I'm willing to bet that the decline in TV watching following a week of abstinence gradually goes away. Kind of like dieting, losing weight, and gradually slipping back into your old bad habits. I know that's how it worked for me.
I spent three weeks in Africa a few years ago - no TV, barely phone service, and that only occasionally so the 'net was right out. After I got back, I realized that I had been feeding my mind a hell of a lot of visual junk food, and my TV viewing dropped off drastically. Two years later, I was pretty much back to where I had started from.
since I am a doctor, and have a caffeine addiction of my own....If it helps you, and you're not going nuts with it, why not keep using it? It's really a fairly harmless drug in moderate doses....moderation is key
So, does that imply that MSOffice does 100% of what you would like it to do?
You can please all of the people some of the time and you can please some of the people all of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time.
He's bragging because this policy keeps buyers safe. I'm a privacy advocate, but in this case, why the hell should seller information be kept private from the police?
In other words, "If you're innocent, why would you refuse to answer questions asked by law enforcement?" Hmmm.... Why does that sound familiar?
I agree completely that there should be no shield of anonymity in the event of a formal investigation, with a reasonable expectation that wrong-doing has occurred, probable cause to seek evidence, etc. This is not that. This is "Tell me private information about this person that I'm interested in just because I'm interested." Well, OK. Maybe ints not exactly private information... That's kinda the point.
Lastly, I don't recall anything in that article that says it only applies to sellers. "Buyers" seems to be at least as chilling, to me.
All trolls and flames about filtering aside, check with your local library. If they're internet savvy they should have a load of links they can give you that a educational and appropriate for various ages.
If you advertise a garge sale, and I write about in in my column, and 10,000 people show up, is it my fault? no.
Well of course its your fault. They wouldn't have come if you hadn't built it. The REAL question is "Do you have a right to complain about it?" The answer's still yes, but only because you can complain (or sue) about nearly anything. We can just choose to ignore you.
I wouldn't think so, unless he's trying to run 1.7Ghz Pentium IV and a 100GB HD. Since the power supply's not trying to step down and rectify from 110 VAC to low-voltage DC, one of the primary source of heat in a PC is eliminated. A relatively small fan to vent the heat from the mobo will probably do the trick.
I purchased some home automation software in December 2000. Installed it, created a few macros to turn lights on/off, tested them - all was cool. Set up timers, waited, nothing... Played with it for a couple of hours trying to figure out what I was doing wrong, until I tried set up the timers for a specific date, rather than 'today'. Hmmm... 12/18/100. Web site - Y2K patch - install - enjoy.
I understand the desire to ship all of the existing CDs before you burn new ones, but for crying out loud - include a little note next time, will ya?!?!
I'm hardly a liberal (quite the opposite, actually), but I'm appalled that we'd piss away this kind of money based on the possibility of people being worried about something. There are a lot of social program that could use that $72 million a hell of a lot more effectively. Even if we couldn't bring ourselves to spend the money on positive social programs, use it for SOMETHING REAL for crying out loud.
I once got a call from the receptionist at my place of employment telling me that there was a Deputy Sheriff at the front desk who wanted to see me. I didn't think too much of it since I had stopped to render aid at a couple of vehicle accidents in the previous month or two; I expected that I was going to receive a subpoena to testify at the trial on one of them. Imagine my surprise when the Deputy put his arm around my shoulder and walked me towards the door telling me he needed to talk to me about a warrant he had for me for failure to pay child support!!!! D'OH!! Right company, wrong person-with-a-similar-but-not-identical-name!! I was quickly able to convince him I was the wrong person, but I'm damned glad that the warrant wasn't for something more serious.
Did I sue the receptionist for 'giving me up' to the Deputy incorrectly? Of course not. I DID give her a hell of a talking to about getting her facts straight before she opened her mouth, but that was it.
I then went straight to my workstation and fired off an e-mail to my boss and our HR department to document the situation in case my company received a request to withold the child support payments from my check...
Check out some anthologies of Sci Fi to get a broad taste of different authors and their styles. Look for any compilation of Hugo or Nebula award winners. Some other specific titles to consider are
Absolute Magnitude
All in One Universe
Century of Science 1950-1959 : The Greatest Stories of the Decade,
Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear (especially for your niece)
Far Horizons : All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction
The Good New Stuff : Adventure Sf in the Grand Tradition
The Good Old Stuff : Adventure Sf in the Grand Tradition
The Sfwa Grand Masters
Women of Wonder : The Classic Years : Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s
Women of Wonder : The Contemporary Years : Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s
Use your local library!! Check out new authors on the cheap!
Finally, three specific authors to try, IMHO; Robert A. Heinlein (for you) Anne McCaffrey (for her) Ben Bova (for either) Enjoy!
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I've had to have my cooling system flushed before. And no, it wasn't becasue someone crapped in it...
I spent three weeks in Africa a few years ago - no TV, barely phone service, and that only occasionally so the 'net was right out. After I got back, I realized that I had been feeding my mind a hell of a lot of visual junk food, and my TV viewing dropped off drastically. Two years later, I was pretty much back to where I had started from.
For enlightenment, please read Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott. A very interesting way to conceptualize life in one, two and four-dimensional worlds.
Warning!! Internal consistency failure! Activating denial subroutine...
Could be that part in Genesis 1:26-27 where God creates man as one act in the creation of the world...
You can please all of the people some of the time and you can please some of the people all of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time.
"You might want to check with the cat in that box, though. If he's still alive he might know how fast we were going."
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In other words, "If you're innocent, why would you refuse to answer questions asked by law enforcement?" Hmmm.... Why does that sound familiar?
I agree completely that there should be no shield of anonymity in the event of a formal investigation, with a reasonable expectation that wrong-doing has occurred, probable cause to seek evidence, etc. This is not that. This is "Tell me private information about this person that I'm interested in just because I'm interested." Well, OK. Maybe ints not exactly private information... That's kinda the point.
Lastly, I don't recall anything in that article that says it only applies to sellers. "Buyers" seems to be at least as chilling, to me.
All trolls and flames about filtering aside, check with your local library. If they're internet savvy they should have a load of links they can give you that a educational and appropriate for various ages.
A shiver cruises up and down my spine lead by the phrase "AOL for Broadband"...
Well of course its your fault. They wouldn't have come if you hadn't built it. The REAL question is "Do you have a right to complain about it?" The answer's still yes, but only because you can complain (or sue) about nearly anything. We can just choose to ignore you.
Yeah, well, you just give up too damned easy. Try this link.
If they don't release a special version for cartoon characters (three fingers and a thumb), we'll never see it popularized in animation...
I wouldn't think so, unless he's trying to run 1.7Ghz Pentium IV and a 100GB HD. Since the power supply's not trying to step down and rectify from 110 VAC to low-voltage DC, one of the primary source of heat in a PC is eliminated. A relatively small fan to vent the heat from the mobo will probably do the trick.
Keys = root password
Grate = firewall
Dwarves/pirate/grues = virii
Lamp=Watch/debug
I understand the desire to ship all of the existing CDs before you burn new ones, but for crying out loud - include a little note next time, will ya?!?!
Used a cassette tape as well...
I'm hardly a liberal (quite the opposite, actually), but I'm appalled that we'd piss away this kind of money based on the possibility of people being worried about something. There are a lot of social program that could use that $72 million a hell of a lot more effectively. Even if we couldn't bring ourselves to spend the money on positive social programs, use it for SOMETHING REAL for crying out loud.
What the hell is so secret we can't even see what it's called? We could tell you, but then we'd have to kill you.
YEAH!! They should have to get a search warrant or something before they can use Carnivore. Oh. Ummm, never mind.
That's because you haven't paid the licensing fee to be able to successfully follow a hyperlink to the desired web site.
Geez - didn't you read the article?!?!?
Did I sue the receptionist for 'giving me up' to the Deputy incorrectly? Of course not. I DID give her a hell of a talking to about getting her facts straight before she opened her mouth, but that was it.
I then went straight to my workstation and fired off an e-mail to my boss and our HR department to document the situation in case my company received a request to withold the child support payments from my check...
Absolute Magnitude
All in One Universe
Century of Science 1950-1959 : The Greatest Stories of the Decade,
Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear (especially for your niece)
Far Horizons : All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction
The Good New Stuff : Adventure Sf in the Grand Tradition
The Good Old Stuff : Adventure Sf in the Grand Tradition
The Sfwa Grand Masters
Women of Wonder : The Classic Years : Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s
Women of Wonder : The Contemporary Years : Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s
Use your local library!! Check out new authors on the cheap!
Finally, three specific authors to try, IMHO; Robert A. Heinlein (for you) Anne McCaffrey (for her) Ben Bova (for either) Enjoy!