The last 6 or 7 paragraphs explain what progress they've made on these things. Seems to be a bit farther along than a "model". So far they've got 2 out of their 3 bits created already. It'll be nice to see an update on this when they get a bit further along, though.
Uh...I live on the East Coast and get my movies from Netflix in about 2-3 days. Never fails. I've had them since February I believe and this has been the case from day one. I live in VA and I'm pretty sure they're shipped from MD or PA, I think, could be dead wrong. Either way, I know they have a warehouse on the east coast somewhere or else I wouldn't get my movies in 2-3 days.
I'm having trouble actually believing some of the stuff I see posted here. What does she want? What will her friends say? Who the fuck cares!? What do all the people getting fucked over for that diamond want? Shouldn't they get what they want too? I'm really almost speechless...this blows my mind. WOW...Wow...wow.
People give me funny looks when I rant and rave about how we're not as safe as we like to think, they think we're not vulnerable. They laugh when I tell them I want a bomb shelter. Well, I'm sure they won't be laughing now. We've got a long ways to go in this world and I for one don't know if we'll make it.
I agree. I can't imagine that there wasn't ever any thought that this stuff wouldn't be looked at again in the future. Then again, maybe I'm putting too much faith in people again. Curse those chicken soup books I read while in line at Wal-Mart.
I think you're being a bit bloody critical of the guy here. Instead of jumping on him about an issue which you have *NO INFORMATION* about(i.e. the time he spends with the kid), answer the question or move along. sheesh.
I've been trying to download the bloody thing for about two days now with no success. I live on the east coast in the US and haven't had any luck with the EU servers. Hopefully things'll pick up, I'm looking forward to giving AO a whirl.
This reminds me of some of the novels by William Gibson where you have to physically extract high level employees from other companies with force. Pretty freaky-deaky stuff.
For the simple fact that in this case it is tax payers money that is being wasted. Otherwise, do what they say until you can find something else. Unless you can manage to make them listen to you, which'll probably involve piecharts, laser pointers and power point presentations. ugh.
I had something similar happen to a customer I was working with. Evidently he had a loop length of about 12000ft. Well within reason for DSL. The only problem was there was a nice loooong piece of wire coiled up in the CO adding a few thousand feet to his loop, atleast this is what the CO techs swore up and down was the problem and not a one of them knew what to do with it. Welcome to Verizon.blah
I work in Verizons DSL division and honestly, you're probably stuck. If there is fiber anywhere on the line between your home and CO, no DSL. They're not going to run new lines, but they *MIGHT* switch you to an all copper pair if you manage to talk to the right people and there is one available. I've had it done for a few customers before, it's a right pain in the butt though. What people don't really know is that VOL (Verizon Online) is *NOT*, I repeat, *NOT* Verizon the phone company. They are two separate entities. Therefore, when we (VOL) try to get the phone company to switch a customer to a new copper pair, well, we have to jump through hoops, do a dance and pray to the BroadBand Gods. Depending one where you live this may be an option(If you're in NY, forget about it). The only problem is finding someone within Verizons mass of idiots that knows how to do so, and to be honest, it's worse then finding a needle in a hay-stack(I'm Mr. Pessimist today). Your best bet is to maybe do what I did and get cable. Best of luck.
I agree with you on this. It's a shame NASA isn't doing something along these lines. I'm glad that someone is finally doing commercial spaceflight. It's been a long time coming and personally, I think it's over due.
This reminds me of an episode of LA Law where some loon thought he was a superhero lizard man and climbed up the wall in the court room and fell off because someone put holes in his suction cups. Thought I'd share.
Where I work our logins are setup so we have our own personal network drive that follows us around from machine to machine and we just slap the Lotus ID in there. Makes life easier when you get a new desk every month or so.
Exactly what I was thinking. What happens if they sneeze? Is there a bloody pause button or would the compuer blitz and go all bonkers? The problem with muscle control is that we don't always control the buggers.
If you want better service, go elsewhere, if you can. I can tell you now that it's not going to get better anytime soon. I get shitty service from the company and I'm an employee, I couldn't imagine putting up with the shit Verizon customers do.
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I always knew that degree in Galactic Engineering would pay off.
I've got my own helmet. Where do I sign up?
Oh no...similar stores...possibly a direct rip off...oh noes... *rollseyes*
As long as I can still buy 12" double sided dildos on Amazon, I'm good.
The last 6 or 7 paragraphs explain what progress they've made on these things. Seems to be a bit farther along than a "model". So far they've got 2 out of their 3 bits created already. It'll be nice to see an update on this when they get a bit further along, though.
That is identical to what I was going to ask, except I was going to say Friday. Well done, sir.
Uh...I live on the East Coast and get my movies from Netflix in about 2-3 days. Never fails. I've had them since February I believe and this has been the case from day one. I live in VA and I'm pretty sure they're shipped from MD or PA, I think, could be dead wrong. Either way, I know they have a warehouse on the east coast somewhere or else I wouldn't get my movies in 2-3 days.
I'm having trouble actually believing some of the stuff I see posted here. What does she want? What will her friends say? Who the fuck cares!? What do all the people getting fucked over for that diamond want? Shouldn't they get what they want too? I'm really almost speechless...this blows my mind. WOW...Wow...wow.
As Mills Lane would say...
Let's get it on!
This thing is about a 10 minute drive from my home. I wonder if I could sneak down there and get a peak at it...
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In the immortal words of Chris Rock...
"Whatever happened to CRAZY!?"
People give me funny looks when I rant and rave about how we're not as safe as we like to think, they think we're not vulnerable. They laugh when I tell them I want a bomb shelter. Well, I'm sure they won't be laughing now. We've got a long ways to go in this world and I for one don't know if we'll make it.
Mr. Cynical =D
I agree. I can't imagine that there wasn't ever any thought that this stuff wouldn't be looked at again in the future. Then again, maybe I'm putting too much faith in people again. Curse those chicken soup books I read while in line at Wal-Mart.
I think you're being a bit bloody critical of the guy here. Instead of jumping on him about an issue which you have *NO INFORMATION* about(i.e. the time he spends with the kid), answer the question or move along. sheesh.
I've been trying to download the bloody thing for about two days now with no success. I live on the east coast in the US and haven't had any luck with the EU servers. Hopefully things'll pick up, I'm looking forward to giving AO a whirl.
This reminds me of some of the novels by William Gibson where you have to physically extract high level employees from other companies with force. Pretty freaky-deaky stuff.
For the simple fact that in this case it is tax payers money that is being wasted. Otherwise, do what they say until you can find something else. Unless you can manage to make them listen to you, which'll probably involve piecharts, laser pointers and power point presentations. ugh.
I had something similar happen to a customer I was working with. Evidently he had a loop length of about 12000ft. Well within reason for DSL. The only problem was there was a nice loooong piece of wire coiled up in the CO adding a few thousand feet to his loop, atleast this is what the CO techs swore up and down was the problem and not a one of them knew what to do with it. Welcome to Verizon.blah
I work in Verizons DSL division and honestly, you're probably stuck. If there is fiber anywhere on the line between your home and CO, no DSL. They're not going to run new lines, but they *MIGHT* switch you to an all copper pair if you manage to talk to the right people and there is one available. I've had it done for a few customers before, it's a right pain in the butt though. What people don't really know is that VOL (Verizon Online) is *NOT*, I repeat, *NOT* Verizon the phone company. They are two separate entities. Therefore, when we (VOL) try to get the phone company to switch a customer to a new copper pair, well, we have to jump through hoops, do a dance and pray to the BroadBand Gods. Depending one where you live this may be an option(If you're in NY, forget about it). The only problem is finding someone within Verizons mass of idiots that knows how to do so, and to be honest, it's worse then finding a needle in a hay-stack(I'm Mr. Pessimist today). Your best bet is to maybe do what I did and get cable. Best of luck.
I agree with you on this. It's a shame NASA isn't doing something along these lines. I'm glad that someone is finally doing commercial spaceflight. It's been a long time coming and personally, I think it's over due.
This reminds me of an episode of LA Law where some loon thought he was a superhero lizard man and climbed up the wall in the court room and fell off because someone put holes in his suction cups. Thought I'd share.
Where I work our logins are setup so we have our own personal network drive that follows us around from machine to machine and we just slap the Lotus ID in there. Makes life easier when you get a new desk every month or so.
Exactly what I was thinking. What happens if they sneeze? Is there a bloody pause button or would the compuer blitz and go all bonkers? The problem with muscle control is that we don't always control the buggers.
If you would like to offer me a new job, with the same pay I have now, I'd be more then happy to accept.
If you want better service, go elsewhere, if you can. I can tell you now that it's not going to get better anytime soon. I get shitty service from the company and I'm an employee, I couldn't imagine putting up with the shit Verizon customers do.