Insurance underwriters use an "Easy Rate Wheel," or circular slide rule. On simple coverages, this enables them to get a rate, payment plan, tax, deductible, etc. in a few seconds.
True, I could go for dish service. But, I like having the clear local channels, which weren't available until very recently through the sattelite providers here. Plus, I REALLY like my cable modem (@HOME). On a good day, from a good server, I can get 350kBps plus, coming close to double a T-1. Downloading a full kernel tarball in under a minute is nice.
So true. We are just finishing our rollout of Win2000 Pro to replace our Win95 PCs. Still have a few to go. We started testing Win2000 Pro in early fall 2000, and will not finish a full rollover to 2000 Server anytime in the foreseeable future. We'll have our desks updated by the end of the month, though.
Sarge: "What in God's name are you men DOING!?!?"
Platoon: "We're yanking on our pull cords, SIR!"
Sarge: "I see that. Stop that sick shit, or you'll be scrubbing toilets with a toothbrush!!"
Platoon: "We're just trying to start our pants, SIR!" ...And so on.
Hike your pants up to your armpits, buy an old portholed Buick, move to Florida to run out the clock, drink Muselix and complain about the gov'ment full-time.
Too bad that there is no competiton in the cable market. You use the cable provider that serves the area you live in. The only way you can choose a different provider is by moving, not a simple and easy thing to do.
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Insurance underwriters use an "Easy Rate Wheel," or circular slide rule. On simple coverages, this enables them to get a rate, payment plan, tax, deductible, etc. in a few seconds.
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Isn't it the next logical step? I mean, after square watermelons and all.
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True, I could go for dish service. But, I like having the clear local channels, which weren't available until very recently through the sattelite providers here. Plus, I REALLY like my cable modem (@HOME). On a good day, from a good server, I can get 350kBps plus, coming close to double a T-1. Downloading a full kernel tarball in under a minute is nice.
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You forget, Taco will not remove posts at Microsoft's request. At the request of the Church of Scientology, on the other hand...
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So true. We are just finishing our rollout of Win2000 Pro to replace our Win95 PCs. Still have a few to go. We started testing Win2000 Pro in early fall 2000, and will not finish a full rollover to 2000 Server anytime in the foreseeable future. We'll have our desks updated by the end of the month, though.
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So are many /. articles.
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The heck with TLC, call Comedy Central! They can add a new Nanoweight class.
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And you thought the toilet seat was cold in the morning, before your brother got to it with a healthy dose of liquid nitrogen!
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Sarge: "What in God's name are you men DOING!?!?"
...And so on.
Platoon: "We're yanking on our pull cords, SIR!"
Sarge: "I see that. Stop that sick shit, or you'll be scrubbing toilets with a toothbrush!!"
Platoon: "We're just trying to start our pants, SIR!"
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How about Wendy Whoppers?
And who is Angela Joile, anyway?
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Just don't let the Nazis test the oricalcum machine on you, Indy!
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Yep. Been awhile since college Spanish.
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Like soap and bathe me in soup, perhaps.
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Where have you been? Windows has always crippled the PC it is installed on, and brought down the entire computer.
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Geez, Taco, couldn't you offer to share your room with those who lost theirs? Or is sharing something you only do with MP3s and source code?
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He can speak it, he just can't spell it!
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Hike your pants up to your armpits, buy an old portholed Buick, move to Florida to run out the clock, drink Muselix and complain about the gov'ment full-time.
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Too bad that there is no competiton in the cable market. You use the cable provider that serves the area you live in. The only way you can choose a different provider is by moving, not a simple and easy thing to do.
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Just be glad /. is only in 2D, not 3D. You'd be in a world of hurt, then.
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I hate you, .45
You hate me,
Let's tie Barney to a tree!
Then we'll take a
And shoot him in the head,
Now that purple fag is dead!
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Thanks. A day in which you learn something, is a day that isn't wasted.
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It must have already been submitted, since the article is over a day old
/. editor. Even if it had been posted already today, it still wouldn't stop a /. editor from posting it again.
That won't stop a
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From the 3-phase power page: Transformers must have alternating current to operate
Transformers require Energon Cubes, not AC, to operate.
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But I'm sure we'll see more of this in the future.
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More condemning articles with little evidence pointing fingers and posted to
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Tell you what. I'll throw some tea into the river in remembrance of you, my British friend.
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