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This story has the smell of a "manufactured" urban legend.
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Absolutely...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Oops and oops and oops...
The default settings for screensaver upon installation of Windows 10 is 'None'!!!
To rotate the photos from the local library the man should have to change the screensaver settings to 'Photos'!
So...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Thanks for the heads up, best change that quick!!
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I like the quality of the Mail's technical writers: "Windows 10, the biggest update Microsoft has made to its computer software, finally launched after a massive beta test programme."
So, the change from 16-bit to 32-bit pales into significance?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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I will point out that if she found out it was on repeat, that means she sat through it.
...and now that I've read the article:
"And to make matters worse, the malfunction was discovered by his wife"
If it's true at all, then it's not a "malfunction", it's by design.
"who told the story so others would not repeat the fatal mistake."
"Fatal", how? The story doesn't report any death.
I normally don't read it, but now I know why others refer to it as the Daily Fail.
modified 5-Aug-15 8:09am.
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A similar thing happened about two years ago when we brought home the new 'smart tv' while my step-son was visiting. The wife started mucking about with the menu and was intrigued when she saw the half-dozen or so computers on the home network, including her son's. She was delighted to find that she could access pictures from any computer on the network, and spent a half hour or so looking through the pictures from her laptop. After that, she wanted to see what was available on the son's laptop...it was like watching in slow motion and before I could say anything, the screen was filled with thumbnails of pr0n!  What can you say? The kid is 28 yo. To me, it was no big deal, but the wife freaked out, confiscated the laptop and gave me the 'unpleasant' task of removing all the 'filth'! When he got home, he got a stern lecture from mom, and a little advice from me...'don't keep your pr0n in My Pictures next time'. His defense was that we should not have even looked on his laptop (that we bought) without his permission much less deleted content without asking first! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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kmoorevs wrote: The kid is 28 yo. ... His defense was that we should not have even looked on his laptop (that we bought) without his permission much less deleted content without asking first!
Too damn right! 
If he was 16, I could understand. But he's 28! He's considered an adult in every country in the world.
If it was a shared computer, again I could understand. But you said that you bought the computer for him. In other words, it's his computer.
If an adult wants to fill the hard drive of his own computer up with Brazilian fart porn, that's his decision. It's none of your business!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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While I agree with you, I was simply following the ruling of a higher authority and failure to comply was not an option. Sadly, for him, his windows password was predictable enough that I couldn't use it as an excuse not to get involved.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Maybe he was trying to give his wife a hint. You know.
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as a freelancer ,in a normal situation they charge hourly or fix rate per project but sometimes came a situation when the issue is very critical but the solution is very simple , like a small change in web config file or just modify some select query. basically you hardly need 2 to 5 mins to solve things.
in such condition, how would you suggest to charge to client?
P.S.
skip the situation where he/she is your regular client and you have a good relation with him/her so you would do it for free or nominal price.
Ravi Khoda
Humanity is the best religion and smile is the best medicine.
modified 5-Aug-15 2:33am.
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ravikhoda wrote: P.S.
skip the situation where he/she is your regular client and you have a good relation with him/her so you would do it for free or nominal price.
In which case you charge them for an hour or a half hour if you think you may get work later. You can also charge them for an hour and refund them with a lower bill later if you get more work.
Remember - they are not just paying you for the time it takes but for your experience too.
The often quote example of the car mechanic who charged $100 for changing a bolt on a car in 3 minutes, the bill read "Price of bolt $0.50, price for 3 minutes of work $1, price for 40 years of experience and knowing how to perform job in 3 minutes $98.50".
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: Price of bolt $0.50, price for 3 minutes of work $1, price for 40 years of experience and knowing how to perform job in 3 minutes $98.50".
Cost of losing a customer because the mechanic needed 40 years to learn how to change a bolt - $100.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Smart arse tax $50 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Depends.
You have to figure in all your time: the time to load the project (from archive if necessary), make the change, test it, document the change, implement change control procedures, release and distribute the new version, archive the project again, and provide support in case the change was not what they expected. Experience, depreciation, electricity...profit...
In addition, there are indirect costs: time, effort, and materials to raise the invoice, cost of paying it into the bank, dealing with taxation on the income, and - frequently the biggie - chasing the customer to pay the invoice in the first place!
But...sometimes it's worth doing it cheap or free and taking a loss, particularly if it may lead to more work in the future which will pay.
That's why a mechanic costs £40 per hour when he gets minimum wage, because you are paying for the building, the tools, the office staff, the building rates, the taxes, the ...
That's why I have a variety of rates, which mostly depend on how much I like the customer (and that's related to a huge extent by how much hassle it is to get the money out of them) - if I know they are a PITA, or do a lot of "feature creeping" then they get a higher rate!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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thanks for the brief suggestion and breakdown of the cost structure. this will really help. 
Ravi Khoda
Humanity is the best religion and smile is the best medicine.
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ravikhoda wrote: in such condition, how would you suggest to charge to client
Fixed price for that bit of work. Make it wort your wile.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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Any firsthand experience regarding Win10 avr boot-up time running on desktop PCs, Ultrabooks, Tablets?
<lol>Life is 2short 2remove USB safely
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My laptop boots almost instantly.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Congrats!  What I really want is Win10 to be like Win7 with just shorter startup time. 
Btw, SSD or HDD?
<lol>Life is 2short 2remove USB safely
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Main OS on SSD, all data on high efficiency virtually-instant-startup screaming fast HDD. Even after the HDD has spun down, I don't notice any delay in accessing it.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Great minds thinking alike! I have similar config on my desktop running Win7 and boot time is within 5...10 sec (not bad at all). Betcha it could be even better in Win10.
<lol>Life is 2short 2remove USB safely
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Windows 8.1 booted in about the same amount of time, but Win10 is much faster at running programs and seems to be a lot more stable, which is a bit of a surprise, considering Microsoft's tendency to release such buggy products.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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An old man went to his teenaged grandson's bedroom.
He said; "You spend all your time up here playing computer games. You should be out there, living life, seeing things, doing things, finding out what life is all about.
When I was your age, when I was 18, I went to Paris. I went to the Moulin Rouge. I drank all the booze and refused to pay for it. I took all the women and I beat up the bar man. That's what life is all about. Having adventures."
He went back a few days later and the boy is sitting there with his arm in a sling and a black eye.
"What happened?," asked the old man.
"Well, I went to Paris. I went to the Moulin Rouge. I drank all the booze and refused to pay for it.I took all the women, then three bar men beat me up and threw me out."
"Oh," said the old man. "I'm sorry to hear the, who did you go with?"
"I went with me mates. Who did you go with?"
"The sixth panzer division."
-- modified 4-Aug-15 17:33pm.
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