I went to Comdex in 1996 and had to buy an extra suitcase in Vegas to bring back the swag... and that was in addition to the 3x stuff that got mailed straight to my office.
All this search for ETI is great, but what happens if we "find" another civilization out there?
We have a difficult enough time talking amongst ourselves, let alone an alien race. We can't even communicate with apes, dolphins or other 'intelligent' species on our own planet.
If you read the book, you'll see that the movie was a total departure from reality, pardon the pun.
The movie at best glosses over Nash's true situation and how it impacted his life and work. Sure, the movie was well done, cinematically interesting and had a lot of Jennifer Connelly in it, but other than that, it is not something you'd want to base a psychological assessment on.
anyone can call MS 24x7 and speak to a support engineer
MS: Microsoft Technical Support, how may I help you?
Navy: This is the USS Ronald Reagan, we've had a critical malfunction in our navigation systems. It says something about "0X0000A000AB" or something... we need help!
MS: OK, we'll need a PO or credit card to charge the call to.
Navy: Umm. It's after hours and there's nobody who can cut a PO?
MS: Can you use a credit card?
Navy: Mine are maxed out, and the OOD just finished filing for banruptcy after a nasty divorce, so his credit is screwed.
MS: Thanks for calling Microsoft, have a good day! [click]
It's hard to remember sometimes not to get too graphic around "civilians", especially when there's a bunch of medics having a late dinner at Denny's talking about the 'floater' they just pulled out of the river. Amazing how quickly the booths around you empty out...
It's not a matter of lack of work, but if I take off for a couple hours for a doctors appointment or pick up my kid from school, as a salaried employee, there should be no change in pay.
Trust me, I can stretch 15 minutes of work out to fill a full eight hour day if I want. I've worked for the government before.
Well, nonexistant. But it's interesting to be able to navigate a foreign language website by hovering over a link and then reading the destination URL in the status bar.
I've worked for 17 years in the IT field, and all but three of those years have been as a "salaried" employee.
If I am "salaried", why do I have to fill out a timesheet? Why, when I only have 38 hours on my timesheet, do I get paid for 38 hours? Conversely, when I have 68 hour, I only get paid for 40?
I've brought this up as "illegal" on a couple occasions, and even cited the state's labour laws, only to have it thrown back at me.
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I usually stop there too; www.page3.com
Hmm. Took me about 30 seconds.
"CDR" is the standard abbreviation for "Commander". "Cmdr" means nothing.
Time is an illusion, at lunchtime doubly so.
...that's about how many are taken of Misty May's and Kerri Walsh's butts as they play a game.
If I could toot my own horn, I'd never leave the house!
I went to Comdex in 1996 and had to buy an extra suitcase in Vegas to bring back the swag... and that was in addition to the 3x stuff that got mailed straight to my office.
Only twice?! Slacker... I'm 20 years past high school and I still read the books at least once a year, sometimes more...
Images from Dr. Strangelove come to mind, or other socially inappropriate behaviour.
How did they find their car when it was time to go home?
I have the amazing ability to remember a random sequence of letters and numbers.
Most vehicles have them stamped in metal plates on the front and/or rear bumpers.
That was Bill Paxton as Fred Haise.
So, ala Agent Smith in The Matrix, Man is a virus? I'd have to agree on that one...
Wasn't the Tunguska incident from a icy comet/comet fragment? So, not technically an asteroid.
All this search for ETI is great, but what happens if we "find" another civilization out there?
We have a difficult enough time talking amongst ourselves, let alone an alien race. We can't even communicate with apes, dolphins or other 'intelligent' species on our own planet.
The movie at best glosses over Nash's true situation and how it impacted his life and work. Sure, the movie was well done, cinematically interesting and had a lot of Jennifer Connelly in it, but other than that, it is not something you'd want to base a psychological assessment on.
McGuinness who? There was no "McGuinness" in Star Wars, at least not in a lead role.
Perhaps you are referring to Sir Alec Guinness?
MS: Microsoft Technical Support, how may I help you?
Navy: This is the USS Ronald Reagan, we've had a critical malfunction in our navigation systems. It says something about "0X0000A000AB" or something... we need help!
MS: OK, we'll need a PO or credit card to charge the call to.
Navy: Umm. It's after hours and there's nobody who can cut a PO?
MS: Can you use a credit card?
Navy: Mine are maxed out, and the OOD just finished filing for banruptcy after a nasty divorce, so his credit is screwed.
MS: Thanks for calling Microsoft, have a good day! [click]
According to this, that quote isn't from Sir Winston.
But "juicy" sums it up oh-so-perfectly... :-)
It's hard to remember sometimes not to get too graphic around "civilians", especially when there's a bunch of medics having a late dinner at Denny's talking about the 'floater' they just pulled out of the river. Amazing how quickly the booths around you empty out...
Speaking as an (ex-)paramedic, we'd LOVE it! A good, juicy trauma call is always fun...
It's not a matter of lack of work, but if I take off for a couple hours for a doctors appointment or pick up my kid from school, as a salaried employee, there should be no change in pay.
Trust me, I can stretch 15 minutes of work out to fill a full eight hour day if I want. I've worked for the government before.
Well, nonexistant. But it's interesting to be able to navigate a foreign language website by hovering over a link and then reading the destination URL in the status bar.
I've worked for 17 years in the IT field, and all but three of those years have been as a "salaried" employee.
If I am "salaried", why do I have to fill out a timesheet? Why, when I only have 38 hours on my timesheet, do I get paid for 38 hours? Conversely, when I have 68 hour, I only get paid for 40?
I've brought this up as "illegal" on a couple occasions, and even cited the state's labour laws, only to have it thrown back at me.
THIS is where we need to make some reforms too...
Let's spend some money on figuring out how to feed the planet, cure cancer or at least why my GF can't make up her mind which shoes to wear.
That would have been Keith Moon, drummer for The Who.