....since the original processor isn't in place. nm
Posted By: Good luck with this! on 2007-12-27
In Reply to: Think you'd have to rename each of them .doc files so Word - can read them. Won't open as 5.1 files anymore.
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oops, replied in the wrong place, please see my reply under the original message. nm
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I was going to say unless you were the original 3 brave souls named on the original suit.
I still had heard lately that no one else, not one person, had been allowed to join in, so you must be in a separate class??
Processor
Athlon. 200 GB hard drive, 1024 RAM. E-machines are in my opinion an excellent workhorse, will go on and on.
First word processor. sm
The first WP I worked on had a huge disk driver, I mean the thing sat on the floor, and there is a reason they are called floppy disks. The disks were at least 12 x 12. We were terrified of that thing. We had to "boot up" every morning, while it whirled and grunted and blinked, standing around nervously looking at the thing as though it were an alien ready to attack. Too funny.
It really depends a lot on the processor and such
A lot of what makes the computer good or better is the type of processor, speed, memory, etc. You have to take these into consideration as well. My dad works on computers in Vegas and says they have the least trouble with Dells. Like I said though it depends on the specs of the computer and what all you need it for. I would recommend doing research and checking out information on these things I mentioned. I am about to buy a laptop and I am considering these things as well as the size and weight for that.
Is a Celeron M (1.5 GHz) processor equal to a
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Put your bread in a food processor and
I also worked on a word processor
called a CPT (I think that was the brand). It had no hard drive, but two 3-1/2 floppies (state of the art because they weren't the 5-1/4 or the big Raytheon 12" floppies you are probably talking about - the size of a record album - oops, albums are things of the past too). Anyway, you would put your templates/abbreviations in the A drive and save to the B drive, but if you forgot and it glitched say "bye-bye" to your work! Lots of shortcut/expansion keys though that you could program. The monitor was odd-looking in that it was rectangular and bowed out at you and fit a whole page for your view. Actually, it kind of made sense to be able to see a whole page at a time, it was just ugly looking - lol. We had to go to San Francisco for 2 days of training on this thing. I don't really even remember the specifics of the training - too long ago I guess. It's fun to remember the old cave-man/papyrus days (as another poster mentioned).
It's the only place I have ever lived.. Great place to retire or raise a family. Low crime rate e
living is pretty easy here. Low stress..
how about pecan pie, use food processor for the nuts.
or a cheesy-egg dish, ie, keesh (however that is spelled).
Does anyone has a user's manual for a Dictaphone voice processor? sm
I am new to using a C-phone, and I would appreciate any help. If anyone has a user's manual for a Dictaphone Voice Processor, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks!
eMachine with Athlon XP2400 processor, about 2 years old now. No problems.
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Thanks XXX. I found a "Microsoft Works Word Processor". You say I save those as files?
I do have a CD drive so if I can buy WORD like you mention, I can load it.
Do you think it would be beneficial in the long run to invest in WORD (maybe buy it at BEST BUY or something) and load it on my computer? I am going to be doing lots of work, so better to use as good a program as I can as far as being able to SAVE stuff - There will be lots of opportunities for macros (or saving paragraphs, etc). Whatever the term is these days to mean: saving lots of words, LOL.
A newer computer with a dual core processor runs cool. No need for it.
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Defragging & running spyware weekly helps the speed a bit, but more memory and a faster processor
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The position varies from place to place..
Sometimes you end up doing VR, which can be really easy or a real pain. Sometimes you end up simply editing files and all is good. Other times, you end up with more job responsibilities and hours than you ever wanted. All in all better than typing LOL.
Oh, how original! nm
NOT!
Maybe not original but ...................
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that was the point of the original
poster on this "thread", everyone does have a right to their own opinion....but they do NOT have the right to personally attack, insult or intimidate other posters. Thank you. Please re-read the original post.
As for the original question...
How do they get hired? Well they have someone help them with the test, easy as that. I have also had work from one MT come across my desk and you can tell that more than ONE MT did the work. Sadly, on some of them, whomever is helping is no better.
All the original stuff. nm
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thats you. the original poster is not you.
Yes I am. That's what the original topic was, after all.
agree with you on the Nagin/Blanco thing. Did you want to change the subject?
I don't have tunnel vision.
Um, did you see the original post..
...."the reason I'm buying the house tomorrow.." I bought a house. I'm leaving.
I believe my original post came
before the news of so many lives lost. Excuse me and I appologize again for not making my OP politically, humanly, sympathetically, empathetically, correct. Just forget I even posted it.
original poster
My heart goes out to you. The sexual harrassment i'm going through is not comparable, I couldn't imagine dealing with this if I were a child.. In a way, they are taking something from us, no matter what age, when they cross that border. I have told someone, so its out. But my mother is another story. She has been abused emotionally and physically by men. Like I said above, she is in a horrible state of mind, depends soley on this man. Thats why removing myself until I figure things out would be best. I do notice on his side of the family, he is not near his grandchildren, or great grandchildren, and over they years, they have expressed their hate for him. I just don't understand at his age how he could still be doing something like this and not learn from it, having lost his own family? He is a master at getting people to like him...my family would raise eyebrows at me if I brought this up. But like I said, I told someone, she understands, and it has leaked around. Actually talking to my mother, she would do something to hurt herself. She wouldnt be able to handle it.
Very original!! Can only imagine what it would be
hahaha
It is in the original post. :)
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It might not help the original poster (sm)
but if you think you need to have a hysterectomy, find a physician who can do it laparoscopically. I had that done in December 2003 and I was back on my feet within a week. I didn't go back to work (outside the home at that time) for three weeks, but I had to convince the doctor to give me that much time because he knew how fast the recovery was from a laparoscopic hyst.
Sorry, should be under original post. (nt)
To the original poster.....
You said "She was voted off because she sang a Christian song." That is absolutely not true. She was voted off because this week when she sang country she did not get enough votes. If you want to get really technical with it, "She was voted off because she sang a country song."
This had absolutely nothing to do with religion. The week that she sang a christian song she did not get anywhere near being in the bottom three. She was in a singing competition in which she would get a record deal if she won. I don't think God would mind if she sang a song "out of her element" in this competition. She did not commit any sin. You sing what you have to, to get through the competition, if you win you chose whatever genre of music you want to pursue for a record deal. Ruben did. He sang all types of music during the competition and won it, then he made a religious album.
Don't come blasting on something you know nothing about. You said you weren't an Idol fan, so why do you even care and why did you have to make it out to be something it wasn't?
By the way, I am a Christian. I just hate it when people try to put religion in everything and twist things to make them look evil!!!!
Original poster. nm
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P.S. to my original post...sm
We do things for our kids like take them to occasional movies, day trips, buy them a clothing item etc in addition to spend a minimum of 1 hour quality time a day per child with them. Hugs & kisses are handed out and we tell them each day that we love them. So, while they have to do chores and work on being self-sufficient they also know they're very much loved and we want them to do well in life.
Original post
I did not read your original post - but you definitely hit the nail on the head as far as MTs go. Most that I have dealt with on these boards, as well as those I have worked with are either alcoholics, drug addicts, have numerous personal/personality disorders and problems and most are just downright crazy - I think that is the first thing that you have to be in order to go into this business. They do not work well with others and are constantly trying to sabotage their co-workers - even if they work at home. Stealing and lying are not beneath most that I have dealt with. I considered myself quite a normal person until I got into this field and now anyone will tell you that I am not that person any longer. I think that listening to the depressing reports about illness, surgery and death takes its toll on you after a few years and is somehow ingrained into your psyche. I don't know if it could be called an MT phenomenon or what - but MTs are definitely a breed of their own. For any child that gets a check mark for doesn't get along well with others - they should be directed to this field for their life's work. please take this with a grain of salt - I have not had my afternoon medications yet.
I missed the original too (sm)
I'm a homeschooling mom as well. Rock on! It can be hard to figure out how to balance it all.
That was my original point. sm
I believe you really need a network to do the best job homeschooling. My niece homeschools her three children. All the work is assigned, taught and done at home. But she has access to the community band and symphony, community sports, and a large homeschool network that plans wonderful field trips and educational outings. So they have everything a public school has, except the knives, guns and drugs (this is California). Just shutting kids in a house and teaching them lessons is not a complete education, in my opinion, and I believe that many successful homeschooling parents do an excellent job of "socializing" their children. Since my son was an only child, it is something we put off for several years until we had no choice. Fortunately he was able to start as a freshman in high school this year and his health has been fine. Homeschooling is something that needs to be considered carefully from all angles.
That said, homeschoolers are also becoming not only accepted, but sought after by colleges and employers for their excellent work ethic, and an education you rarely get in public school, where all the work has to be geared to a lower level so no one is "left behind." If we had several children, I would have seriously considered it, since we are not close enough to a private school to make that practical. My son is so bored in public school, it is disheartening, especially since he is in a "slow" class.
not the original poster, but i will tell you what sm
a company did to me. we supposedly got paid for spaces. we were "required" to put two spaces after a period, etc. I kept struggling to get my line counts up to par thinking why is it taking me so long to reach my norm. finally one day i decided to compare line counts. what i came up with was higher than theirs. so i figured line count without spaces and was too low. i took the difference of with spaces and without spaces and divided spaces in half and bam, hit their line count exactly. so even they we were required to type two spaces after periods, etc., we only got paid for one. their system would take our spaces and divide those in half before giving us the line counts. i never typed another document for them after i figured this out and didn't even waste my time explaining why. i felt i had the right to do as i choose since i was flat out lied to. nothing is worse than dishonesty. no that company was not Transtech for those wondering. to me, the #1 priority is honesty, decent program, then good communication, decent pay, pay on time and as agreed upon, decent work and steady workload.
I should add something to my original post...
Being on unpaid leave is not really an issue for me, as we will have enough in savings for me to be off for a while. Also, I will not have to worry about finding someone to replace me while I am gone. I just wanted to know if the normal time was 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, etc. Thanks!
I think the original was speaking of VR as
she was told to use her function keys instead of the mouse and starting on VR I was also told that but just thought would take more time than worth.
I am not the original poster
No, I did not complain that I was being asked to do work I was told I wouldn't have. I responded to a person who stated they did. My response was that many MTs are no longer being matched up with the work they are most proficient at, then clueless companies act surprised when it slows down efficiency or loses employees. That is fact I have observed, of late over and over again. Please go back and read the thread.
I won't even go into being "thankful" that a person is in a two-way contract that should benefit both parties, the employer and the employee, and honor about keeping to the agreement made.
Regardless, I'm done with this mad hatter's tea party conversation.
for the original poster or anyone
I would like to leave a web site about Daniel G. Amen, M.D. It lists several books about how the brain works and techniques for ADD, depression, etc.
http://www.webheights.net/depression/amen/cyb.htm
blessings.
Wow! Wasn't that original.....
That is what I said in my original post.
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The original poster said
"they pushed me out of the room" She is talking about her minor child and she went out because they pushed? You are talking 11 years old versus a 17 year old, believe she said, still a minor.
If you'd look you would see that I AM the original poster....nm
You make me laugh, stating that I am trying to intimidate you? Please, you were the one who said I had incorrect information and then called it "crap" and now you call me "childish and churlish" when everyone who reads on this board can see that you seem to think you are an authority on ANY subject and will always make a debate or judgement on everything that is said.
By the way, those "switches" you keep referring to reside in the boxes at each zone.
Also, I DID live in a rural area when this whole situation came up for me and we could NOT get DSL until we had fiberoptic AND the equipment in the box was changed. As far as speed goes, when we lived in the RURAL area, AFTER the FO and equipment installation, we could get 6.0...the highest speed available. I live in town now, not even a mild from the "central office" and can only get 3.0. Distance is not as much of a factor as you think....fiberoptic and equipment in the box is the main factor.
As my mom always told me, book learning isn't always as good as good old-fashioned WORK experience. Have you worked out in the field, installing, laying fiber, actually DOING what you seem to have learned so much from being lectured by engineers? If I remember right, most of these engineers sit in an office and direct traffic, never actually driving anything.
Since I am probably talking to someone who will NEVER change their mind even when presented with factual arguments, I'm truly going to stop now. You can have the run of the board back and see how many more people you can call names and intimate that no one understands anything besides you. LOL :-)
For everyone else reading this, I truly only intended to help when I first posted and I truly know from first-hand experience what I'm talking about, not just because my husband did this exact job for so long, but because I read, I research, and I observe. Good luck to all of you and maybe this stimulus money that is supposed to go for "taking broadband to the suburban and rural areas" will be well spent.
My original post
Again, things got taken out of context here -- the not working weekends so on and so forth. All I was trying to imply here is that nowadays, you need to be flexible in any job. If you are scheduled to work on a holiday, then put in 3-4 hours earlier or later in the day and you have the sime to spend with your family.
My S/O has a very crazy schedule where he is off on Mondays and Tuesdays, so I generally take Tuesday as my "day off" because I have bills to pay and can't really afford to take more days off than that.
As far as my comment about doing stat reports was concerned, that too, was taken out of context. With my company, we all have assigned days for doing stat reports -- mine happens to be Wednesday afternoons and I was working on Saturday anyway and was just surprised when I was called and asked to do these and not the person who normally does them.
It saddens me to see the way this profession has "gone down the tubes" -- I got into this field and am still in this field, because I feel in some small way, I contribute to my fellow human beings and their health and well being.
A lot of this yes, has to do with companies and them becoming what they have -- MQ being in my opinion, the "biggest monster of them all." But, on the other hand too, so many MTs tend to "saturate" other companies based on positive posts, which thereby at times will create a shortage of work, as well as the fact that they tend to skip over the difficult dictators -- here again, as it was previously mentioned, it is a learning process and should be treated as such.
In NO way was I stating that you should put your job over your family -- what I was trying to state in my original post is that you have to learn to be flexible -- if you refuse to bend and try to put a good balance between family life and your job, then you more than likely will find yourself at some point without a job.
The original poster got me, and that's what counted!
Sorry to disappoint, but she got my point!
isn't this the perfect example of what the original poster
Usually double your original rate or at least 1.5x. nm
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As I said, Idiots are not bright...not original at least nm
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but not in the situation of the original poster...sm
she sounded like somebody trying to get the quick fix of a new car. She's not an MTSO driving a high end vehicle and certainly had not done a financial analysis of the situation. I agree, there are a few instances when you need to rent short term because of situations but bottom line is long term, renting or leasing can't be a better choice. Someone is making money off of you. The majority of people are working paycheck to paycheck and need to get past that illusion of "free money" from a credit card and leasing a nicer car than they can afford. I don't pretend to be a financial expert but most of the time spending money is about emotions than dollars. Case in point, leasing a nice car so you "look" better off. BTW, Suze Orman's books are the best I've seen yet...and I've read A LOT of financial advice.
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