
 

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panais said:
Advertising sms messages coming every day from nowhere in my mobile!!
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File reports with your mobile company every time it happens. Call customer support every time it happens. Be a pain in their butt, the company will get it to stop. It took me a lot of phone calls and complaints but it did stop. I am also on a limited text messaging plan so I told the mobile company I am NOT paying for SPAM. You may have one of those unlimited plans so that will not hold up, but it was the bit extra to get them to do something about it. I hate this kind of SPAM the one you pay for!!! Everyone with a mobile phone needs to fight this!! :mad:
 

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I have no idea what all this actually means
Empty promises by WUBI to simply install Ubuntu easy-peesy-lemon-squeezy. The number of graphical glitches are just astounding, and I haven't even yet managed a clean installation....as for dual-monitor support, lets not even go there.

I conclude that these Linux distros are just incapable of interacting with modern hardware, without the need for complicated workarounds :mad:

Perhaps I just need to accept I'll never attain the dream of an easy/no frills/simple-to-setup Windows7/Linux multiboot....
 

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LADYPINKtomato1 said:
ICit.. go to DoNotCall.com
Register every phone you have on the DO NOT CALL listing.. It's FREE... if you get 3 calls from anyone after being on the do not call list, file a complaint with DO NOT call.. ( or who ever do not call suggest.) the caller is fines.
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Ok Ladypink I'll have a look but haven't heard pf it for down under but would be the go eh?

John
 

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Golden said:
Empty promises by WUBI to simply install Ubuntu easy-peesy-lemon-squeezy. The number of graphical glitches are just astounding, and I haven't even yet managed a clean installation....as for dual-monitor support, lets not even go there.

I conclude that these Linux distros are just incapable of interacting with modern hardware, without the need for complicated workarounds :mad:

Perhaps I just need to accept I'll never attain the dream of an easy/no frills/simple-to-setup Windows7/Linux multiboot....
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Hiyya Golden Mate i just burnt a Ubuntu disk and had no problems and prefer it it over Mint but still come home to Mamma (7) lol!!

Meant to say I used when I only had the one and a half machines and needed the internet!
 
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panais said:
Advertising sms messages coming every day from nowhere in my mobile!!
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WindowsStar said:
panais said:
Advertising sms messages coming every day from nowhere in my mobile!!
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File reports with your mobile company every time it happens. Call customer support every time it happens. Be a pain in their butt, the company will get it to stop. It took me a lot of phone calls and complaints but it did stop. I am also on a limited text messaging plan so I told the mobile company I am NOT paying for SPAM. You may have one of those unlimited plans so that will not hold up, but it was the bit extra to get them to do something about it. I hate this kind of SPAM the one you pay for!!! Everyone with a mobile phone needs to fight this!! :mad:
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LADYPINKtomato1 said:
ICit.. go to DoNotCall.com
Register every phone you have on the DO NOT CALL listing.. It's FREE... if you get 3 calls from anyone after being on the do not call list, file a complaint with DO NOT call.. ( or who ever do not call suggest.) the caller is fines.
DoNotCall.com
LET me also say this.. there are some who will NOT fall in the category of being fined.. as you will find out.
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I will try few solutions.

Thanks Lady and guys :D
 

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Racists.
 

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NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 2009m(primary), Acer P191W
Screen Resolution
1600x900, 1440x900
Hard Drives
Internal:WD Caviar Black 640GB 32MB cache 7200RPM
External:Samsung Story Station 1TB HDD desktop drive
500GB Toshiba portable drive
PSU
Antec Earthwatts EA500D
Case
Antec Sonata III
Cooling
4 fans
Keyboard
Logitech Wave
Mouse
Logitech M-SBF90
Internet Speed
Slow due to home Wireless-G router
Antivirus
MSE, Hitman Pro, Malwarebytes
Browser
Chrome and Palemoon
Other Info
Laptop....Acer 5750Z-4835
15.6" HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit LCD Display: (1366x768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio)
Intel® Pentium® Processor B940 (2.0GHz, 2MB L3 cache)
Windows® 7 Home Premium,500GB Hard Drive,4GB DDR3 RAM, Intel® HD Graphics,8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive
Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader,802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
Chrome and Palemoon, MSE, Hitman Pro
Golden said:
Empty promises by WUBI to simply install Ubuntu easy-peesy-lemon-squeezy. The number of graphical glitches are just astounding, and I haven't even yet managed a clean installation....as for dual-monitor support, lets not even go there.

I conclude that these Linux distros are just incapable of interacting with modern hardware, without the need for complicated workarounds :mad:

Perhaps I just need to accept I'll never attain the dream of an easy/no frills/simple-to-setup Windows7/Linux multiboot....
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Heh well that's nothing new, I've had to put up with that for 20 years now, the bad news is it's really not getting any better, and in fact with the recent spate of UI "improvements" it seems to be getting worse again.

These days I just run Linux in a VM. The "hardware" is stable and so success rate is fairly high (though I don't even attempt to play games or anything on it, development only)
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Scratch built
OS
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU
i7 960
Motherboard
Asus P6X58D
Memory
12 Gig Corsair Dominator
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 480
Sound Card
Maudio Delta 44 + breakout box
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell UltraSharp U2410 24in and Samsung 21 dual monitors
Screen Resolution
1920x1200 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
Primary: Intel X-25M G2 160G SSD
Secondary: Segate baracuda 1.0 TB
HDs in AHCI mode.
PSU
Corasair TX850
Case
Cooler Master HAF
Cooling
Corsair H50
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Logitech G15 + N52 game pad
Mouse
Logitech MX518
Internet Speed
15kbs down 4.5kbps up
Other Info
WEI 7.6
CPU & RAM 7.6
Graphics 7.9
Hard disk 7.7
The latest edition of Ubuntu is so buggy.Cursor hang up,not waking up from sleep,booting issues.Its quite annoying.

:mad:


PS:yay 200 post
 
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Windows 8 Prointel i3 2.40 Ghz6 GB RAMIntegrated Intel HD
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
DELL
OS
Windows 8 Pro
CPU
intel i3 2.40 Ghz
Motherboard
DELL inc
Memory
6 GB RAM
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated Intel HD
Sound Card
Realtek high definition SRS surround sound
Screen Resolution
1366*768
Hard Drives
320 GB
Internet Speed
1Mbps
dreamer said:
The latest edition of Ubuntu is so buggy.Cursor hang up,not waking up from sleep,booting issues.Its quite annoying.

:mad:


PS:yay 200 post
Click to expand...

Yeah, actually Ubuntu 11 and Mint 12 are both so bad I've stuck with Ubuntu 10.10 for the foreseeable future :( May switch back to Fedora if things don't improve (though part of the problem is Gnome 3 being annoyingly problematic which may mean Fedora is out too)
 

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Windows 7 x64 Ultimatei7 96012 Gig Corsair DominatorNvidia 480
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Scratch built
OS
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU
i7 960
Motherboard
Asus P6X58D
Memory
12 Gig Corsair Dominator
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 480
Sound Card
Maudio Delta 44 + breakout box
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell UltraSharp U2410 24in and Samsung 21 dual monitors
Screen Resolution
1920x1200 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
Primary: Intel X-25M G2 160G SSD
Secondary: Segate baracuda 1.0 TB
HDs in AHCI mode.
PSU
Corasair TX850
Case
Cooler Master HAF
Cooling
Corsair H50
Keyboard
Logitech G15 + N52 game pad
Mouse
Logitech MX518
Internet Speed
15kbs down 4.5kbps up
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WEI 7.6
CPU & RAM 7.6
Graphics 7.9
Hard disk 7.7
Going through a Drive Thru, paying for it, waiting at next window then driving home only to find they
didn't fill all the order completely.:mad:

Normally I will check the complete order before leaving that window....don't care if there is a line of cars waiting..
it's when you don't check it is when the trouble begins.
THW
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel(R)Core(TM)2 quad [email protected] 2.39GHz6GB DDR2 6400GeForce 8500/512MB
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP M9077c
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel(R)Core(TM)2 quad [email protected] 2.39GHz
Motherboard
ASUSeK
Memory
6GB DDR2 6400
Graphics Card(s)
GeForce 8500/512MB
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Realtek High Def Audio
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HP w2408 LCD 24" widescreen
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1920x1200
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6 pack of Bud
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MS wireless Inteli
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MS wireless Inteli
ICit2lol said:
LADYPINKtomato1 said:
ICit.. go to DoNotCall.com
Register every phone you have on the DO NOT CALL listing.. It's FREE... if you get 3 calls from anyone after being on the do not call list, file a complaint with DO NOT call.. ( or who ever do not call suggest.) the caller is fines.
DoNotCall.com
LET me also say this.. there are some who will NOT fall in the category of being fined.. as you will find out.
Click to expand...

Ok Ladypink I'll have a look but haven't heard pf it for down under but would be the go eh?

John
Click to expand...

Here you go John

https://www.donotcall.gov.au/

Jim :geek:
 

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Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center 64bit, Windows...Phenom II X6 1100TCrucial Balistic 8gb DDR3-1866 CL9MSI R6850 Cyclone IGD5 PE
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home Built
OS
Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center 64bit, Windows 7 HP 64bit
CPU
Phenom II X6 1100T
Motherboard
ASUS M5A99X EVO
Memory
Crucial Balistic 8gb DDR3-1866 CL9
Graphics Card(s)
MSI R6850 Cyclone IGD5 PE
Sound Card
On Board
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VE258Q 25" LED with DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Two WD Cavier Black 2TB Sata III, WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 3.0
PSU
Seasonic X650 80 Plus GOLD Modular
Case
Corsair 400R
Cooling
Antec Kuhler H2O 620, Two 120mm and four 140mm
Keyboard
Logitech K120
Mouse
Logitech Marble Mouse USB, Logitech Precision Game Pad
Internet Speed
15MB
Antivirus
Norton IS 2013, Malwarebytes Pro Beta 2
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IE-11, FF-27
Other Info
APC UPS ES 750, Netgear WNR3500L Gigabit & Wireless N Router with SamKnows Test Program, Motorola SB6120 Gigabit Cable Modem. Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer, Epson V300 Scanner
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