Comments for The Clever Shark http://clevershark.com A selection of links and rants by Tony A. Emond Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:08:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on The magic number is ‘vier’ by mnazman http://clevershark.com/?p=2033&cpage=1#comment-5444 mnazman Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:08:45 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=2033#comment-5444 Great job for this player. Make their team go to semi final Great job for this player. Make their team go to semi final

]]> Comment on iPhoneless by The Clever Shark » Blog Archive » And the Canadian consumer takes it in the shorts again. http://clevershark.com/?p=1784&cpage=1#comment-1282 The Clever Shark » Blog Archive » And the Canadian consumer takes it in the shorts again. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:03:07 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=1784#comment-1282 [...] Canadians get the short shrift on just about everything, be it mobile phone services, or cars, but now someone’s come up with a comparison of broadband internet providers that [...] [...] Canadians get the short shrift on just about everything, be it mobile phone services, or cars, but now someone’s come up with a comparison of broadband internet providers that [...]

]]> Comment on Why make even a few users nervous if you don’t have to? by anonEmoose http://clevershark.com/?p=1738&cpage=1#comment-1280 anonEmoose Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:13:59 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=1738#comment-1280 Hi, Thanks for your informative commentary on FBI GUI, yours was the least hysterical description of it I've found so far. FBI GUI is another example of contempt for their customers on the part of hp. Probably the brain child of one of the jr. execs , the new breed who can barely spell their own name who maybe thought it was funny, and then allowed to proceed by a management that couldn't care less. Why should they care when they're allowed to have their garbage produced by slaves and then brought back here to be sold at 800% profit? There is no excuse for the shoddy hardware and software coming out of hp these days. I'm still recovering from the shock of realizing that hp and microsoft had partnerd up to create a laptop that would only run vista. No more dual booting with Linux allowed! At least not on the same HD. Will attempt again by installing Ubuntu on #2 HD (which is the only reason I bought the dv9812)...as soon as it's back from the repair center. I can't think of anything more healing for my computing enthusiasm right now than running open souce on a new hp laptop. Cheerio! anonEmoose Hi,
Thanks for your informative commentary on FBI GUI, yours was the least hysterical description of it I’ve found so far.
FBI GUI is another example of contempt for their customers on the part of hp. Probably the brain child of one of the jr.
execs , the new breed who can barely spell their own name who maybe thought it was funny, and then allowed to proceed by a management that couldn’t care less. Why should they care when they’re allowed to have their garbage
produced by slaves and then brought back here to be sold at 800% profit? There is no excuse for the shoddy hardware and software coming out of hp these days. I’m still recovering from the shock of realizing that hp and microsoft had partnerd up to create a laptop that would only run vista. No more dual booting with Linux allowed! At least not on the same HD. Will attempt again by installing Ubuntu on #2 HD (which is the only reason I bought the dv9812)…as soon as it’s back from the repair center. I can’t think of anything more healing for my computing enthusiasm right now than running open souce on a new hp laptop. Cheerio! anonEmoose

]]> Comment on One last reading for tonight… by One last reading for tonight… http://clevershark.com/?p=1833&cpage=1#comment-1275 One last reading for tonight… Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:50:06 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=1833#comment-1275 [...] clevershark wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWhile we’re on the subject of banking crises, we quickly forget that Japan had its own troubles in this area just over a decade ago. This article on the crisis, written by the then-Director of the Bank of Japan, makes for interesting b…/b [...] [...] clevershark wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWhile we’re on the subject of banking crises, we quickly forget that Japan had its own troubles in this area just over a decade ago. This article on the crisis, written by the then-Director of the Bank of Japan, makes for interesting b…/b [...]

]]> Comment on I guess I’m not alone in thinking this! by I guess I’m not alone in thinking this! http://clevershark.com/?p=1831&cpage=1#comment-1274 I guess I’m not alone in thinking this! Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:48:08 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=1831#comment-1274 [...] clevershark wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHere’s an interview excerpt (with context) from Bert Ely, a credentialed American banking expert, who shares my (and Denninger’s) opinion that Paulson’s mega-bailout just isn’t necessary. [...] [...] clevershark wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHere’s an interview excerpt (with context) from Bert Ely, a credentialed American banking expert, who shares my (and Denninger’s) opinion that Paulson’s mega-bailout just isn’t necessary. [...]

]]> Comment on Is the Fed speaking out of both sides of its mouth? by Is the Fed speaking out of both sides of its mouth? http://clevershark.com/?p=1829&cpage=1#comment-1273 Is the Fed speaking out of both sides of its mouth? Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:46:35 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=1829#comment-1273 [...] clevershark wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptBen Bernanke spent a lot of time in front of Congress on Tuesday arguing that there’sa credit crisis out there, so why did the Fed recently shrink the float by $125 billion and why is it still resisting a consensus-recommended b…/b [...] [...] clevershark wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptBen Bernanke spent a lot of time in front of Congress on Tuesday arguing that there’sa credit crisis out there, so why did the Fed recently shrink the float by $125 billion and why is it still resisting a consensus-recommended b…/b [...]

]]> Comment on The Paulson Trillion-Dollar Bonanza: What’s Not to Like, Part II by The Paulson Trillion-Dollar Bonanza: What’s Not to Like, Part II http://clevershark.com/?p=1823&cpage=1#comment-1272 The Paulson Trillion-Dollar Bonanza: What’s Not to Like, Part II Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:44:50 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=1823#comment-1272 [...] clevershark wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptYesterday I wrote at some length about how the US economy has gotten to the point where Paulson and Bernanke decided it would be worth spending 5 hours promising Congress gloom doom unless they got a record-busting bailout measure b…/b [...] [...] clevershark wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptYesterday I wrote at some length about how the US economy has gotten to the point where Paulson and Bernanke decided it would be worth spending 5 hours promising Congress gloom doom unless they got a record-busting bailout measure b…/b [...]

]]> Comment on BMW 1-Series by Websites tagged "shark" on Postsaver http://clevershark.com/?p=1787&cpage=1#comment-1271 Websites tagged "shark" on Postsaver Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:17:25 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=1787#comment-1271 [...] - BMW 1-Series saved by srj414292008-09-15 - US Box Office Report - August 8th - 10th saved by [...] [...] – BMW 1-Series saved by srj414292008-09-15 – US Box Office Report – August 8th – 10th saved by [...]

]]> Comment on Why make even a few users nervous if you don’t have to? by lockmi http://clevershark.com/?p=1738&cpage=1#comment-1191 lockmi Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:23:05 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=1738#comment-1191 Tony, Thanks for getting back to me amyway, mate. Dunno where to go from here. Probably yell at someone in HP Bangalore until I get put thru to the Oz help desk, and then maybe see what happens. Cheers MDL Tony,

Thanks for getting back to me amyway, mate. Dunno where to go from here. Probably yell at someone in HP Bangalore until I get put thru to the Oz help desk, and then maybe see what happens.

Cheers

MDL

]]> Comment on Why make even a few users nervous if you don’t have to? by clevershark http://clevershark.com/?p=1738&cpage=1#comment-1190 clevershark Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:18:59 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=1738#comment-1190 Ouch! That's even worse than my experience. In the end I was able to make the computer work properly, until I put it to sleep -- and then it would just blue screen when you tried to "wake" it. In the end I had to return it to the store, and I decided not to get another one. So I didn't get the chance to examine this installer better. Personally I think that the installer software is just broken for some HP laptops. Sorry I couldn't help more. This is too bad. In the old days you restored your OS first, then you'd use the manufacturer CD to install all your drivers. It used to be a process that you could observe and fix if necessary. Unfortunately with Vista the manufacturers are highly encouraged to instead make the whole restoration process opaque and thus unfixable when it goes wrong. Personally it's put me off buying a new laptop right now. Ouch! That’s even worse than my experience. In the end I was able to make the computer work properly, until I put it to sleep — and then it would just blue screen when you tried to “wake” it.

In the end I had to return it to the store, and I decided not to get another one. So I didn’t get the chance to examine this installer better. Personally I think that the installer software is just broken for some HP laptops.

Sorry I couldn’t help more.

This is too bad. In the old days you restored your OS first, then you’d use the manufacturer CD to install all your drivers. It used to be a process that you could observe and fix if necessary. Unfortunately with Vista the manufacturers are highly encouraged to instead make the whole restoration process opaque and thus unfixable when it goes wrong. Personally it’s put me off buying a new laptop right now.

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