[quote user="Ronald"]I think the financial analysts always need a black sheep[/quote] My theory is that the computer and the internet became such a crucial part in our lives while half the world hated the technology and thought Computer/The Internet enthuists were overreacting about what computers/The Internet will be able to do, and how ...

That happens on our Service Desk aswell. If they submit a ticket via a webapp, the contents of the ticket default to a small template to help the user provide as much details in as few words as possible. Many leave it blank. As an added bonus, the Summary/Subject Line of the ticket is not required for the webapp, so we get a few blank tickets.

It's a marketing thing. The download page trys to bundle in some random trial software that is set to also download and install by default, and you have to uncheck the box to stop it. The more times a user has to download Flash Player, the higher the chance he/she forgets to uncheck the box, and the more money Adobe get for supplying third ...

[quote user="blakeyrat"]   The real solution to all our problems is artificial gasoline, created from nuclear power and organic waste. There's been some promising developments in this area. Why is that the only workable solution? It's the only one that's backwards-compatible. Sure it doesn't reduce carbon in the ...

Anyone else kinda feel sorry for notchulance's thread? I'm pretty certain this isn't the discussion he intended...

[quote user="Adanine"]The release of Lotus Notes (8.5.3, October 2011) brought a brand new feature: The ability to be notified about receiving new email by "Sliding in a Summary", a notification that rolls in at the bottom right of the screen, then rolls out. Revolutionary, right? Pretty sure that wasn't done more ...

As a member of the support team who generally does Lotus Notes issues, I kept running into stupid, stupid Lotus Notes WTF's. Only recently have I started writing them down as a method of venting. Note: I work at a large company with many different satellite links that make some of these WTF's more obvious then normal. Many links ...

[quote user="morbiuswilters"]I'd say something about Europeans having a shocking love affair with the police state (albeit not that shocking when you consider their history); a dying civilization populated with naive sheep being led to slaughter, but America's not that far behind and, as usual, is working a lot harder at ...

[quote user="morbiuswilters"] Hwah? I don't think privacy is that loosely-defined at all, nor do I think that has any bearing on it being a right.[/quote] We disagree. My argument is that I don't think what constitutes a violation of one's privacy can be broadly defined. The difference between doing something normal and ...

Can privacy even be a right? I used to work in an electronic store that would sell (Among other things) prepaid Mobile Phones. Whenever someone purchased a prepaid SIM, by law we needed to take down their name and address [Edit: And check ID], 'cause you know, they could be terrorists. Most customers were fine, some customers were ...