I was a Surface apologist for almost a year. The thing worked beautifully out of the box, and the OS isn't as much of an abomination when it's used with the stylus. Microsoft seemed to get their hardware integration just right - Windows 8 on regular third party hardware is a rickety pile of fail.
Then I saw a Surface have a Blue Screen of Death for the first time last week. All hope is lost.
The title pretty much sums it up. Justine Sacco made a (stupid, racist) comment that nobody found funny, and she had Internet Justice dispensed upon her in the form of a dangerous, righteous mob.
That's us as well. I've got a laptop for mobile work, but when I'm at the office that's docked into a KVMx2 setup. That's only the IT folks, though. Regular office types who don't go mobile that often are on regular desktops.
Well, Wachovia was eventually eaten by Wells Fargo. They did return my money after about two weeks - it just took going through their fraud investigation stuff.
The Hapsburgs were more about marrying nieces to their uncles. Which only became a problem when it happened over half a dozen generations, such that Charles II's great great grandma was also his great great great great grandma on the other side.
I wish I had been in your state. My undergrad was about $60,000 total for four years at UGA, including summers. Around $4500/year of that was tuition ($1500 a semester, very roughly.) So, $18,000 for tuition alone. That least $42,000 that accounts for cost of living - and in my case, a ravenous technology appetite. My tuition was covered by the state, at least, and I worked 20-30 hours a week for most of my college career to cover the rest - housing, food, books.
It was not a glamorous lifestyle. The highlight of my undergrad poverty was when my mother gave me a nice futon for Christmas (rather, $400 to go out and buy one. I still have that futon and use it as my primary couch.)
I only paid cash because it was such a trivial amount - under ten dollars - but I should make a point of doing it more often. I've been a victim of this before, when they targeted Office Max several years ago. Wiped out $1300 from my checking account. Thankfully, Wachovia's fraud department paid back every penny, including overdraft fees, but it was just awful for that month it took to get resolved to have to borrow money to pay bills since I didn't have a credit card.
Harvard and other Ivy League schools are simply brand name, designer degrees. They cost ten times as much, but perform essentially the same function as their Target equivalents. The Target equivalents will likely perform better than the dollar store degrees, however.
Naw, Harvard has a huge endowment. There are some very poor kids who are very very smart and who'd love a Harvard brand name on their degrees. Harvard wants only the smartest poor people, so will offer the diamonds in the rough free tuition. The kids are still on the hook for housing, food, and books, but those costs are closer to $10,000/year if you live very frugally. It's win/win - Harvard gets a crop of geniuses, and the geniuses go to a college they'd otherwise never be able to afford.
The valedictorian at my high school went this route. With a perfect SAT and ACT score and a bunch of academic achievement awards she probably could have gone anywhere, but she picked Harvard because they waived all the tuition and fees for her. Since her parents were Army, they couldn't provide much financial support outside of the scholarships, but their little girl got into Harvard so they were going to try.
You'd be quite surprised what many 4channers do for a living. Yeah, the majority of them are teens and college kids, but some of the adults are doctors, professors, high level executive managers, software developers... guys (and the occasional girl) that log in there through 3-4 different VPN tunnels to blow off steam.
And if it did turn out to be cancer instead of vampire vitamin D, I'd be in stage IV now. There are some times it's better to go to the doctor and be told you're being a hypochondriac.
I'm obese by any measure and I can do an hour on the elliptical. Doesn't help me lose weight, but exercise intensity and duration isn't my problem. (Frequency, on the other hand, could be higher.)
I felt like crap last winter and it turns out my Vitamin D level was on the floor (after extensive blood tests determined it was not thyroid problems or cancer. Thank goodness.) For geeks who don't go outside and prefer the dungeon/basement lifestyle, a 1000 mg dose of Vitamin D daily can be a godsend. (I was prescribed 10 minutes of daily sunshine at first, too.)
I also donate platelets regularly, and prior to a stint on the chair there I munch on some calcium chews, because otherwise I'll experience a total calcium crash from the citrate and pass out.
So while it's okay to stop wasting your money on multi-vitamins, it's important to know how your body responds to both long and short term situations and have the appropriate supplement on hand.
I'm still on 6 Mbps down and 0.5 up - and I live in what is technically classified as an urban area. There are higher speed plans available from other companies, but the QoS from them is notoriously terrible.
My crummy little DSL might take a while to download a large file and has an occasional burp if two people try to stream at once, but the connection itself is otherwise rock solid. I'm connected to the line via an Ethernet cable since I'm the gamer in the house, but everyone else does just fine on wireless connections.
We have two red light traffic cams in town. I know exactly which two red lights they are. There are big signs that say, "HEY THIS LIGHT HAS A CAMERA." I can understand an out-of-towner possibly not being aware of them, but that means someone was texting instead of looking at the giant sign warning about it as they sped through a red light.
This isn't to say I disagree - the cameras are stupid, and clearly designed to generate revenue rather than increase safety. But we've dealt with them for years and I've never once gotten a ticket because I don't run red lights.
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I was a Surface apologist for almost a year. The thing worked beautifully out of the box, and the OS isn't as much of an abomination when it's used with the stylus. Microsoft seemed to get their hardware integration just right - Windows 8 on regular third party hardware is a rickety pile of fail.
Then I saw a Surface have a Blue Screen of Death for the first time last week. All hope is lost.
Adam and Eve are a metaphor. Humans one day woke up smart and have been regretting it ever since - that's the original sin.
.... because they are easy reading and you know there's a happy ending.
Eroticas go faster because people are skipping over the pages of badly written sex trying to find more plot.
The title pretty much sums it up. Justine Sacco made a (stupid, racist) comment that nobody found funny, and she had Internet Justice dispensed upon her in the form of a dangerous, righteous mob.
That's us as well. I've got a laptop for mobile work, but when I'm at the office that's docked into a KVMx2 setup. That's only the IT folks, though. Regular office types who don't go mobile that often are on regular desktops.
Well, Wachovia was eventually eaten by Wells Fargo. They did return my money after about two weeks - it just took going through their fraud investigation stuff.
I do now - just one, a Delta AmEx that I'm using at every opportunity to get crazy amounts of frequent flier miles.
The Hapsburgs were more about marrying nieces to their uncles. Which only became a problem when it happened over half a dozen generations, such that Charles II's great great grandma was also his great great great great grandma on the other side.
You can't make a pretty pair of earrings for your spouse out of bitcoins, though.
I wish I had been in your state. My undergrad was about $60,000 total for four years at UGA, including summers. Around $4500/year of that was tuition ($1500 a semester, very roughly.) So, $18,000 for tuition alone. That least $42,000 that accounts for cost of living - and in my case, a ravenous technology appetite. My tuition was covered by the state, at least, and I worked 20-30 hours a week for most of my college career to cover the rest - housing, food, books.
It was not a glamorous lifestyle. The highlight of my undergrad poverty was when my mother gave me a nice futon for Christmas (rather, $400 to go out and buy one. I still have that futon and use it as my primary couch.)
I only paid cash because it was such a trivial amount - under ten dollars - but I should make a point of doing it more often. I've been a victim of this before, when they targeted Office Max several years ago. Wiped out $1300 from my checking account. Thankfully, Wachovia's fraud department paid back every penny, including overdraft fees, but it was just awful for that month it took to get resolved to have to borrow money to pay bills since I didn't have a credit card.
I'm totally going to use this if I'm ever asked to turn my music down in the office. "But sir, this is increasing my encryption security!"
Since 90% of the people in my office are not tech people, that just might work.
Drinking 4-5 "immune boosting" EmergenC packs in the space of a few hours would probably do it.
Harvard and other Ivy League schools are simply brand name, designer degrees. They cost ten times as much, but perform essentially the same function as their Target equivalents. The Target equivalents will likely perform better than the dollar store degrees, however.
Naw, Harvard has a huge endowment. There are some very poor kids who are very very smart and who'd love a Harvard brand name on their degrees. Harvard wants only the smartest poor people, so will offer the diamonds in the rough free tuition. The kids are still on the hook for housing, food, and books, but those costs are closer to $10,000/year if you live very frugally. It's win/win - Harvard gets a crop of geniuses, and the geniuses go to a college they'd otherwise never be able to afford.
The valedictorian at my high school went this route. With a perfect SAT and ACT score and a bunch of academic achievement awards she probably could have gone anywhere, but she picked Harvard because they waived all the tuition and fees for her. Since her parents were Army, they couldn't provide much financial support outside of the scholarships, but their little girl got into Harvard so they were going to try.
You'd be quite surprised what many 4channers do for a living. Yeah, the majority of them are teens and college kids, but some of the adults are doctors, professors, high level executive managers, software developers... guys (and the occasional girl) that log in there through 3-4 different VPN tunnels to blow off steam.
I go to the kitchen and cook dinner usually. Or do some housework.
You are correct, thank you. Although I did get put on the Big Green Pill, a 50,000 IU of Vitamin D, once a week for a few months.
And if it did turn out to be cancer instead of vampire vitamin D, I'd be in stage IV now. There are some times it's better to go to the doctor and be told you're being a hypochondriac.
I'm obese by any measure and I can do an hour on the elliptical. Doesn't help me lose weight, but exercise intensity and duration isn't my problem. (Frequency, on the other hand, could be higher.)
I felt like crap last winter and it turns out my Vitamin D level was on the floor (after extensive blood tests determined it was not thyroid problems or cancer. Thank goodness.) For geeks who don't go outside and prefer the dungeon/basement lifestyle, a 1000 mg dose of Vitamin D daily can be a godsend. (I was prescribed 10 minutes of daily sunshine at first, too.)
I also donate platelets regularly, and prior to a stint on the chair there I munch on some calcium chews, because otherwise I'll experience a total calcium crash from the citrate and pass out.
So while it's okay to stop wasting your money on multi-vitamins, it's important to know how your body responds to both long and short term situations and have the appropriate supplement on hand.
Well, clearly Wamoc above didn't learn that lesson since that's what he was ticketed for.
I'm still on 6 Mbps down and 0.5 up - and I live in what is technically classified as an urban area. There are higher speed plans available from other companies, but the QoS from them is notoriously terrible.
My crummy little DSL might take a while to download a large file and has an occasional burp if two people try to stream at once, but the connection itself is otherwise rock solid. I'm connected to the line via an Ethernet cable since I'm the gamer in the house, but everyone else does just fine on wireless connections.
We have two red light traffic cams in town. I know exactly which two red lights they are. There are big signs that say, "HEY THIS LIGHT HAS A CAMERA." I can understand an out-of-towner possibly not being aware of them, but that means someone was texting instead of looking at the giant sign warning about it as they sped through a red light.
This isn't to say I disagree - the cameras are stupid, and clearly designed to generate revenue rather than increase safety. But we've dealt with them for years and I've never once gotten a ticket because I don't run red lights.
Probably this story was accepted by the same guy that approved monitoring for terrorists in World of Warcraft.