I went to HP's web site to find the nearest repair shop to have my printer and tape changer fixed. Their page helping customer finding service centre was down and they refer their customers to a toll-free number instead.
I called the toll free number given on the page and the guy who answered the phone told me he couldn't give me the information because his system has been down for a full week (the same system as the one on the web?). He advised me to look for a repair shop in the Yellow pages. I asked him how I could make sure it is an HP-approved shop and he told me I can't just by at the listing in the yellow pages.
Hello? What do you think I think of HP now? A company who can't take care of its own customer.
A week to fix a quite mission-critical application! Will I hire HP for my mission-critical needs? No!
Let me replace the tape back-up by a home-brewed Linux-based hard-drive based device and my printer by a Lexmark...
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This article on physician salaries should be emailed to undergrads planning their future and, perhaps more importantly, to any person with a PhD who insists on calling him or herself "doctor". It turns out that the average physician in the U.S. makes around $200,000/year after paying malpractice insurance and all other expenses. The clever docs who specialized in radiology earn a median income of $350,000/year after paying their malpractice insurance premium of $12,000/year. So next time the pompous PhD signs an email with "Dr." ask him "Wow, are you making $200,000+/year? No? Why not?"
Maybe these are the folks who've stripped America's car dealers of all the minivans...
Yeah, right...
I have a Ph.D. and I consider myself a "real doctor" as I toiled in university as long as a G.P.. I knew right from the start I wouldn't be payed as much as a G.P., but it was my choice. A low six-figures income is enough for me. And to those who say I am not a real Doctor: "Screw you!"
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