We're completely locked out of Windows Update, and every time something like this hits, our core IT group will struggle to throw together an emergency patch that they'll remotely distribute WITHOUT ANY WARNING and REBOOT OUR PCs REMOTELY, and did I already mention WITHOUT ANY SORT OF FUCKING WARNING WHATSOEVER?
Bitter? Me? No, cause I get paid the same whether I'm writing the document for the first time or re-writing it a second time because my PC just REBOOTED FOR NO APPARENT REASON WITH NO FUCKING WARNING AT ALL...
well, we're not Abbot or Lifescan... and we're huge... so you can probably figure it out from there... I'm sure that you'll be fairly accu-rate in your choice...
Ah, but you missed the key word "Medical" which means that once it's used, it's considered to be biohzardous/contaminated and can not be re-manufactured or re-used.
Aside from the obvious "rub it in their faces", it is actually useful to know which devices are out of circulation so that in the event of (heaven forbid) a medical device recall, you won't waste millions of dollars trying to track down devices that people have already traded in.
Why? I work for a company that manufacturers portable medical diagnostic equipment.
Pretty much every company in this field offers a mail-in rebate (often times as much as the original purchase price) for our devices if you send in any competitors device.
We regularly box up the devices that are sent to us and ship them back to their original manufacturer so that they know to take those devices out of their support database and to kind of "rub it in their faces" that we've had X number of their customers switch to our product (they do the same to us).
Since most companies in this field release a new device every 8 - 16 months, and there are numerous companies in the field, many consumers have got in the habit of buying a kit from company A, using it until all the test strips are gone, then buying a kit from company B and sending in the device from company A for the rebate, which is later used to buy the latest device from company C, and so on.
At one time, the department I was in was doing competetive analysis and had to buy about 30 meters from one of our biggest competitors. At the time they were offering a $50 mail in rebate. We dug up 30 of our meters that were defective (knowing full well we'd get them back in a few months) and used them to submit the rebates, all of which was used for one kick-ass dinner party a few months later.
Since then, many companies (including us) have changed the rules about mail-in rebates, limiting them to one per household per year, etc. to try and establish a bit more brand loyalty.
A short fuse with a "pull-type" igniter* could be tethered to the launcher in such a way that when the shell is propelled it would ignite the fuse and burst X number of seconds later.
This would costs pennies per shot as opposed to your idea involving sensitive electronics, most of which plummet back to earth, possibly striking Disney guests - which could be funny, as long as your not the guest who's struck in the head by a 9V battery falling 1000 feet to earth.
The styli (that is plural of stylus, which is the correct term here as it's not really a pen) are not that cheap.
Just ask anybody with a table PC what it costs to replace their stylus.
Go to any big computer store with tablet PCs on display and you'll find that the styli are missing and kept locked up because (at least as of one year ago) a Toshiba brand stylus would set you back $90+
Haven't been to many conferences recently, have ya?
COMDEX puts magnetic stirps on the back of your badge so that if you want info from a vendor, you just swipe your card.
The IT EXPO that travels the country used some sort of smart-card a couple years back that had your name printed on it and a small (E?)EPROM inside of it. Those cards were inserted into a small reader with a built in Palm (I believe the devices were from Symbol). The information with the card indicated that the cards were re-usable at various conferences so that as long as your contact info remained the same, but the next time IT EXPO rolled into town they had switched to a different kind of card, so I guess they didn't catch on.
I took a taxi in the Bahamas. I had my GPS with me, unbeknownst to the driver.
Total mileage driven - 14 miles. Distance from pick-up point to drop-off point as the crow files - 1.6 miles.
14 miles in a 1984 Cadillac limousine with no A/C and vinyl seats... in the Bahamas... and then it was $20 per PERSON and there were 5 of us in the car.
I friggin' hate taxi drivers in foreign countries...
The DMCA starts with the word Digital and refers only to methods of copyrights protecting digital works. Most movies in theaters, although originally created using digital equipment, are shown as analog and as such are not covered by the DMCA.
They are, however, covered by traditional copyright law.
With the rapid back and forth motion necessary to make the image visible, it would probably be better suited to watching pr0n, or at the very least, Voyager instead of DS9..
If backing up is so important, perhaps you should buy something along the lines of a dedicated backup system? Or maybe even a dedicated USB hard drive?
Just because you can use your iPod as a backup HD, doesn't necessarily mean that you should...
I wasn't trying to kill myself, your honor. I started the car and noticed the smell of donuts and figured that the kids had left some in the back seat, so I went looking for them and well, the next thing I remember is the paramedics leaning over me, telling me I should have opened the garage door first...
You could buy a couple hundred IR LEDs off of eBay cheap and use them to spell out the message "Your sister is going down on me right now!" on the front of a jacket. At the very least, the NVG goons should get a good chuckle out of it - right before they stomp you into the ground with their jackboots.
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Or you could come work where I work.
We're completely locked out of Windows Update, and every time something like this hits, our core IT group will struggle to throw together an emergency patch that they'll remotely distribute WITHOUT ANY WARNING and REBOOT OUR PCs REMOTELY, and did I already mention WITHOUT ANY SORT OF FUCKING WARNING WHATSOEVER?
Bitter? Me? No, cause I get paid the same whether I'm writing the document for the first time or re-writing it a second time because my PC just REBOOTED FOR NO APPARENT REASON WITH NO FUCKING WARNING AT ALL...
And in keeping with the theme...
Rosebud was his sled
The Titanic sinks at the end
Darth is really Luke's father...
well, we're not Abbot or Lifescan... and we're huge... so you can probably figure it out from there... I'm sure that you'll be fairly accu-rate in your choice...
Ah, but you missed the key word "Medical" which means that once it's used, it's considered to be biohzardous/contaminated and can not be re-manufactured or re-used.
Aside from the obvious "rub it in their faces", it is actually useful to know which devices are out of circulation so that in the event of (heaven forbid) a medical device recall, you won't waste millions of dollars trying to track down devices that people have already traded in.
Wow, where's the "+1 Anal Retentive" mod when you really need it?
Why? I work for a company that manufacturers portable medical diagnostic equipment.
Pretty much every company in this field offers a mail-in rebate (often times as much as the original purchase price) for our devices if you send in any competitors device.
We regularly box up the devices that are sent to us and ship them back to their original manufacturer so that they know to take those devices out of their support database and to kind of "rub it in their faces" that we've had X number of their customers switch to our product (they do the same to us).
Since most companies in this field release a new device every 8 - 16 months, and there are numerous companies in the field, many consumers have got in the habit of buying a kit from company A, using it until all the test strips are gone, then buying a kit from company B and sending in the device from company A for the rebate, which is later used to buy the latest device from company C, and so on.
At one time, the department I was in was doing competetive analysis and had to buy about 30 meters from one of our biggest competitors. At the time they were offering a $50 mail in rebate. We dug up 30 of our meters that were defective (knowing full well we'd get them back in a few months) and used them to submit the rebates, all of which was used for one kick-ass dinner party a few months later.
Since then, many companies (including us) have changed the rules about mail-in rebates, limiting them to one per household per year, etc. to try and establish a bit more brand loyalty.
A short fuse with a "pull-type" igniter* could be tethered to the launcher in such a way that when the shell is propelled it would ignite the fuse and burst X number of seconds later.
This would costs pennies per shot as opposed to your idea involving sensitive electronics, most of which plummet back to earth, possibly striking Disney guests - which could be funny, as long as your not the guest who's struck in the head by a 9V battery falling 1000 feet to earth.
Oh come on, surely you know The Rules. Rule #1 is, in its totality, "Never Admit Anything. Anything."
1) Admit Nothing
2) Deny Everything
3) Make Counter Accusations
There probably ought to be a 4) ??? and 5) Profit, but isn't that joke getting a little stale?
The styli (that is plural of stylus, which is the correct term here as it's not really a pen) are not that cheap.
Just ask anybody with a table PC what it costs to replace their stylus.
Go to any big computer store with tablet PCs on display and you'll find that the styli are missing and kept locked up because (at least as of one year ago) a Toshiba brand stylus would set you back $90+
Haven't been to many conferences recently, have ya?
COMDEX puts magnetic stirps on the back of your badge so that if you want info from a vendor, you just swipe your card.
The IT EXPO that travels the country used some sort of smart-card a couple years back that had your name printed on it and a small (E?)EPROM inside of it. Those cards were inserted into a small reader with a built in Palm (I believe the devices were from Symbol). The information with the card indicated that the cards were re-usable at various conferences so that as long as your contact info remained the same, but the next time IT EXPO rolled into town they had switched to a different kind of card, so I guess they didn't catch on.
it tastes like a mixture of snail-darter and spotted owl.
I took a taxi in the Bahamas. I had my GPS with me, unbeknownst to the driver.
Total mileage driven - 14 miles. Distance from pick-up point to drop-off point as the crow files - 1.6 miles.
14 miles in a 1984 Cadillac limousine with no A/C and vinyl seats... in the Bahamas... and then it was $20 per PERSON and there were 5 of us in the car.
I friggin' hate taxi drivers in foreign countries...
I wish I could take credit for it, but I stole it from the lovely people at T-Shirt Hell
I don't know why you got modded down, I thought it was a pretty funny follow up.
Apology accepted.
Raise your right hand over your head and keep it there.
Good.
Now raise your left hand over your head and keep it there.
Now, the next time I tell a joke that goes over your head, try and grab ahold of it....
But Pong is based on Tennis... surely noone could have written Pong without violating the intellectual property belonging to the makers of Tennis?
Rule 2 - No Pooftahs
Firstly I expect you mean a five and something else, as we don't have one dollar bills
Then whatever do you stuff in a stripper's g-string panties? Or don't you have strippers, either?
The DMCA starts with the word Digital and refers only to methods of copyrights protecting digital works. Most movies in theaters, although originally created using digital equipment, are shown as analog and as such are not covered by the DMCA.
They are, however, covered by traditional copyright law.
With the rapid back and forth motion necessary to make the image visible, it would probably be better suited to watching pr0n, or at the very least, Voyager instead of DS9..
I purchased a Kingston 5GB Datapak PCMCIA hard drive for my iPAQ and it makes a great music player AND movie player and still has room left for pr0n!
I put it in a black leather case from the fine folks at Vaja Cases and although it's a lot bulkier than an iPod, it's much more useful to me.
If backing up is so important, perhaps you should buy something along the lines of a dedicated backup system? Or maybe even a dedicated USB hard drive?
Just because you can use your iPod as a backup HD, doesn't necessarily mean that you should...
I wasn't trying to kill myself, your honor. I started the car and noticed the smell of donuts and figured that the kids had left some in the back seat, so I went looking for them and well, the next thing I remember is the paramedics leaning over me, telling me I should have opened the garage door first...
You could buy a couple hundred IR LEDs off of eBay cheap and use them to spell out the message "Your sister is going down on me right now!" on the front of a jacket. At the very least, the NVG goons should get a good chuckle out of it - right before they stomp you into the ground with their jackboots.