Well if you are invisible, I must be a neon sigh at a major intersection. I must be on every survey, political party, and... oh god only knows whatelse list. We've unhooked the phone from the wall because of the deluge of calls we've been getting from politicians to vote for them. (Or take part in a survey where they smear the other guy and then gauge your response.)
It's enough to make me want to disconnect the line. Oh hell, then sell all my posessions and live in a cave.
You forget that politicians deliberately wrote into the law the ability to obfuscate the numbers. Some are in area. Some are not. Some are 800 numbers. Some are ID blocked.
And do I honestly have to sit through the phone ringing 8 or 10 times to be indignant about it? Better to pick up, tell them to do something vaguely obscene and generally biologically impossible, then hang up.
They don't even take a hint when they get voice mail.
I was on a medical malpractice jury once. And while I was the only "technical" sort on the Jury, people were really good about asking the judge questions on matters of law.
Juries are allowed to ask tons of questions to the Judge. And the Judge is the sole answer of questions on law.
Remember Jury box is one of the 4 boxes of freedom. I realize that not a lot of other people do...
We moved into our first house and we have a landline for calls to gramma, friends, etc. I'm about to throw it out the window though, we are in the middle of a primary and are getting spammed on political junk calls. So and so for sheriff. So and so for Mayor. So and so for dog catcher. "Do you have time to take a survey... that's really just a way for us to disparage our opponent?"
It's all slimey, and my voting pattern is essentially "Did you call my house?" If yes, remove from consideration. (Yes I've researched them. Nobody worth voting for did.)
More than that... for those not making a lot of money. You see it's the bastards making $100k plus that are up in arms because for THEM to pay 50% in taxes is UNFAIR (eleventy)!
How many of these folks are there? Is this country over run by millionaires? Um, no. The folks who have money have merely done such a great job in making the average American THINK they will some day make that much that your average Joe sixpack screams "COMMUNISM!!!!" whenever you mention switching to being ripped off by private industry to being ripped off by the state.
If he understood it, we wouldn't be reading that transcript. He was like a drunk telling us that he knows he has a problem while ordering another round.
Did more people actually watch Voyager and DS9 than BSG?
That was the joy then of Broadcast TV. You get a timeslot, and there are millions of bored eyeballs for which your show has to be more entertaining than the 7 other channels they get.
I don't think Firefly jumped the shark to the breaching out of the water level BSG achieved though.
They have gone into so many dead in corners, only to be saved by a "Dues ex Machina" that I'm expecting to see a pile of cheese and people with labcoats in the final episode./Seen the whole thing so far//Wants several hours of his life back
Ever since the '40s we've been trading in zebra finches. Much easier to carry, and you can swap 2 finches for a goat and 10 finches for a Cow at any local farmer's market.
I'd bet it's optimized for maximum corruption. With one giant index with all the fields in it. And stores binary copies of the hamsterdance song in every record.
It's funny that these guys think that while you can be charged with conspiracy, you can't be charged with stupidity. Actually you can: it's called reckless endangerment. There is also the civil charges of malpractice. Since there is public money involved: Fraud. (Using substandard materials when you know it's completely inappropriate for the job at hand. And if you didn't know YOU DAMN WELL SHOULD HAVE IF YOU ARE TAKING THE GOVERNMENT'S MONEY.)
The only thing keeping these jokers from breaking rocks is the fact the republicans are in power.... or were in power... ohh this is going to be interesting.
Lets put it this way. More care goes into checking tickets at a rock concert.
Your paper ticket has a barcode on it. The nice people at the turnstile scan it, the number is checked in the database and you get a nice instant feedback if the ticket has been used or is totally bogus. They handle thousands of people crushing into the gate in the space of minutes, on the outside hours. And they use off the shelf equipment and standard DSL or T1 lines.
That's a bit like saying you can run a traffic light with a Lego Mindstorms on a massive intersection where 8 lanes of traffic intersects another 8 lanes, with both right and left turns allowed.
You just have to boost the 5v output using an op-amp, and secure the lead with a clamp or some electrical tape so it won't wiggle out.
I agree. With a plethora of free or easily liscensed SQL databases out there, and the fact that ODBC data sources are every bit as easy to connect as Jet, there is NO excuse. The only reason to drop something like Jet into a production system is to make it crippled by design.
I, Evil Twin Skippy, and IN Nintendo's target demographic.
Now all I need is "Get off my lawn" for the Wii.
Seriously though, my wife and I played it over my cousin's during Christmas. We had so much fun that we literally scoured the stores to find one of our own. We still aren't off Wii Sports. Though I do have my eye on about 5 titles that... as soon as I get some free time... I'm going to buy.
Richard Nixon? You should call Mrs. Nixon and apologize. Richard Nixon may have been a crook, BUT HE WAS A COMPETANT CROOK. GWB doesn't hold a candle to Nixon.
At this point GWB is neck and neck with Harding for worst.
Slashdot Mirror
As in, "All your base are now belong to us?"
Well if you are invisible, I must be a neon sigh at a major intersection. I must be on every survey, political party, and ... oh god only knows whatelse list. We've unhooked the phone from the wall because of the deluge of calls we've been getting from politicians to vote for them. (Or take part in a survey where they smear the other guy and then gauge your response.)
It's enough to make me want to disconnect the line. Oh hell, then sell all my posessions and live in a cave.
You forget that politicians deliberately wrote into the law the ability to obfuscate the numbers. Some are in area. Some are not. Some are 800 numbers. Some are ID blocked.
And do I honestly have to sit through the phone ringing 8 or 10 times to be indignant about it? Better to pick up, tell them to do something vaguely obscene and generally biologically impossible, then hang up.
They don't even take a hint when they get voice mail.
I was on a medical malpractice jury once. And while I was the only "technical" sort on the Jury, people were really good about asking the judge questions on matters of law.
Juries are allowed to ask tons of questions to the Judge. And the Judge is the sole answer of questions on law.
Remember Jury box is one of the 4 boxes of freedom. I realize that not a lot of other people do...
Fast forward six years and you have me...
We moved into our first house and we have a landline for calls to gramma, friends, etc. I'm about to throw it out the window though, we are in the middle of a primary and are getting spammed on political junk calls. So and so for sheriff. So and so for Mayor. So and so for dog catcher. "Do you have time to take a survey... that's really just a way for us to disparage our opponent?"
It's all slimey, and my voting pattern is essentially "Did you call my house?" If yes, remove from consideration. (Yes I've researched them. Nobody worth voting for did.)
More than that... for those not making a lot of money. You see it's the bastards making $100k plus that are up in arms because for THEM to pay 50% in taxes is UNFAIR (eleventy)!
How many of these folks are there? Is this country over run by millionaires? Um, no. The folks who have money have merely done such a great job in making the average American THINK they will some day make that much that your average Joe sixpack screams "COMMUNISM!!!!" whenever you mention switching to being ripped off by private industry to being ripped off by the state.
Completely off topic, but love the handle man.
In a "funny once" sort of way.
Of course the alternative is likely too - storm smacks down phone lines leaving landlines useless! As you suggest, best option is redundancy
Now get off my phone ya dang kids!
If he understood it, we wouldn't be reading that transcript. He was like a drunk telling us that he knows he has a problem while ordering another round.
If they spent a fraction of the budget on writing an continuity as they had on post-production, I don't think we'd be having this discussion.
Did more people actually watch Voyager and DS9 than BSG?
That was the joy then of Broadcast TV. You get a timeslot, and there are millions of bored eyeballs for which your show has to be more entertaining than the 7 other channels they get.
I don't think Firefly jumped the shark to the breaching out of the water level BSG achieved though.
/Seen the whole thing so far //Wants several hours of his life back
They have gone into so many dead in corners, only to be saved by a "Dues ex Machina" that I'm expecting to see a pile of cheese and people with labcoats in the final episode.
Well at least you didn't mention the 2nd admendment at the right to bear arms.
That would have been cliche.
Nope, no Lambasting here.
I don't vote as a Democrat or Republican. I vote as an American.
My guess: They hired some bright young faces from right out of school.
The last 3 jobs I applied for did! (Scary: 2 were government, and one was a company that designed databases for container shipping.)
Puleeezzze.
Ever since the '40s we've been trading in zebra finches. Much easier to carry, and you can swap 2 finches for a goat and 10 finches for a Cow at any local farmer's market.
Diebold makes ATM's, but the banks keep all the records.
That's a bit like saying Panasonic would make a great a telephone carrier because they make phones.
I'd bet it's optimized for maximum corruption. With one giant index with all the fields in it. And stores binary copies of the hamsterdance song in every record.
It's funny that these guys think that while you can be charged with conspiracy, you can't be charged with stupidity. Actually you can: it's called reckless endangerment. There is also the civil charges of malpractice. Since there is public money involved: Fraud. (Using substandard materials when you know it's completely inappropriate for the job at hand. And if you didn't know YOU DAMN WELL SHOULD HAVE IF YOU ARE TAKING THE GOVERNMENT'S MONEY.)
The only thing keeping these jokers from breaking rocks is the fact the republicans are in power.... or were in power... ohh this is going to be interesting.
Lets put it this way. More care goes into checking tickets at a rock concert.
Your paper ticket has a barcode on it. The nice people at the turnstile scan it, the number is checked in the database and you get a nice instant feedback if the ticket has been used or is totally bogus. They handle thousands of people crushing into the gate in the space of minutes, on the outside hours. And they use off the shelf equipment and standard DSL or T1 lines.
That's a bit like saying you can run a traffic light with a Lego Mindstorms on a massive intersection where 8 lanes of traffic intersects another 8 lanes, with both right and left turns allowed.
You just have to boost the 5v output using an op-amp, and secure the lead with a clamp or some electrical tape so it won't wiggle out.
I agree. With a plethora of free or easily liscensed SQL databases out there, and the fact that ODBC data sources are every bit as easy to connect as Jet, there is NO excuse. The only reason to drop something like Jet into a production system is to make it crippled by design.
I, Evil Twin Skippy, and IN Nintendo's target demographic.
... as soon as I get some free time... I'm going to buy.
Now all I need is "Get off my lawn" for the Wii.
Seriously though, my wife and I played it over my cousin's during Christmas. We had so much fun that we literally scoured the stores to find one of our own. We still aren't off Wii Sports. Though I do have my eye on about 5 titles that
Richard Nixon? You should call Mrs. Nixon and apologize. Richard Nixon may have been a crook, BUT HE WAS A COMPETANT CROOK. GWB doesn't hold a candle to Nixon.
At this point GWB is neck and neck with Harding for worst.
Actually no. A tunnel would be a stupid way to invade.