I used to work with a "trilingual" fella. Born in Itally, raised in France, and then lived in the USA for 17+ years. He effectively spoke no language. Bad Itallian, worse French and jumbled English. is there an app for that?
Remember that ten year old TV? 2 Channel stereo with advanced controls like "turn it up" and "turn it down" No sub woofer, no rear channels, just left and right. I can appreciate the HD picture and the super sound, it's just not "missing" from my life. Seriously, I'm not a luddite but TV tech wise I'm living happily in the past. I love my TV (teacher, mother, secret lover). I watch it way too much. I just don't feel compelled to give it any more of my money right now.
I don't even have a DVD player attached to my TV any more. Or cable. My Roku box has killed the video star. For less than $100. Netflix runs me $8 a month for all I can watch, and I can watch alot. I have a 10 year old SD television that shows no signs of wearing out any time soon. But the Roku does some form of HD, if I cared. I could buy a car for what it would cost me to upgrade to a Blu-ray/HD combo.
not going to happen.
Call me when I can get a good HD TV for $200-$300, a GOOD Blu-ray player for $50, and movies for $10. That's all I spent on my "old" DVD set up, and that has been usurped in my living room.
Hell, when I do get a DVD these days it just gets the handbrake treatment and goes into my media library for later watching.
1 ounce = 28.3495231 grams 4.2 grams is just more than an eightball. Now, it's been a few years, but I don't recall an 8ball ever costing more than $300. So, 1 paper bindle just big enough to ruin your night or get you back stage but not Tony Montoya big.
Where I live, that's like $350 worth of cocaine. Seems like enough for 1 or 2 Astronauts for a weekend in space. Drugs make me paranoid and talkative on earth. I think that outer space might just be a little too much. "Discovery, this is Kennedy. Please shut up now."
what's it pay? does it have bennies? Have to say, there are days at work that make me think, "motherboard photographer, that's it. I'll photograph motherboards. can't be so bad" Dream job? no. Worst gig you'll do for money? not even close.
most drinking games are, at the root, about getting girls drunk. The same can be said of wapatoolie. If it wasn't for the quest to get women drunk and naked we ("men folk") would still be sitting quietly in dark bars drinking brown liquor and telling boring stories.
Many games are played and much alchohol drunk not in the pursuit of females but let's not kid our selves why "we" as a species do it.
I'm not suggesting that the IT departments are the cheap, lazy, luddites in this equation. I'm just saying that "the customers don't want to pay for the new equipment" is a weak excuse. We didn't want to pay for the old equipment. So what? If IPv4 doesn't give you any problems locally and you aren't worried about SomeOne Else's problems, keep it. If it aint broke why fix it? If you must upgrade you can pay the cost difference from your profit margin or charge more. I get how companies feel about lowering their profit margins, but the math is plain: If you must upgrade your equipment can't afford to, without charging more, then you will have to charge more. If the customer doesn't want to pay more they(we) can look for SomeOne Else to do it for less. Just don't act like there hasn't been time to deal with this.
ok, I'll bite. A five year life cycle? IPv6 has been with us for 10 years? That mean that you have had 2 chances to upgrade your equipment to something that would support it. This is not some thing that has snuck up on you, your just cheap or lazy or afraid of the change. I think that what you meant was, "Customers are not willing to pay more for the equipment and we don't want to cut in to our profits to update our hardware." Except, of course for the fact that you have ignored this problem for over a decade. nice
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I used to work with a "trilingual" fella.
Born in Itally, raised in France, and then lived in the USA for 17+ years.
He effectively spoke no language.
Bad Itallian, worse French and jumbled English.
is there an app for that?
I love my Roku. It has replaced cable tv and even most bit torrent in my house
Remember that ten year old TV?
2 Channel stereo with advanced controls like "turn it up" and "turn it down"
No sub woofer, no rear channels, just left and right.
I can appreciate the HD picture and the super sound, it's just not "missing" from my life.
Seriously, I'm not a luddite but TV tech wise I'm living happily in the past.
I love my TV (teacher, mother, secret lover). I watch it way too much. I just don't feel compelled to give it any more of my money right now.
and that is why I think Blu-ray is floundering.
Give that person a prize.
I don't even have a DVD player attached to my TV any more. Or cable.
My Roku box has killed the video star. For less than $100. Netflix runs me $8 a month for all I can watch, and I can watch alot.
I have a 10 year old SD television that shows no signs of wearing out any time soon. But the Roku does some form of HD, if I cared.
I could buy a car for what it would cost me to upgrade to a Blu-ray/HD combo.
not going to happen.
Call me when I can get a good HD TV for $200-$300, a GOOD Blu-ray player for $50, and movies for $10.
That's all I spent on my "old" DVD set up, and that has been usurped in my living room.
Hell, when I do get a DVD these days it just gets the handbrake treatment and goes into my media library for later watching.
I think that it requires an ignition source.
A match, a spark, a stray cigarette or some thing.
will you take a check?
ooh, we had better ALL get off of your lawn then.
1.- 6. "no" - RIAA
1 ounce = 28.3495231 grams
4.2 grams is just more than an eightball.
Now, it's been a few years, but I don't recall an 8ball ever costing more than $300.
So, 1 paper bindle just big enough to ruin your night or get you back stage but not Tony Montoya big.
Where I live, that's like $350 worth of cocaine.
Seems like enough for 1 or 2 Astronauts for a weekend in space.
Drugs make me paranoid and talkative on earth. I think that outer space might just be a little too much.
"Discovery, this is Kennedy. Please shut up now."
Or "THIS IS APPLE!"
before kicking Steve Balmer into a pit full of chairs.
Hey, Farva!
What's the name of the irish place you all ways go to?
The one with all the shit on the wall.
I got 99 problems but a GPS aint one
what's it pay? does it have bennies?
Have to say, there are days at work that make me think, "motherboard photographer, that's it. I'll photograph motherboards. can't be so bad"
Dream job? no. Worst gig you'll do for money? not even close.
most drinking games are, at the root, about getting girls drunk.
The same can be said of wapatoolie.
If it wasn't for the quest to get women drunk and naked we ("men folk") would still be sitting quietly in dark bars drinking brown liquor and telling boring stories.
Many games are played and much alchohol drunk not in the pursuit of females but let's not kid our selves why "we" as a species do it.
Mod up Insightful - this is the same comment I came here to make.
well then, "mod parent redundant"
oh, I hadn't considered that.
Maybe Glen beck raped and killed a boy in 1990.
how very insightfull
and isn't this the same OLD low?
Nothing new or "News" here.
FOXnews is doing the same bullshit they do every other day.
I think the real question here is:
If Glen Beck didn't rape and kill that girl in 1990, why won't he just come out and deny it?
What is he hiding?
terrible? yes.
but profitable.
no pun intended
do you mean "why buy a $5 alarm when we could pay an engineer thousands of dollars a year to do the same thing?"
I have a phrase that you should practice: "would you like fries with that?"
and "paper or plastic, sir?"
very good now again, in Chinese.
gosh people PAY engineers for no reason...
No, in the case of a tool like Limbaugh, I can accept that he might just be telling a lie.
I'm not suggesting that the IT departments are the cheap, lazy, luddites in this equation.
I'm just saying that "the customers don't want to pay for the new equipment" is a weak excuse.
We didn't want to pay for the old equipment. So what?
If IPv4 doesn't give you any problems locally and you aren't worried about SomeOne Else's problems, keep it. If it aint broke why fix it?
If you must upgrade you can pay the cost difference from your profit margin or charge more.
I get how companies feel about lowering their profit margins, but the math is plain:
If you must upgrade your equipment can't afford to, without charging more, then you will have to charge more.
If the customer doesn't want to pay more they(we) can look for SomeOne Else to do it for less.
Just don't act like there hasn't been time to deal with this.
ok, I'll bite.
A five year life cycle?
IPv6 has been with us for 10 years?
That mean that you have had 2 chances to upgrade your equipment to something that would support it.
This is not some thing that has snuck up on you, your just cheap or lazy or afraid of the change.
I think that what you meant was, "Customers are not willing to pay more for the equipment and we don't want to cut in to our profits to update our hardware."
Except, of course for the fact that you have ignored this problem for over a decade.
nice
yeah!
and get the hell off his lawn!