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UtterlyBoring.com is produced by Jake Ortman (e-mail, resume), a 30-year-old dad, percussionist, freelance Web designer, consultant and jack-of-all-trades computer geek, living in Bend, Oregon. He created this so that his expensive journalism and technology degree isn't getting totally wasted. In addition to editing this site in his free time, he is the IT Director and Ad Designer at both Sunray and Discover Sunriver. He has LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook profiles if you're trying to stalk him.
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Playing To The Suckers Out ThereI went to my local computer parts warehouse to pick up a small little switch. I usually buy the little five-port Netgear switches (as they're bulletproof), but they didn't have any, so I bought a cheap Zonet five port switch. I didn't notice until I got the thing to the office, but it has an odd bit of promotional text on it in a bright green circle on the box: "Windows Vista Compatible." Last I checked, network switches aren't operating-system dependant. The software to manage them sometimes is, but the hardware isn't. So why didn't they just put "Linux, MacOS, BeOS, Unix, Windows, FreeBSD and DOS Compatible" or something just to cover all bases? They obviously put this on there to play to the folks who don't know that and think that they need a "Vista Compatible" network switch. Posted by Jake on 09/20/07 @ 10:19 AM
Posted in Geekdom | 4 Comments | Permalink Submit to digg, del.icio.us, reddit, or stumbleupon 4 CommentsJosh said on 09/20/07 @ 02:37 PM:I think we all have the same experience with new computer speakers or headphones being "MP3 Ready". Because if you buy the wrong ones, your MP3s might not play. Jesse Thompson said on 09/21/07 @ 11:49 AM: If I didn't know any better, I would venture to guess that some Marketing Department got involved somewhere. I still love Marshy the Marshmallow's tagline: "The first one to eat a million .. WINS!" Neil T. said on 09/22/07 @ 03:20 PM: I bet it's also Y2K compatible too. Jesse Thompson said on 09/22/07 @ 04:11 PM: That's it then. We are in the wrong business. Let's just market the next pet rock. Pet Rock v2.0! Y2K compliant, Vista ready, tested to inter operate with Newton's Second law of Motion, and lifetime moneyback guarantee (that it is, in fact, a rock). Post a comment |
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