Exactly, time is worth something. My policy is that for most people I fix computers for a living that means I want something in return even if it's just dinner.
If you're knowledgeable about computers to the degree that everyone asks you to fix their problems, then I suggest everyone in this position "fix computers as a side business". There are many advantages.
1) The free ride for friends and family is immediately over. (Might not be able to get out of the family obligation, but you can certainly get out of the friends one.)
2) They'll decide that if they're going to pay, they'll pay Best Buy or similar to handle it instead. After spending about 4-10x as much money for poor results, they'll come to you the next time and pay you.
3) If someone bothers you about something that you'd really rather not do, you can "have a customer with an emergency call". I really try not to use this excuse, but sometimes people will not leave me alone over the most mundane shit.
...as we all know what it inevitably devolves into...midnight phone calls, requests to drive to far away places (using your own gas and time), and a fair amount of disrespect.
You know what makes this easy? Tell them fixing computers is a side job of yours and you don't do it for free for anyone. They can pay your hourly rate (at a "discount") or barter something with you in exchange for your time. Otherwise, they can go elsewhere. After all, you wouldn't ask a plumber friend to fix your toilet for free, would you? (And if you did, you're an asshole in my book.)
The fact that you have to request the communication means that the police will have the option to deny it. They will use that option - often.
Hey, if the police are going to do something really stupid or illegal, it's not as if they can rotate the encryption codes so the loaned radios don't work, right?
Police scanners are an important check on the powers of police IMO, and we shouldn't permit them to use crypto in any fashion.
Yeah, but sometimes there was cool stuff too. It's a double-edged sword, and while it does filter out the crap it also filters out the potentially cool stuff. I dunno, ASCII art is a big part of geek culture and I find it a bit of a tragedy that Slashdot just doesn't let it work. That and, you know, all of those UTF characters...
Interesting note on that that most people don't hear, but Japanese (which also has the L/R distinction problem) also has an issue with B/V. Any English loanword that has a "V" in it will have a "B" instead. Example: bampaia (bam-pie-ah)
Not that $1.6 billion would hurt them much, but all they'd have to do is threaten to stop making the iPad in China. At that point, the government will just make Proview go away.
FTFY.
The loss of jobs would be immense. If Apple stopped selling the iPad legitimately, it's not as if Chinese people wouldn't be able to get a bootleg version of it. Hell, China has made a knockoff Apple Store!
Wow, okay. That's the first legitimate answer I've ever gotten, ha.
There's a place in my city called "Café Opçao". (Pretty sure I'm missing the accent over the A.) I asked a Brazilian friend how to pronounce it and then how to pronounce it if you replaced the ç with an s. It sounded essentially the same. Maybe he's been in America for too long.
HI BILLY MAYS HERE FOR FRACTURE PUTTY! ARE YOU TIRED OF HOPPING AROUND ON CRUTCHES LIKE SOME SORT OF ALIEN BATTLE MECH?! DID YOU BREAK YOUR KNUCKLE BACKHANDING YOUR WIFE BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T CLEAN THE KITCHEN WITH ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY OXY-CLEAN?! DID THE SOUND WAVES FROM MY VOICE SHATTER THE BONES IN YOUR ARM?! THEN FRACTURE PUTTY IS FOR YOU!
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ORDER NOW AND WE'LL SLASH THE PRICE FROM $39.99 TO $19.99! BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! ORDER IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES AND WE'LL INCLUDE A SECOND CONTAINER OF FRACTURE PUTTY ABSOLUTELY FREE!
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And to get around the filter... Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
P.S. I really wish they'd do away with the filters. It really hampers the possibility for creative ASCII art and the like that actually made Slashdot pretty cool back in the day. =\
To qualify for a lot of federal contracts, I'm pretty sure you need to have a certain percentage of minority and female workers, respectively. Even if you don't though, they try to get minority or female hires (even if they're not the most qualified candidate) for good PR.
This is one of the things the Middle East is very good at. The Portuguese have a word for it: Desenrascanco, which basically means the quick and dirty solution that's thrown together at the last minute and/or from what's on hand.
We saw this innovation in Libya, including some humorous military innovations such as the Bread Helmet and some far less humorous things like technicals, anti-air turrets, etc. Iran saw how effective the US's drones were and they want some of their own. They saw how effective stuff like DARPA is, so they do the same thing. Of course, Iran has the advantage of coming late to market so they can get all of the component parts much, much easier.
I noticed the trucks; they were around my neighborhood a couple months ago.
Honestly, considering how often backdoor political deals don't work out for us in NJ (especially in Newark), I'm pretty much fine with this. It'll be nice to have some degree of competition around here.
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They could make a thumb drive using a miniature hard drive and call it the Sharktooth.
...okay WD, cut me a check already, would you?
1) Western Digital licenses this technology.
2) WD releases a new model, the WD Shark. A "Now with LASERs!" starburst graphic adorns the front of the box.
3) Profit!
Exactly, time is worth something. My policy is that for most people I fix computers for a living that means I want something in return even if it's just dinner.
If you're knowledgeable about computers to the degree that everyone asks you to fix their problems, then I suggest everyone in this position "fix computers as a side business". There are many advantages.
1) The free ride for friends and family is immediately over. (Might not be able to get out of the family obligation, but you can certainly get out of the friends one.)
2) They'll decide that if they're going to pay, they'll pay Best Buy or similar to handle it instead. After spending about 4-10x as much money for poor results, they'll come to you the next time and pay you.
3) If someone bothers you about something that you'd really rather not do, you can "have a customer with an emergency call". I really try not to use this excuse, but sometimes people will not leave me alone over the most mundane shit.
eHarmony and certain people have a difference in opinion as to what's really important in a relationship.
I take that as a compliment.
...as we all know what it inevitably devolves into...midnight phone calls, requests to drive to far away places (using your own gas and time), and a fair amount of disrespect.
You know what makes this easy? Tell them fixing computers is a side job of yours and you don't do it for free for anyone. They can pay your hourly rate (at a "discount") or barter something with you in exchange for your time. Otherwise, they can go elsewhere. After all, you wouldn't ask a plumber friend to fix your toilet for free, would you? (And if you did, you're an asshole in my book.)
The fact that you have to request the communication means that the police will have the option to deny it. They will use that option - often.
Hey, if the police are going to do something really stupid or illegal, it's not as if they can rotate the encryption codes so the loaned radios don't work, right?
Police scanners are an important check on the powers of police IMO, and we shouldn't permit them to use crypto in any fashion.
Yeah, but sometimes there was cool stuff too. It's a double-edged sword, and while it does filter out the crap it also filters out the potentially cool stuff. I dunno, ASCII art is a big part of geek culture and I find it a bit of a tragedy that Slashdot just doesn't let it work. That and, you know, all of those UTF characters...
I type in all caps in honor of the great Billy Mays. I earnestly await June 28th every year because that's the day everyone can get away with it.
Interesting note on that that most people don't hear, but Japanese (which also has the L/R distinction problem) also has an issue with B/V. Any English loanword that has a "V" in it will have a "B" instead. Example: bampaia (bam-pie-ah)
Not that $1.6 billion would hurt them much, but all they'd have to do is threaten to stop making the iPad in China. At that point, the government will just make Proview go away.
FTFY.
The loss of jobs would be immense. If Apple stopped selling the iPad legitimately, it's not as if Chinese people wouldn't be able to get a bootleg version of it. Hell, China has made a knockoff Apple Store!
Wow, okay. That's the first legitimate answer I've ever gotten, ha.
There's a place in my city called "Café Opçao". (Pretty sure I'm missing the accent over the A.) I asked a Brazilian friend how to pronounce it and then how to pronounce it if you replaced the ç with an s. It sounded essentially the same. Maybe he's been in America for too long.
I have my router set to Chanel Number 6.
HI BILLY MAYS HERE FOR FRACTURE PUTTY! ARE YOU TIRED OF HOPPING AROUND ON CRUTCHES LIKE SOME SORT OF ALIEN BATTLE MECH?! DID YOU BREAK YOUR KNUCKLE BACKHANDING YOUR WIFE BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T CLEAN THE KITCHEN WITH ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY OXY-CLEAN?! DID THE SOUND WAVES FROM MY VOICE SHATTER THE BONES IN YOUR ARM?! THEN FRACTURE PUTTY IS FOR YOU!
FRACTURE PUTTY CAN MEND BROKEN BONES FASTER THAN YOU CAN MEND YOUR LOVELESS MARRIAGE! DEVELOPED BY SCIENTISTS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF PLUMBER'S CRACK, FRACTURE PUTTY IS MADE OF INDESTRUCTABLE SPACE-AGE MEMORY FOAM POLYBICARBONATESILICADEXTROSEGLUTAMATE!
ORDER NOW AND WE'LL SLASH THE PRICE FROM $39.99 TO $19.99! BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! ORDER IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES AND WE'LL INCLUDE A SECOND CONTAINER OF FRACTURE PUTTY ABSOLUTELY FREE!
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.
.
And to get around the filter... Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
P.S. I really wish they'd do away with the filters. It really hampers the possibility for creative ASCII art and the like that actually made Slashdot pretty cool back in the day. =\
Well if that happens, we can just call a bambulance.
Well considering it's sniping, it'd probably be something like "I know trigonometry."
"Company hires applicant based on qualifications" might be news, if said company used to put qualifications second to gender/race/religion/etc.
To be fair, she didn't meet the "Cheeto-stained neckbeard" job requirement to be the head of a Linux distro, but they hired her anyway.
Keep in mind that Cracked is a humor site and strives for being funny over being accurate.
That said, what's the deal with the letter "ç"? It's basically an S every time I've heard it - why the heck don't you guys just use an "S"? d:
To qualify for a lot of federal contracts, I'm pretty sure you need to have a certain percentage of minority and female workers, respectively. Even if you don't though, they try to get minority or female hires (even if they're not the most qualified candidate) for good PR.
This is one of the things the Middle East is very good at. The Portuguese have a word for it: Desenrascanco, which basically means the quick and dirty solution that's thrown together at the last minute and/or from what's on hand.
We saw this innovation in Libya, including some humorous military innovations such as the Bread Helmet and some far less humorous things like technicals, anti-air turrets, etc. Iran saw how effective the US's drones were and they want some of their own. They saw how effective stuff like DARPA is, so they do the same thing. Of course, Iran has the advantage of coming late to market so they can get all of the component parts much, much easier.
<Connery> Shay that again and I'll "Schnapp" your bloody neck!
I'll take "Anal Bum Coversh" for 300.</Connery>
by your logic it would make sense for Apple to disable the use of all iPhones older than the 4S as telephones...
It would be a pretty aggressive business model, though.
Somewhere in Cuptertino, a marketing executive just creamed his pants.
Directory after directory of pictures of donuts sorted by glaze, icing, filling, and sprinkle type...
What's next, makeup for your OS?
"Maybe it's Mandriva... Maybe it's Maybelline!"
I noticed the trucks; they were around my neighborhood a couple months ago.
Honestly, considering how often backdoor political deals don't work out for us in NJ (especially in Newark), I'm pretty much fine with this. It'll be nice to have some degree of competition around here.