I am really interested in the validity of this list, as I do have AT&T wireless. My biggest beef about this is that Old Orchard Mall is an outdoor mall and I have never had problems with dropped calls there. Places, like Rosemont convention, Gurnee Mills, Woodfield, I can understand. But if you're getting dropped calls on an outdoor mall, I think they've got bigger problems at hand.
I don't know if they're the same, but they deserve to be wiped from this planet regardless. I just have my yahoo filter set to delete anything that has "Marketing" in the From fields. It seems to be doing a decent job. That or yahoo decided to crack down on him/her.
Actually, that's not true. Your brakes are limited to the brake pads. Ever try to drive off with the parking brake on? If you have the car at wide open throttle, the wheels will continue to try to turn. Once you are able to do it, your brake pads are toast. Unless you are using high performance brake pads, the brakes will not win under prolonged conditions.
This reminds me of when I was at U of I Champaign. I was in the computer lab area doing some studying, when a tour guide was bringing in a bunch of prospective students. They had just passed through one of the NT labs and one of the prospective students decided he wanted to look cool in front of his parents and asked the tour guide (who was probably an English major or something): "Do you have any Linux boxes?" I was ready to smack the kid, as right next to the NT lab, there were 2 Solaris labs and an HP lab that was running HP-Unix.
According to the site, it is to prevent the cat from bringing in half dead animals into the house so the owner doesn't have to spend time chasing it all over the place.
I was a big fan of TMNT when I was about 10-13. But not the tv series. I actually collected the graphic novels and it was REALLY dark. Leonardo almost died and the fight scenes were pretty gruesome. And most importantly, Splinter is actually really wise and not spewing out some mindless drivel aimed at younger children.
As stated before, Hong Kong has made it compulsory for citizens to carry these cards for well over 30 years. And police CAN and WILL stop anyone to ask to see them anytime. But the case for this is usually to make sure you are not from the mainland smuggled into hk... I know because I was in hk one time (I'm a us citizen, but of chinese descent) and was stopped. So I told him in plain english that I am from US. The cop didn't really understand what I said (I beefed up my vocab) and just let me go..
In Japan, Balrog is m. bison. They changed the name because Balrog is a boxer and sounded too much like m. tyson (if you notice, it looks like him too). I forget how the other names are changed since it has been at least 10 years since I last played it..(or even thought about it)
Actually, I wouldn't say that the Japanese grew complacent. It is commonly believed that the Alaskan Eskimos came from Japan and the Kennewick man, as someone mentioned earlier, might have too.. here
Last time I was in Hong Kong, there is already a lot of western culture there.. The chinese feel they would rather slowly allow a trickle of the western culture in at a time, instead of opening the flood gates. This way, they can still preserve their ideals and not be completely influenced by the western world..
Actually, that really isn't the case right now. The Mainland China economy is doing a lot better and people are actually going up to the mainland because that's where the money is right now. Hong Kong doesn't scare China because it had more freedom. If you want to know how much Hong Kong scares China, Tung Chee-wah was just re-elected to his post before the election! Right now, Hong Kong is raking in plenty of dough.. But China is letting up on their grip.. slowly but surely. Right now, the people in power were just growing up around the time of Chairman Mao.. they are still practicing his ideals, but they know it won't last forever. If China wasn't "easing" up, they wouldn't have the internet at all. If you actually live in China or Hong Kong, you will notice that their media is letting a bit more information through than before. Right now, even the Chinese government is trying to get people to do business with Western China.. They are offering incentives for business loans.
on this.. I think the MPAA and the RIAA realize the full potential of the internet. If they went down without a fight, how would that look? How would that look to the public? In going down kicking and screaming, they are deterring the average joe while they can get something else in place. I think they probably are buying time right now. If they had let up, then everyone and their mother would walk all over them given the chance. While there is actually no proof, what's there to say that they aren't working on an mp3 sites where you can pay 5 bucks a month?
in Hong Kong, they have been using the "Octopus Card" for the past 6 or 7 years. It's actually really cool because you can go to the subway station and get one. It is a standard magnetic card that you could use for subway, City buses, vending machines and I believe they had a couple of stores that had them. They started to market the Octopus watches for kids so they won't lose it (as public transportation in HK is a huge business). It would really be nice if we had a system like that here. From the way things look, we may be up to speed in a few more years!
... I would hope not. As with the other story about China and Spam, suppose the Chinese pass a law saying that all spam will be punishable by death? Then, it would mean that the Chinese has jurisdiction if you sent spam over there. You have to remember that the door will swing both ways. But in this case, I suppose it will be a good thing.
Interesting enough, I have a Yahoo account that I specifically use to sign on to mailing lists and whatnot. It's interesting to see that out of all the spam that I get, I would say 60% comes from Yahoo or hotmail accounts whereas, only 1-2% come from overseas. Most of the spam that I get are coming from the US. (BTW, I do live in the us)
While I feel the same way also, but when bands and singers sign on with a record label, don't they essentially sell the rights to their music to the record company? If that is correct, then technically it is their music.
Actually not at all.. I would say I download quite a bit of mp3s. However, I do not do it because I feel "l33t". There are quite a few people like me. I listen to music from overseas (I live in the US), particularly Hong Kong. However, since Chicago does not have as big a Chinese population as say, San Francisco or Toronto, people that sell cds here don't do too well. You either pay 25-30 dollars for a cd. If they had cds here for regular price, I would buy it. Heck, whenever I go back to Hong Kong I will buy regular cds (NOT Pirated mind you). I think that mp3 sharing is a god send for people like us.
At least according to the article, it is not one person losing $250k. Several people purchased items from this gentleman and he just took the money and ran.
It is interesting how XP is claimed to be the most secure ever. Especially when there is a gaping security hole with how xp handles encrypted ZIP files. If you open a directory with the folder view, double click on the zip file and a new window will pop up. Then just drag the file from the ZIP folder back to your folder. No need for password.
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I am really interested in the validity of this list, as I do have AT&T wireless. My biggest beef about this is that Old Orchard Mall is an outdoor mall and I have never had problems with dropped calls there. Places, like Rosemont convention, Gurnee Mills, Woodfield, I can understand. But if you're getting dropped calls on an outdoor mall, I think they've got bigger problems at hand.
I don't know if they're the same, but they deserve to be wiped from this planet regardless. I just have my yahoo filter set to delete anything that has "Marketing" in the From fields. It seems to be doing a decent job. That or yahoo decided to crack down on him/her.
yes.. I've been getting that too.. But now the name is changed to Apollo Marketing Promotions.. The email addresses are all different. Arrghh!
Isn't this kinda ironic, since the word "verb" is a noun?
I believe the speedometer and the odometer are hooked up on the same wire, which makes sense if you think about it..
Actually, that's not true. Your brakes are limited to the brake pads. Ever try to drive off with the parking brake on? If you have the car at wide open throttle, the wheels will continue to try to turn. Once you are able to do it, your brake pads are toast. Unless you are using high performance brake pads, the brakes will not win under prolonged conditions.
This reminds me of when I was at U of I Champaign. I was in the computer lab area doing some studying, when a tour guide was bringing in a bunch of prospective students. They had just passed through one of the NT labs and one of the prospective students decided he wanted to look cool in front of his parents and asked the tour guide (who was probably an English major or something): "Do you have any Linux boxes?" I was ready to smack the kid, as right next to the NT lab, there were 2 Solaris labs and an HP lab that was running HP-Unix.
According to the site, it is to prevent the cat from bringing in half dead animals into the house so the owner doesn't have to spend time chasing it all over the place.
I was a big fan of TMNT when I was about 10-13. But not the tv series. I actually collected the graphic novels and it was REALLY dark. Leonardo almost died and the fight scenes were pretty gruesome. And most importantly, Splinter is actually really wise and not spewing out some mindless drivel aimed at younger children.
As stated before, Hong Kong has made it compulsory for citizens to carry these cards for well over 30 years. And police CAN and WILL stop anyone to ask to see them anytime. But the case for this is usually to make sure you are not from the mainland smuggled into hk... I know because I was in hk one time (I'm a us citizen, but of chinese descent) and was stopped. So I told him in plain english that I am from US. The cop didn't really understand what I said (I beefed up my vocab) and just let me go..
In Japan, Balrog is m. bison. They changed the name because Balrog is a boxer and sounded too much like m. tyson (if you notice, it looks like him too). I forget how the other names are changed since it has been at least 10 years since I last played it..(or even thought about it)
So does that mean that the US hasn't discovered the moon yet? Oh wait, it was faked!
Actually, I wouldn't say that the Japanese grew complacent. It is commonly believed that the Alaskan Eskimos came from Japan and the Kennewick man, as someone mentioned earlier, might have too.. here
Last time I was in Hong Kong, there is already a lot of western culture there.. The chinese feel they would rather slowly allow a trickle of the western culture in at a time, instead of opening the flood gates. This way, they can still preserve their ideals and not be completely influenced by the western world..
Actually, that really isn't the case right now. The Mainland China economy is doing a lot better and people are actually going up to the mainland because that's where the money is right now. Hong Kong doesn't scare China because it had more freedom. If you want to know how much Hong Kong scares China, Tung Chee-wah was just re-elected to his post before the election! Right now, Hong Kong is raking in plenty of dough.. But China is letting up on their grip.. slowly but surely. Right now, the people in power were just growing up around the time of Chairman Mao.. they are still practicing his ideals, but they know it won't last forever. If China wasn't "easing" up, they wouldn't have the internet at all. If you actually live in China or Hong Kong, you will notice that their media is letting a bit more information through than before. Right now, even the Chinese government is trying to get people to do business with Western China.. They are offering incentives for business loans.
on this.. I think the MPAA and the RIAA realize the full potential of the internet. If they went down without a fight, how would that look? How would that look to the public? In going down kicking and screaming, they are deterring the average joe while they can get something else in place. I think they probably are buying time right now. If they had let up, then everyone and their mother would walk all over them given the chance. While there is actually no proof, what's there to say that they aren't working on an mp3 sites where you can pay 5 bucks a month?
in Hong Kong, they have been using the "Octopus Card" for the past 6 or 7 years. It's actually really cool because you can go to the subway station and get one. It is a standard magnetic card that you could use for subway, City buses, vending machines and I believe they had a couple of stores that had them. They started to market the Octopus watches for kids so they won't lose it (as public transportation in HK is a huge business). It would really be nice if we had a system like that here. From the way things look, we may be up to speed in a few more years!
Just for the record, I do believe that in WWI, they used mustard gas and not chlorine.
... I would hope not. As with the other story about China and Spam, suppose the Chinese pass a law saying that all spam will be punishable by death? Then, it would mean that the Chinese has jurisdiction if you sent spam over there. You have to remember that the door will swing both ways. But in this case, I suppose it will be a good thing.
nonononono... what happens when your name reaches the top? Just put someone else's name there..
Interesting enough, I have a Yahoo account that I specifically use to sign on to mailing lists and whatnot. It's interesting to see that out of all the spam that I get, I would say 60% comes from Yahoo or hotmail accounts whereas, only 1-2% come from overseas. Most of the spam that I get are coming from the US. (BTW, I do live in the us)
While I feel the same way also, but when bands and singers sign on with a record label, don't they essentially sell the rights to their music to the record company? If that is correct, then technically it is their music.
Actually not at all.. I would say I download quite a bit of mp3s. However, I do not do it because I feel "l33t". There are quite a few people like me. I listen to music from overseas (I live in the US), particularly Hong Kong. However, since Chicago does not have as big a Chinese population as say, San Francisco or Toronto, people that sell cds here don't do too well. You either pay 25-30 dollars for a cd. If they had cds here for regular price, I would buy it. Heck, whenever I go back to Hong Kong I will buy regular cds (NOT Pirated mind you). I think that mp3 sharing is a god send for people like us.
At least according to the article, it is not one person losing $250k. Several people purchased items from this gentleman and he just took the money and ran.
It is interesting how XP is claimed to be the most secure ever. Especially when there is a gaping security hole with how xp handles encrypted ZIP files. If you open a directory with the folder view, double click on the zip file and a new window will pop up. Then just drag the file from the ZIP folder back to your folder. No need for password.