This is because 99.997% of americans are inept at the tasks to actually do any home building. Go shopping for a older home and look at the nightmares that the DIY network and Places like Home Depot have created. Basements finished by someone that watches too much DIY network or HGTV are pretty on the surface but half assed underneath to the point that I'll pass on any home that I can tell the howmowners tried to be "handy" because I dont want to pay to have it all ripped out and done right.
And yes I know what I am looking at, Grew up as a son of a contractor, I spent EVERY summer until my 22nd birthday building houses, pulling wire, and plumbing homes. I can tell when something is right and when something is a frigging nightmare behind some nice paneling...
Exactly. I have not bought a title for the Wii in 3 years. There has been NOTHING released for the Wii in the past 3 years that I have been even interested in buying. Nintendo seems to have just up and died.
Dude I have yet to meet one person that did not get a free replacement for RROD. Maybe the stupid and lazy that did not go onto Xbox.com and run their serial number through the website to get a free refurb exchange.
Honestly, if you had RROD and just bought a new one, you were really stupid. Microsoft bent over backwards to fix even out of warranty units for free to try like hell in squashing the PR nightmare of the bad hardware design.
It's the ONLY time Microsoft has actually given good customer service in their lifetime.
And WHY? Your PS3 does not play BluRays any better than my $139.00 LG player... In fact I have netflix, HULU+, blockbuster streaming and can download "apps" for it.
Only a fool would buy a PS3 just as a bluray player, Game system? yes. BluRay player? That's just nuts.
Oh and high end installs Dont use a PS3, they use a LG or Sony BD player... because they integrate to real control systems like Crestron and AMX. Every time I have tried integrating a PS3, the garbage BLuetooth to IR gateways are unreliable.
They are the same price as Apple is. At least my $99.00 appleTV will play all the videos on my iTunes. Granted they are partnering with Roku, but they need to be cheaper to compete.
So will they pay for the electrical AND the data pipe to it? I get free heat... From what I know of Microsoft, IT will cost more than buying a 99.99576% efficient HVAC system.
Minorities came out to vote in larger numbers than the rich old whites did.
Honestly, you Repubs should be very afraid. If someone finally motivates the Poor and Minorities to get out and vote, all of your GOP candidates in every election will lose in a landslide as the poor outnumber you 100 to1.
The problem is that most poor and minorities do not trust anyone in government as all they do is screw them. If someone get's past that you are utterly doomed.
Honestly, the best thing Obama could do is have press conferences publicly smearing the GOP. "The republicans want to protect the rich while screwing the poor, I am fighting for the poor! remember this in the next election!"
If he pulled that on TV in every speech and was able to motivate the masses.... it would be game over.
I will tell you this... a Glassed in Server room full of Apple servers and Xsan are 800X more sexy looking than ANY other manufacturer. When I was IT manager at a comcast regional our Director of sales would take clients down to the production offices to show them THAT server room full of apple servers instead of the real one. Simply because that room looked professional and random Sun+Dell+HP servers look like a hodge podge mess even though it was very clean.
"THEN it has to perfectly release all those lines or when the final unit kicks up the thrust to pull away it is liable to flip the thing or damage it."
You know nothing about rockets... when you cut the the cables the rocket pack will take off because it's weight just dropped significantly. It's basic physics.. Did you take a physics class?
It's because they use the F bomb and show cleavage.... Your child should easily handle it if you were not over protective in his upgringing... IF he is reading classic comic books from the 60's to 80's then he has been exposed to far more violence and sex than this movie has.
Although some people freak out at a half boobie shot but are ok with the kid seeing the daily violence we have on the news. Make your own judgement.
"How the fuck did Tron become the example of the possibilities of 3D?"
it was latched onto by low IQ marketing droids that are desperate for you to replace that 42" TV you bought 2 years ago with a new one that does nothing more other than WOOOOOooooooo Threeeeeee Deeeeeeeeeee!!!!!! Woooooooooooo!
I have seen ONE decent home 3D setup. it was a pair of projectors using polarizer filters and you used the IMAX 3d Glasses.
Administrators that are worthless getting paid 20X-30X of what the teachers get paid. Sorry, that will not cut it.
Teachers MEDIAN pay range needs to be 20% higher than the MEDIAN pay range in that area to attract good teachers.
Administrators need to have a PAY cut to no more than 8X more than the MEDIAN pay of their school or district.
Finally, expenses need to be realistic, teachers and kids using computers from more than 4 years ago is a waste of resources. IT budgets need to be changed. The school building needs to be maintained right, sorry but that 120 year old building is a LIABILITY not an advantage... tear it down and replace it with a efficient modern structure that will not rob the school of funds every month.
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Nails? Amateur...
WE used pegs and interlocking.. Only wanna-be's used nails.
This is because 99.997% of americans are inept at the tasks to actually do any home building. Go shopping for a older home and look at the nightmares that the DIY network and Places like Home Depot have created. Basements finished by someone that watches too much DIY network or HGTV are pretty on the surface but half assed underneath to the point that I'll pass on any home that I can tell the howmowners tried to be "handy" because I dont want to pay to have it all ripped out and done right.
And yes I know what I am looking at, Grew up as a son of a contractor, I spent EVERY summer until my 22nd birthday building houses, pulling wire, and plumbing homes. I can tell when something is right and when something is a frigging nightmare behind some nice paneling...
$60? it's been upped to $70 a year mister...
Exactly. I have not bought a title for the Wii in 3 years. There has been NOTHING released for the Wii in the past 3 years that I have been even interested in buying.
Nintendo seems to have just up and died.
Owned by too many 13 year olds in MW2 eh? Wow you are a poor sport.
Dude I have yet to meet one person that did not get a free replacement for RROD. Maybe the stupid and lazy that did not go onto Xbox.com and run their serial number through the website to get a free refurb exchange.
Honestly, if you had RROD and just bought a new one, you were really stupid. Microsoft bent over backwards to fix even out of warranty units for free to try like hell in squashing the PR nightmare of the bad hardware design.
It's the ONLY time Microsoft has actually given good customer service in their lifetime.
And WHY? Your PS3 does not play BluRays any better than my $139.00 LG player... In fact I have netflix, HULU+, blockbuster streaming and can download "apps" for it.
Only a fool would buy a PS3 just as a bluray player, Game system? yes. BluRay player? That's just nuts.
Oh and high end installs Dont use a PS3, they use a LG or Sony BD player... because they integrate to real control systems like Crestron and AMX. Every time I have tried integrating a PS3, the garbage BLuetooth to IR gateways are unreliable.
They are the same price as Apple is. At least my $99.00 appleTV will play all the videos on my iTunes. Granted they are partnering with Roku, but they need to be cheaper to compete.
The moon is a giant space ship!
Throwing nerf balls at the glass walls of CmdrTacos corner suite.
"1) For plenty of these people, it will be a free upgrade; so why not?"
What planet are you from? AT&T / Verizon and Apple have NEVER given a "free" upgrade ot anything other than the basic phones or out of date ones.
So will they pay for the electrical AND the data pipe to it? I get free heat...
From what I know of Microsoft, IT will cost more than buying a 99.99576% efficient HVAC system.
You are correct. Unemployment is closer to 25%.
Minorities came out to vote in larger numbers than the rich old whites did.
Honestly, you Repubs should be very afraid. If someone finally motivates the Poor and Minorities to get out and vote, all of your GOP candidates in every election will lose in a landslide as the poor outnumber you 100 to1.
The problem is that most poor and minorities do not trust anyone in government as all they do is screw them. If someone get's past that you are utterly doomed.
Honestly, the best thing Obama could do is have press conferences publicly smearing the GOP. "The republicans want to protect the rich while screwing the poor, I am fighting for the poor! remember this in the next election!"
If he pulled that on TV in every speech and was able to motivate the masses.... it would be game over.
Unix. There are other solutions that are Windows Free for industrial control.
TRISTAN systems.
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There are plenty of UNIX based SCADA systems that have existed far longer than Windows based ones.
Dont use industrial machines that run Windows....
Just saying.....
But you will put all the MCSE's out of work...
"For workgroup and SMB sized applications it's pretty nice, but a bit of a quandary when you hit the big leagues."
when you hit that point you use a real Unix, and it runs really nice on their sexy hardware!
"but mail is done by Google Apps (as well as calendaring, etc),"
Read and you will receive the info he already told you.
Their Email client is called a web browser.
I will tell you this... a Glassed in Server room full of Apple servers and Xsan are 800X more sexy looking than ANY other manufacturer. When I was IT manager at a comcast regional our Director of sales would take clients down to the production offices to show them THAT server room full of apple servers instead of the real one. Simply because that room looked professional and random Sun+Dell+HP servers look like a hodge podge mess even though it was very clean.
"THEN it has to perfectly release all those lines or when the final unit kicks up the thrust to pull away it is liable to flip the thing or damage it."
You know nothing about rockets... when you cut the the cables the rocket pack will take off because it's weight just dropped significantly. It's basic physics.. Did you take a physics class?
It's because they use the F bomb and show cleavage.... Your child should easily handle it if you were not over protective in his upgringing... IF he is reading classic comic books from the 60's to 80's then he has been exposed to far more violence and sex than this movie has.
Although some people freak out at a half boobie shot but are ok with the kid seeing the daily violence we have on the news. Make your own judgement.
"How the fuck did Tron become the example of the possibilities of 3D?"
it was latched onto by low IQ marketing droids that are desperate for you to replace that 42" TV you bought 2 years ago with a new one that does nothing more other than WOOOOOooooooo Threeeeeee Deeeeeeeeeee!!!!!! Woooooooooooo!
I have seen ONE decent home 3D setup. it was a pair of projectors using polarizer filters and you used the IMAX 3d Glasses.
Agreed....
The Tick in movie form would rock.
same for Johnny the Homocidial Maniac... I think Jhonan Vasquez would enjoy torturing theaters full at a time...
Schools are ran like a corporation.
Administrators that are worthless getting paid 20X-30X of what the teachers get paid. Sorry, that will not cut it.
Teachers MEDIAN pay range needs to be 20% higher than the MEDIAN pay range in that area to attract good teachers.
Administrators need to have a PAY cut to no more than 8X more than the MEDIAN pay of their school or district.
Finally, expenses need to be realistic, teachers and kids using computers from more than 4 years ago is a waste of resources. IT budgets need to be changed. The school building needs to be maintained right, sorry but that 120 year old building is a LIABILITY not an advantage... tear it down and replace it with a efficient modern structure that will not rob the school of funds every month.