I went to ZERO stores. I spent all my money online. I got deals from newegg that worst buy and the others could not touch even after shipping. Plus I did not have to stand in line for hours to get a chance as a cupon to buy a item, or elbow idiots in the face to stop crushing my wife. 4 years ago was the LAST time we went to a store on Black friday. She suffered 2 broken ribs and I had to physically assault 10 people to protect her from more harm.
I'm never going into a store for a black friday thing ever again, I can get better deals, save more, and do it in comfort away from the mobs of morons that lose all social ettiquette like not crushing people for some stupid shiny.
Secret for you: the planet has a crapload of those exact "toxins" you speak of. so instead we are harvesting them, and concentrating them in one place so they dont accidentally poison people with the evil "TOXINS"
Nuclear power is cleaning up the planet by harvesting the things that this evil planet puts all over the place to try and kill us, and getting them away from people. now go back to getting 3 enemas a day, you still have more toxins in you that needs to be flushed out for your better health!
And they were using a HIDEOUSLY old technology for a reactor that would allow for a runaway reaction to happen. It is suspected the reactor was not a normal power reactor but a breeder reactor designed to make weapons grade.
Most of the American old reactors are NOT of a horribly bad design like that. Is there a risk? kinda. but if all we have are 3 mile island incidents that the worst was undetectable by most instruments then I'm all for it. Honestly the damned NIMBY and green idiots that kept us from chasing the nuke power option for the past 40 years are the ones to blame. we would have been mostly nuclear plants now all operating profitably. I guess that is what you get with a very undereducated populace. They get easily scared of technology.
How about using a standard like IEEE floating point Hex? I can store Gigantorus numbers in tiny spaces with that.
42F9F8BC71118F14 = 456,897,665,767,665.25 IEEE Floating point in Hexadecimal is a standard that anyone that has a clue about computers or data storage should already know about. The fact they were storing numbers as strings means their programmers are complete uneducated noobs.
That's what you get when you outsource your software to the cheapest contractor.
My rough collie, she will do that if she is bored. I also have one of the only Colliesthat will play fetch, she can also reliably recognize over 40 words and the tasks associated with them. Problem is, one of the simplest, letting us know if she is hungry or wants out is the same, blank stare 1 foot from your face. No pawing, no barking (collies will bark for anything they love to bark and are very vocal dogs)
She will also react to about 15 words that do not have a task associated with it, but reacts accordingly and consistently.
And people want features like auto-complete and suggestion in address and search bars, intelligent pre-fetching of certain content, and so on.
I have yet to meet a person that wants that crap. All I ever find is people complaining about those features and how they get in the way 99% of the time. Granted I'm only talking to a pool of a few hundred at work, but it's a good cross section of everybody.
But it still does not do what they try to fearmonger...
A page of text will run on your Computer! OMG! just scanning an infected page will infect your PC! a randomly worded email can infect your computer!!!!
Well only if Outlook add's a compile and execute all text in the email function, I' am sure Microsoft is adding that.
Unless you are not at home, then you have to generate a new executable that has your current IP in it, oh and be sure the firewall is open or have a reflection server running somewhere else.
It works great if you never leave home and have 100% control of the routers. if you get a call from Uncle Dave screaming about a cascade of porn while you are sitting at the bagel shop, you can help him.
While this would work fine for family, installing logmein that allows you access whenever you want is probably not a good idea for friends, and they would probably dislike it.
Then they can PAY ME for support. if they dont like it then they can go find someone else for FREE support.
I have a couple of friends that whined about it, I said, sure, you pay for this other service monthly. They instantly stopped whining when they realized I was not going to spend money monthly for them.
No whipper snapper, I'm way north of 40. My genetics give me non damaged vision so I'm having zero problems with focus. and yes, move the damn thing closer old geezer, you can use your bifocals to read the screen easier....
And I'll get off your lawn as soon as I can remember where I left my walker.
I say block all of china and china sites from google access or listing. Screw em. Honestly China's e-commerce will crumble overnight if Google shut them off. with a " Google will not give results to sites that are in untrustable and hostile countries like china.
China's Economy RELIES on the United states, a large company that is used by 60% of all internet users to find information can cripple an entire countries economy instantly by blocking them.
Hey dude, I'm 43 and have far better eyesight than you or about 90% of everyone in your age bracket. I have 20/10 vision which makes me a prime candidate for jet pilot. Over the past years my eyesight degraded to 20/15 vision and I found a doctor that was able to correct my vision back to my eagle:eye 20/10 with a set of glasses.
Even in my degraded state I'm in the top 25 percentile.
Yet I have seen many 20 something fresh college grads that cant handle real screen resolutions and run a frigging 21" monitor at 1024X768. The youth today are blind as bats.
On the other hand, I find it entertaining that nobody has said, "move the monitor closer" What is it with the monitor phobias and everyone wanting it 3 feet away?
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I went to ZERO stores. I spent all my money online. I got deals from newegg that worst buy and the others could not touch even after shipping. Plus I did not have to stand in line for hours to get a chance as a cupon to buy a item, or elbow idiots in the face to stop crushing my wife. 4 years ago was the LAST time we went to a store on Black friday. She suffered 2 broken ribs and I had to physically assault 10 people to protect her from more harm.
I'm never going into a store for a black friday thing ever again, I can get better deals, save more, and do it in comfort away from the mobs of morons that lose all social ettiquette like not crushing people for some stupid shiny.
Correct, it's a retarded addiction.. Like paint huffing, gasoline sniffing, or self waterboarding.
Science cant overcome the Collective stupidity of land owners and the populace.
Secret for you: the planet has a crapload of those exact "toxins" you speak of. so instead we are harvesting them, and concentrating them in one place so they dont accidentally poison people with the evil "TOXINS"
Nuclear power is cleaning up the planet by harvesting the things that this evil planet puts all over the place to try and kill us, and getting them away from people. now go back to getting 3 enemas a day, you still have more toxins in you that needs to be flushed out for your better health!
And they were using a HIDEOUSLY old technology for a reactor that would allow for a runaway reaction to happen. It is suspected the reactor was not a normal power reactor but a breeder reactor designed to make weapons grade.
Most of the American old reactors are NOT of a horribly bad design like that. Is there a risk? kinda. but if all we have are 3 mile island incidents that the worst was undetectable by most instruments then I'm all for it. Honestly the damned NIMBY and green idiots that kept us from chasing the nuke power option for the past 40 years are the ones to blame. we would have been mostly nuclear plants now all operating profitably. I guess that is what you get with a very undereducated populace. They get easily scared of technology.
How about using a standard like IEEE floating point Hex? I can store Gigantorus numbers in tiny spaces with that.
42F9F8BC71118F14 = 456,897,665,767,665.25
IEEE Floating point in Hexadecimal is a standard that anyone that has a clue about computers or data storage should already know about. The fact they were storing numbers as strings means their programmers are complete uneducated noobs.
That's what you get when you outsource your software to the cheapest contractor.
My rough collie, she will do that if she is bored. I also have one of the only Colliesthat will play fetch, she can also reliably recognize over 40 words and the tasks associated with them. Problem is, one of the simplest, letting us know if she is hungry or wants out is the same, blank stare 1 foot from your face. No pawing, no barking (collies will bark for anything they love to bark and are very vocal dogs)
She will also react to about 15 words that do not have a task associated with it, but reacts accordingly and consistently.
And people want features like auto-complete and suggestion in address and search bars, intelligent pre-fetching of certain content, and so on.
I have yet to meet a person that wants that crap. All I ever find is people complaining about those features and how they get in the way 99% of the time. Granted I'm only talking to a pool of a few hundred at work, but it's a good cross section of everybody.
Because a hamster can be simulated with a very small script....
func=rand(6)
case (func)
{
1) panic and run around crazy
2) sit there and look cute
3) poop yourself
4) eat or act hungry
5) poop yourself
6) run on the wheel
}
But it still does not do what they try to fearmonger...
A page of text will run on your Computer! OMG! just scanning an infected page will infect your PC! a randomly worded email can infect your computer!!!!
Well only if Outlook add's a compile and execute all text in the email function, I' am sure Microsoft is adding that.
Wow, you physics people throw wild ass parties...
Let me guess, as a practical joke you loosen the covalent bonds in the secretaries dress just before the friday staff meeting.
Nothing is special about 2012.. Or are you still working on the really in-accurate assumptions of the Mayan calendar?
2012 has no relevance to anything.
Isn't that what the Windows 7 release parties were for?
You sir are my hero.
Unless you are not at home, then you have to generate a new executable that has your current IP in it, oh and be sure the firewall is open or have a reflection server running somewhere else.
It works great if you never leave home and have 100% control of the routers. if you get a call from Uncle Dave screaming about a cascade of porn while you are sitting at the bagel shop, you can help him.
While this would work fine for family, installing logmein that allows you access whenever you want is probably not a good idea for friends, and they would probably dislike it.
Then they can PAY ME for support. if they dont like it then they can go find someone else for FREE support.
I have a couple of friends that whined about it, I said, sure, you pay for this other service monthly. They instantly stopped whining when they realized I was not going to spend money monthly for them.
We may not buy the stuff, but the Chinese will,
which means we will through a third party.... China!
But you can. DeBeers diamonds are sold everywhere. I have yet to see anyone stop the DeBeers Diamond company from selling their dead baby diamonds.
Plus consumers do not care, hey we have been trained by the same evil company that you dont love her if you dont have 2 months salary on her finger.
Personally, I believe that only a complete Idiot would do such a thing, but I see a lot of people that follow that like lemmings.
Geezer?
You look like a newborn baby to me kid.
Now where did you damn kids hide my wheelchair?
Blame the washed up MTV vJ that claims he invented it.
Screw that, the guys from 2800 have been doing this for far longer than leo has even had the idea that computers were neat.
No whipper snapper, I'm way north of 40. My genetics give me non damaged vision so I'm having zero problems with focus. and yes, move the damn thing closer old geezer, you can use your bifocals to read the screen easier....
And I'll get off your lawn as soon as I can remember where I left my walker.
I say block all of china and china sites from google access or listing. Screw em. Honestly China's e-commerce will crumble overnight if Google shut them off. with a " Google will not give results to sites that are in untrustable and hostile countries like china.
China's Economy RELIES on the United states, a large company that is used by 60% of all internet users to find information can cripple an entire countries economy instantly by blocking them.
Show china who is boss. Delist them all.
Ok, How about moving the monitor closer instead of the retarded 3 feet away that most people have?
Hey dude, I'm 43 and have far better eyesight than you or about 90% of everyone in your age bracket. I have 20/10 vision which makes me a prime candidate for jet pilot. Over the past years my eyesight degraded to 20/15 vision and I found a doctor that was able to correct my vision back to my eagle:eye 20/10 with a set of glasses.
Even in my degraded state I'm in the top 25 percentile.
Yet I have seen many 20 something fresh college grads that cant handle real screen resolutions and run a frigging 21" monitor at 1024X768. The youth today are blind as bats.
On the other hand, I find it entertaining that nobody has said, "move the monitor closer" What is it with the monitor phobias and everyone wanting it 3 feet away?