Is this common practice?

I exchanged two power cords during my recent visit to the Genius Bar. Upon leaving I overheard a man asking why he was being charged for a power cord. I stopped and said, they will exchange that for a new one. The clerk said not if it's his fault! I looked at his cord and stated that is where it always breaks or comes apart, the clerk just looked at me with a blank face. I told the man that I just exchanged two if them, I then reached into my purse and pulled out one if mine. I have to the gentleman and said you may have one if mine, I don't understand why they will not exchange yours. He asked what he owed me and I said, you don't owe me anything, I have two and you can have one that's all. He thanked me and as I walked away I shins stated, I don't understand why they will not exchange yours and I think that is very wrong!!! I believe it was racial profiling and that makes me sick.

LStatlerSullivan wrote:
I have replaced a few cables and have never been asked how old it is. There us no warranty time on the cables so the last comment does not apply here. I will not go back to that satire for anything. I was there, I saw what went on....that was enough for me!!!! After going in for an issue I had already been through with on two other occasions ( at a different location) and had to spend 2.5 hours only to have them try to fix an issue I knew would only be futile and end with them exchanging my phone, then to see this poor man standing there looking confused. The cord had come apart where they always do, it was a no brainier. I solved the problem by giving him one of mine. I'm looking for another cable just good customer service and equal patronage!!!
Yes, there is a warranty time on the cables. It's one year, just like the device. The fact that you are unaware of that doesn't change the reality.
If you have a complaint about an Apple Store, your options are:
A) Speak to the Store Leader.
B) Contact Apple Store Operations at Cupertino, CA.
C) File a complaint with the appropriate entities, such as the Better Business Bureau, the management of the property where the Apple Store is located, etcetera.
Nothing you say or do here, about this issue, will have any effect, because this is not a complaint forum. This is a user-to-user technical assistance forum.
Do you have a technical question?
For your reference and education:
http://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/products/iphone-english.html
WHAT IS COVERED BY THIS WARRANTY?
Apple Inc. of One Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, U.S.A. 95014 (“Apple”) warrants the Apple-branded iPhone, iPad or iPod hardware product and accessories contained in the original packaging (“Apple Product”) against defects in materials and workmanship when used normally in accordance with Apple's published guidelines for a period of ONE (1) YEAR from the date of original retail purchase by the end-user purchaser ("Warranty Period"). Apple’s published guidelines include but are not limited to information contained in technical specifications, user manuals and service communications.

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let's say I have a website and on the website I have buttons that lead to different pages(frames) when clicked. On the main page I have something like a bird that flies from left to right. Let's say that the bird is in the middle of the screen and a user clicks a button. How do I make it so that the bird continues to fly off screen before switching pages? Obviously, I cant tell what the location of the bird will be when the button is clicked since it will vary from user to user so I am completely confused on how to structurally set this up. Would the bird be it's own swf embedded in the main swf? Or is this feature a massive keyframing project for every frame of animation that bird has?
Also, how do have multiple animations that run on different clocks looping simultaneously? What I mean by this is, lets say the previously mentioned bird has a 25 frame animation loop and a second element, like a sunrise/sunset has a 30 frame animation loop... how do I loop both of them so that they loop seemlessly at the same time? Will I have to animate both of them in a loop until both reach a common frame (150 frames from 6x 25frame bird loops and 5x 30frame sunrise/sunset loops)?
Thanks,
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You will have to experiment to see what works well and what doesn't. You can have things animating along a timeline in parallel, but you can also have them be their own movieclips and animated when commanded to play().
In the case of your bird flying off before a button click is processed, you could manage that as follows. Have the button set a variable that is defaulted at false to be true. At the end of the bird's flight, you test that variable ( as in ... if(variable == true)...) to see if it is true, and if so, you process whatever command that button is intended for. If you used a timeline animtion for the bird, then that test would occur at the last frame of the animation. If you used a coded tween to move the bird across the scene, then you could use an event listener to detect the animation completed and do the test then.
There are almost always a variety of choices for achieving the same design goal. The key to determining a solution is knowing what tools you have to work with... and coming to know what those tools are and how to use them is where learning comes in.

Should I partition my drive? (Is this common practice?)

Hello,
I recently purchased an iMac and I'm really liking it so far. I got used to it pretty quickly and can now do everything I could do before on my PC (which is now for sale).
I'm wondering if most Mac users partition their drives - one partition holds the operating system and applications, the other holds music, photos, videos, documents etc.
I used to do this on my PC to make sure the media files and documents don't get erased when I reinstall Windows. I asked this question on a Turkish Mac forum and the response was that most Mac users don't feel the need to partition their drives since the OS rarely needs reinstalling and in case it does, the partition doesn't have to be formatted anyway.
I would appreciate your replies on whether I should consider partitioning my drive to separate system and media files. I have never reinstalled MacOS and I'm not sure if I will need to format the drive and install afterwards if I need to reinstall one day. Also, AFAIK I won't be able to use Boot Camp if I partition the drive.
Thanks in advance!

Hello,
Thank you for the replies!
den.thed, thanks for the welcome. I see that as long as there is space in the partition there is no tangible benefit to partition the drive.
My real worry was what would happen if I needed to reinstall MacOS or format the drive, as my photos etc. would be gone too, but I think this is what Time Machine is for (it's on and all my files are backed up.). And I don't think I need to "format" the drive for reinstalling MacOS, am I correct? Or is it "recommended but not necessary" to format/erase the partition before installing MacOS?
Also, thanks for the information about the "boot camp section" of the forums, if I come across any problems I will certainly visit there.
Glorfindeal: Thank you for the information. I have not decided for certain about installing Boot Camp - I have a licenced copy of Windows 7 which is currently running on VirtualBox inside MacOS - but I wanted to know my options clearly.
So, I think it's not common for Mac users to partition their internal drives. I think I will not bother with partitioning either. I hope I will get some more replies to be certain in my impression...

AS2 common practices and party definitions

Dear reader,
I've a question about AS2 identifiers and common practices as is explained in more detail below:
Context
We have implemented Seeburger AS2 adapter on SAP XI.
In our SAP XI environment we have depict parties in SAP R/3 (customers vendors etc) in SAP XI as well to enable clear depiction of message flows.
For large companies we may find several SAP XI parties because the company may have and an office in Canada and an office in the US. (These are two parties in the SAP R/3 system as well)
The company uses one AS2 server to communicate.
Seeburger AS2 adapter allows one AS2 identifier to be defined for one SAP XI party. It is not possible to define the same AS2 identifier for two SAP XI parties.
Questions
Is it common practice for large company to use one AS2 identifier for all their offices? Can we expect to have several AS2 identifiers, one per office?
If large companies only use one AS2 identifier is it wise to introduce a new SAP XI party specifically for AS2 communications and tigh the AS2 identifier to this party?
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Your help is appriciated.
Best Regards,
Harald Kastelijn
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Harald,
I think that the best way is to create different services for every division under the party (company) with multiple divisions. (Exp. for Party BMW you can have services BMW_DE and BMW_USA). AS2 ID is unique and even for large companies (if they have one IT department) is possible using of the same AS2 ID.
Regards
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Common Practice For Storing Application Data Files

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[http://www.codeproject.com/KB/security/acl_common_data.aspx?display=Print]
[http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista-security/MakingAppsUACAware.aspx]
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* Windows Vista - %systemdrive%\ProgramData
* Windows 2000 - %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
* Windows Server 2003 - %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
* Windows 98 - %systemdrive%\Windows\All Users\ Application Data
which we may retrieve through "CommonApplicationData", using the API function SHGetFolderPath. However, how can we do that in Java? How to make compatible with Linux?
(2) Writing to user home directory through "user.home" properties. Create a folder .MyApp and write the application data on it.
Any input and suggestion are welcomed.
Thanks!
cheok

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...I will store my application data files (Files where user may create, modify, rename, delete...) same path as my application directory. >See [Store Application Settings and Components|http://sdnshare.sun.com/view.jsp?id=2305] for code that will put the required parts in a suitable sub-dir of user.home.

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Here is what the official product docs say on this issue:
SyBooks Online
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Is it common practice for Verizon to park in a private driveway to perform services?

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Your issue has been escalated to a Verizon agent. Before the agent can begin assisting you, they will need to collect further information from you.Please go to your profile page for the forum, and look in the middle, right at the top where you will find an area titled "My Support Cases". You can reach your profile page by clicking on your name beside your post, or at the top left of this page underneath the title of the board.
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Common practice for additional cost like banking fees on PO's

Hi
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Thanks
Franz

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Common practice to stop thread - checking flag or checking interrupt status

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How to populate tax area for IT 207? what is the common practice?

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How to populate tax area for IT 207? what is the common practice?
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I have Bose Quiet Comfort Headphones. I am unable to insert the male end all the way into the IPAD3. I do have sound in the headphones, however. Is this common for most headsets on the IPAD3?

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Also in my research seems apple came up with a
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Douglas,
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