FTA: "Puzzle to ponder: Suppose you have a lawn that is 200 square meters in area and your mower disc is 70 cm in diameter. Show that any mowing path for this lawn must be at least 280 metres in length."
Mower is.7m. Imagine the simplest lawn, one with no turns, the width of the mower. So x*.7m = 200m => x = 285m.
You're right. It would be silly for companies to pay their employees in cash.
I've never had a job that didn't offer a paycheck. My current company mentioned they'd pay using paypal, but they decided on mailing checks instead.
The reason I didn't have a bank account for 7 years, is that I got screwed by a bank when I was 18. Bank of America offered a "Free checking account". Which was a new thing at the time. The catch was you could use the ATM, but talking to the teller cost you 2 dollars. I lost my ATM card and talked to the teller, who agreed to waive the fee. I was working day labor at the time, so I was getting paid (usually checks) daily. With no ATM card I was using my checkbook, a lot, for little things like coffee, soda, smokes. It turns out that the teller forgot to waive the $2 fee. And as a kid making ~$50 a day, I was always zeroing out my bank balance.. keeping meticulous records in my ledger. Then I went and deposited a $250 check one day and asked to withdraw some money. The teller said, I'm sorry your account is overdrawn... by $535.
I knew that was impossible and traced the cause back to the $2 fee. They offered to remove the fee but refuse to reverse the numerous overdraft charges. The result being that BoA fucked me for almost $800 in imaginary debts. When that happens in America, you get put on a thing called "ChexSystems." And until you pay back the bank, you can't get a bank account for 5 years.
When I got my dot-com job at the age of 22, the bank had no problem counting out 65 hundred dollar bills. Suspicious? No. Paranoid? No. I have a damn good reason for never using BoA's services ever again.
Here direct deposit of your pay into your bank account is usually an option, not mandatory. Most companies pay using paper checks.
I see your point. But, I feel that you are wrong on the Internet.
There was a time before credit cards. Back when the first mail-order catalog came out, Montgomary Ward, people would just mail cash and get their item. You can still do this today.
Also, you don't need a checking account to buy online, you can just get a credit card.
And I've paid my rent in cash plenty of times. Even rented places without showing ID.
Furthermore, your premise that you can't get a job without a bank account is not true. Speaking as someone who disowned banks for 7 years I *know* its possible. It's called walking into a bank and cashing a check. They have an obscure bank? There's like a million check cashing businesses... practically one on every street corner in a big city.
Also, in the drunk community, bars will cash your paycheck.
You can live without a bank account, credit card, cash, or even clothes if you want to. Just go live on the beach in Central America and eat coconuts. And if you don't like Google's policies, then use a different service.
BTW, your sig, it annoys me. You should change it. 1. You cannot just reduce exponents on different bases. 2^2 != 3^2. You can only remove things when the change you make is equal on both sides of the equation.
Why do we need manned missions? I can't think of any reason.
Kids still go into STEM education who don't want to be astronauts. Any one of them would love to be able to say "I work for NASA". I think you are wrong saying that we need astronauts to inspire children. Just because that inspired you when you were a kid doesn't mean other kids can't be inspired by other things.
Personally I'm a lot more interested in the Mars rovers than the last manned shuttle mission.
Computer Hackers Running Rampant Ruse of Running Runtimes
On online newspaper has broken the story that the majority of computer terrorism happens because of downloading executables and running them. "This results in the innocent user being asked why they were running TransvestiteIslamicHookers.avi.exe."
An internet security expert from PMITA University in Melbourne, Greg Markovy, said downloading executables could attract attacks on any devices on the same network, leading to the loss of personal data, such as bank statements and credit card numbers. ''The likelihood that the executable will be used by someone else is high,'' he said. Hackers can turn home computers into robots, using them to send spam and attack other computers."
Nicolas Awhole, a law lecturer at Queensland University of Technology, said that if an unauthorised user illegally downloaded copyrighted material, it could be traced back to the network owner. ''It could be quite difficult to prove that it wasn't in fact you,'' Dr Awhole said.
Dr Awhole gave one final reminder: "Remember, anyone at any time can accuse you of anything, write hate speech on your wall, send an envelope with your return address, or hack into your computer. It's up to you to prove your innocence."
Re:am i the only one who misread it as al-Pacman?
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ARMA/ARMA2 has some pretty good AI. Great game too.
It took me about two years before I stopped waking up every morning, crushed, upon realizing that I had been dreaming, and that we weren't together again, laughing and kissing.
"Even well intentioned cops will do a lot of weird shit if they think they are rightfully protecting others from you."
Actually it was me protecting the others from the cops by standing at the door and telling them to fuck off. You can give me a $100 excessive noise ticket at 11PM on a Friday, but that doesn't give you the right to push your way in my house and harass people with pepper spray. You know... the Constitution `n stuff.
you guys seem to have had a lot of problems with your shipping carriers. I've had to do a lot of S&R over the years and have never had any problems. FedEx/UPS even call me on the phone to come buy when I'm in the office.
Maybe it wouldn't hurt the buy the FedEx guy a pizza once in a while.
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fuck. nm, drunk
just fyi, I'm using firefox and I can read your sig
Just have little snow plows/blowers every x cars.
Yeah, it doesn't work like that. Here's a tax calculator: http://www.moneychimp.com/features/tax_brackets.htm
FTA: "Puzzle to ponder: Suppose you have a lawn that is 200 square meters in area and your mower disc is 70 cm in diameter. Show that any mowing path for this lawn must be at least 280 metres in length."
.7m. Imagine the simplest lawn, one with no turns, the width of the mower. So x*.7m = 200m => x = 285m.
Mower is
google for this: Either turn off your Wi-Fi (devices) or I give up
You're right. It would be silly for companies to pay their employees in cash.
I've never had a job that didn't offer a paycheck. My current company mentioned they'd pay using paypal, but they decided on mailing checks instead. The reason I didn't have a bank account for 7 years, is that I got screwed by a bank when I was 18. Bank of America offered a "Free checking account". Which was a new thing at the time. The catch was you could use the ATM, but talking to the teller cost you 2 dollars. I lost my ATM card and talked to the teller, who agreed to waive the fee. I was working day labor at the time, so I was getting paid (usually checks) daily. With no ATM card I was using my checkbook, a lot, for little things like coffee, soda, smokes. It turns out that the teller forgot to waive the $2 fee. And as a kid making ~$50 a day, I was always zeroing out my bank balance.. keeping meticulous records in my ledger. Then I went and deposited a $250 check one day and asked to withdraw some money. The teller said, I'm sorry your account is overdrawn... by $535.
I knew that was impossible and traced the cause back to the $2 fee. They offered to remove the fee but refuse to reverse the numerous overdraft charges. The result being that BoA fucked me for almost $800 in imaginary debts. When that happens in America, you get put on a thing called "ChexSystems." And until you pay back the bank, you can't get a bank account for 5 years.
When I got my dot-com job at the age of 22, the bank had no problem counting out 65 hundred dollar bills. Suspicious? No. Paranoid? No. I have a damn good reason for never using BoA's services ever again.
Here direct deposit of your pay into your bank account is usually an option, not mandatory. Most companies pay using paper checks.
I see your point. But, I feel that you are wrong on the Internet. There was a time before credit cards. Back when the first mail-order catalog came out, Montgomary Ward, people would just mail cash and get their item. You can still do this today. Also, you don't need a checking account to buy online, you can just get a credit card. And I've paid my rent in cash plenty of times. Even rented places without showing ID. Furthermore, your premise that you can't get a job without a bank account is not true. Speaking as someone who disowned banks for 7 years I *know* its possible. It's called walking into a bank and cashing a check. They have an obscure bank? There's like a million check cashing businesses... practically one on every street corner in a big city. Also, in the drunk community, bars will cash your paycheck. You can live without a bank account, credit card, cash, or even clothes if you want to. Just go live on the beach in Central America and eat coconuts. And if you don't like Google's policies, then use a different service.
How about a clickable fucking link? http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?collection_id=14483&media_id=104892521&module=homepage
Around here, corn goes on sale for $1.50 an ear.
BTW, your sig, it annoys me. You should change it. 1. You cannot just reduce exponents on different bases. 2^2 != 3^2. You can only remove things when the change you make is equal on both sides of the equation.
Secondly, 1^2=(-1)^2 => 1*1 = -1 * -1 => 1 = 1.
Why do we need manned missions? I can't think of any reason. Kids still go into STEM education who don't want to be astronauts. Any one of them would love to be able to say "I work for NASA". I think you are wrong saying that we need astronauts to inspire children. Just because that inspired you when you were a kid doesn't mean other kids can't be inspired by other things. Personally I'm a lot more interested in the Mars rovers than the last manned shuttle mission.
Computer Hackers Running Rampant Ruse of Running Runtimes
On online newspaper has broken the story that the majority of computer terrorism happens because of downloading executables and running them. "This results in the innocent user being asked why they were running TransvestiteIslamicHookers.avi.exe."
An internet security expert from PMITA University in Melbourne, Greg Markovy, said downloading executables could attract attacks on any devices on the same network, leading to the loss of personal data, such as bank statements and credit card numbers. ''The likelihood that the executable will be used by someone else is high,'' he said. Hackers can turn home computers into robots, using them to send spam and attack other computers."
Nicolas Awhole, a law lecturer at Queensland University of Technology, said that if an unauthorised user illegally downloaded copyrighted material, it could be traced back to the network owner. ''It could be quite difficult to prove that it wasn't in fact you,'' Dr Awhole said.
Dr Awhole gave one final reminder: "Remember, anyone at any time can accuse you of anything, write hate speech on your wall, send an envelope with your return address, or hack into your computer. It's up to you to prove your innocence."
ARMA/ARMA2 has some pretty good AI. Great game too.
This will be used to push forth legislation making script kiddies equivalent to terrorists.
Also, wouldn't just having 10 different mannequins be cheaper?
It doesn't get fat enough for the average consumer.
Well, it certainly says that they like to suck.
The effects of Limerence can last for 2-3 years.
It took me about two years before I stopped waking up every morning, crushed, upon realizing that I had been dreaming, and that we weren't together again, laughing and kissing.
What would happen if that explosion was pointed directly at the Earth?
"Even well intentioned cops will do a lot of weird shit if they think they are rightfully protecting others from you ."
Actually it was me protecting the others from the cops by standing at the door and telling them to fuck off. You can give me a $100 excessive noise ticket at 11PM on a Friday, but that doesn't give you the right to push your way in my house and harass people with pepper spray. You know... the Constitution `n stuff.
you guys seem to have had a lot of problems with your shipping carriers. I've had to do a lot of S&R over the years and have never had any problems. FedEx/UPS even call me on the phone to come buy when I'm in the office.
Maybe it wouldn't hurt the buy the FedEx guy a pizza once in a while.
lol
The school should get a restraining order against that troublemaker so he can never set foot with 500m of that school again.
Grounds for restraining order: vague sense of feeling threatened
Obviously the parent cooks his steaks using the sous vide method.