I agree, I see however, a very narrowly focused article, referencing an American political op-ed piece. And a reply utilizing a very American slang term, which seems reasonable to me.
An opinion laid upon an opinion piece, by an opinionated old dude....but, that's just my opinion.
If you're on my lawn, I hope you brought beer and fired up the bar-b-que!
"An insignificant amount of water is used by car washes."
You're absolutely right. Even back in the 1970's when I worked for a carwash, we recycled something around 80% of our grey-water. And that was in Washington state with no water shortages (at that time....anyway). I would imagine it has improved significantly since that time.
Well, this is an American story about American politics, why should it not use an American point of view? After all, the 1% moniker is currently Amerislang for the rich, it has been used to describe truck drivers, the Hells Angels, and others in the past.
If this were about European politics, I would expect a European viewpoint.
If it were about World politics, then I could see this metric applied, maybe.
Except most people know jack shit about their machine. And no matter how much you warn them, they invariably choose 'Express Install' instead of 'Advanced' because, you know, 'Advanced' is scary!
Then they pay me to remove it. I have become a leech to the advertising malware consortium. I do it as a side job at their homes for (insert favorite intoxicant here) money.
I try to teach them, even to the point of downloading something with a bunch of crap and walking them through the 'Advanced' install. Decline everything that isn't what you downloaded, never say yes. Never install something if you don't know what it is. Don't open emails if you don't recognize the sender, yada, yada, yada is all they hear.
Where the states are screwing it up is over taxation. (greed, plain and simple) It is still much cheaper to buy it black market. Medical prices are nearly the same and sometimes less, but retail is taxed at IIRC 25% or so. (WA, don't know about CO)
They have not realized that they are competing with an entrenched, intelligent black market that has operated for 70+ years right under their noses.
Now we have a glut of retail pot. The idiots issued way too many grow licenses, but way too few store licenses. Retail growers have gone from it being $20 per gram last year, to $4 per gram this year due to there being far too few retail outlets. Medical and recreational cannot be cross sold, if you grow for retail it must be sold into the (nearly non-existent) retail market. Meanwhile the medical side seems to of found the production/sales balance point.
Anecdotal observations and opinions from living here.
And there you have the crux of it. If they are truly useful they will blend in to everyday life. If you're noticing them, they are likely more of a hindrance. And as far as impressing people, it's at best a one trick pony.
Personally, I think the difference has just become too small between inexpensive (truly cheap gear still sounds cheap) and high end, especially in sound gear. I bought a mid-range sound system for my home setup (47" 3D TV, 32" monitor, hooked into my computer, finally able to cut the cord, thanks to Popcorn time filling my Wife's series needs, Yea!!!) and it sounds better than my old system I have a pair of vintage B&O speakers, amp, tuner and platter from the 70's that I spent an obscene amount of money for. Outdone by a $1700 Polk audio TSX440T system. Now, I realize the speakers have degraded over time, as has my hearing (56 yo) but I think this system would of given it a run for its money had it been available back in the day. (My aging B&O system now is in the family room and still sounds great, With the resurgence of vinyl, I really wish the platter had survived, but it died 20 years ago and was prohibitively expensive to repair.) I think you really have to go with professional flat response speakers to have any significant improvement over the midrange consumer market today. Off to mow the lawn and chase off pesky young'uns.
Unless, of course, you can get a photo of the Chicken McNugget in its native 'pink slime' form. Then it becomes (oh damn, I hate to use this over-utilized word, but my aging brain can't seem to come up with a better one,/. forgive me!) epic.
Where I live, Comcast does deliver their advertised speeds, at least since Century Link, Hughesnet, and (I don't remember offhand our other competitions name) came to town. Admittedly, Century Link at 25/5 is the closest to Comcasts 50/?, but Comcast frequently runs slightly over their stated speeds. And their customer service has improved a great deal.
Real competition has made Comcast bearable here.
The only issue I have with Century Link is that about 4 times a week, I have about a ten minute 'outage' while the modem resets, annoying, but at $36 per month I can live with that over Comcasts $59. I do miss how fast large files download, (Steam games take about 30-40% longer to download) but it is not so much worse to make me want to return to Comcast.
And HD streams work just fine on the two main devices my wife and I use. And Popcorn Time eliminates the need for my wife to have Cable TV, so I was able to cut the cord and satisfy her ability to watch her favorite shows. She no longer misses cable TV, so win-win!!!
Hearing the engine is far more efficient. I have been training truck drivers for the last eight years. The impression of velocity can vary with a great many things, including road surface, wind, other traffic, etc. Engine sound is a far more accurate measure.
My personal experience with Tiger Direct is it may be cancelled until it is shipped. I bought 6 Xbox 360's from TD at a listed price of $5.95 each plus shipping, They cancelled the order the morning it should of shipped.
I recently took delivery of 4 sound bars for $4.95 each that I sold on Craigslist for $75 each. The price was changed a few hours after my shipping confirmation to $99. I got them with no problem.
TD makes this mistake frequently, only once (the sound bars) did I actually receive the merchandise, but I always try when I see an obviously incorrect advertised price.
Sometimes you just get lucky.
After all, once it's shipped it becomes difficult (and perhaps impossible?) to tell a customer to send it back because you made a boo-boo.
There is no fraud involved even if you think the price is wrong, you merely took advantage of a killer sale.
The downside is that it has taken TD nearly 2 weeks to refund my money each time I have tried this, in spite of their stated policy to refund within IIRC, 48 hours.
That's cool, sounds like you had a good relationship with you father. My dad lost his sense of smell in the final days of WWII. He was the belly turret gunner on a B-17. It belly flopped on landing, propelling him up into the burning wreckage,where he inhaled burning fuel through his nose. He barely survived, but never had a sense of smell from then on, he was 19 at the time, he lived to be 77. We built race cars together. Your post made me smile remembering my father, thanks. (:
Uh, because a mechanic COSTS $95 per hour but PAYS far less than that? Tools are a long term investment. They pay for themselves over many years and many jobs.
There are few, if any, specialist tools that are required. Specialized tools are generally to make a job easier, but most jobs can be done with standard tools and more work. (I have made a great deal of specialized tools as well, most recently a full function adjustable automatic transmission jack adapter for my large floor jack saving about $250 for a $35 investment)
Most of us who work on our own cars don't buy cars that we can't work on. After all, that defeats the purpose. And once the warranty expires, I can do a whole lot more than you imply is possible on a new car. At WORST I might have to pay for a diagnostic to get the codes if I can't get them to display on the dash or with a multimeter. In most cases I can buy or rent diagnostic equipment if needed
(And classics are sooo much more fun to play with and drive!)
I can just imagine what some of the headlines you came up with must of been. Maybe for the LOLs you should of put some of them into a note at the end with the explanation you just put into your comment.
Oh, and it was basically because no abortion clinic ever calls themselves "Aborts R Us!" Since they asked for abortion clinics they got results of anti-abortion sites because they do use the word abortion. Just a programming oversite, no conspiracy.
This story in turn links to a pro-choice website and all links in that story lead to other stories on their site with no external links. One of the comments mentioned hearing it break on NPR, so take it with a rather large grain of NaCl......(;
But not everyone is going after the best. Interesting perspective. Thank you. Few would post under their username and say anything good about MS. I have to respect that. Some people have been burned and that leaves a bad vibe to us over the whole issue. Of course, that colors judgement quite a bit. It is refreshing to see a well written counterpoint.
I don't work for MS, but have been accused of being a shill here before for pointing out the inaccuracies that get posted here, you just gave me a lot to think about. Again thanks for an eye opening post that forced me to think beyond the personal reasons I question the value of this program.
Yeppers, noticed I used conscience instead of conscious as soon as I hit submit. Almost surprised the pendants didn't troll me for not paying enough attention to the spell check list when I fumble fingered it.
P.S. If I were to rant about MS, it would be for some of their questionable business dealings (like any other large corporation) and not with their community support projects. (And this one I was unaware of, very cool) Oh, and maybe the choice of processor and memory in the Xbox One.. (;
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I agree, I see however, a very narrowly focused article, referencing an American political op-ed piece. And a reply utilizing a very American slang term, which seems reasonable to me.
An opinion laid upon an opinion piece, by an opinionated old dude....but, that's just my opinion.
If you're on my lawn, I hope you brought beer and fired up the bar-b-que!
"An insignificant amount of water is used by car washes."
You're absolutely right. Even back in the 1970's when I worked for a carwash, we recycled something around 80% of our grey-water. And that was in Washington state with no water shortages (at that time....anyway). I would imagine it has improved significantly since that time.
Well, this is an American story about American politics, why should it not use an American point of view? After all, the 1% moniker is currently Amerislang for the rich, it has been used to describe truck drivers, the Hells Angels, and others in the past.
If this were about European politics, I would expect a European viewpoint.
If it were about World politics, then I could see this metric applied, maybe.
Except most people know jack shit about their machine. And no matter how much you warn them, they invariably choose 'Express Install' instead of 'Advanced' because, you know, 'Advanced' is scary!
Then they pay me to remove it. I have become a leech to the advertising malware consortium. I do it as a side job at their homes for (insert favorite intoxicant here) money.
I try to teach them, even to the point of downloading something with a bunch of crap and walking them through the 'Advanced' install. Decline everything that isn't what you downloaded, never say yes. Never install something if you don't know what it is. Don't open emails if you don't recognize the sender, yada, yada, yada is all they hear.
At least they keep me supplied.
Not synchronized, but, here is a stadium of laser pointers aimed at an Egyptian helicopter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjaW3QM2Nb8
No, it is regulated much the same way as alcohol.
Where the states are screwing it up is over taxation. (greed, plain and simple) It is still much cheaper to buy it black market. Medical prices are nearly the same and sometimes less, but retail is taxed at IIRC 25% or so. (WA, don't know about CO)
They have not realized that they are competing with an entrenched, intelligent black market that has operated for 70+ years right under their noses.
Now we have a glut of retail pot. The idiots issued way too many grow licenses, but way too few store licenses. Retail growers have gone from it being $20 per gram last year, to $4 per gram this year due to there being far too few retail outlets. Medical and recreational cannot be cross sold, if you grow for retail it must be sold into the (nearly non-existent) retail market. Meanwhile the medical side seems to of found the production/sales balance point.
Anecdotal observations and opinions from living here.
Growing pains, of the U-Dub Purple variety...
Giant Bungee Cord FTW!!!
"Smart house" features should not be impressive."
And there you have the crux of it. If they are truly useful they will blend in to everyday life. If you're noticing them, they are likely more of a hindrance.
And as far as impressing people, it's at best a one trick pony.
Personally, I think the difference has just become too small between inexpensive (truly cheap gear still sounds cheap) and high end, especially in sound gear. I bought a mid-range sound system for my home setup (47" 3D TV, 32" monitor, hooked into my computer, finally able to cut the cord, thanks to Popcorn time filling my Wife's series needs, Yea!!!) and it sounds better than my old system
I have a pair of vintage B&O speakers, amp, tuner and platter from the 70's that I spent an obscene amount of money for. Outdone by a $1700 Polk audio TSX440T system. Now, I realize the speakers have degraded over time, as has my hearing (56 yo) but I think this system would of given it a run for its money had it been available back in the day. (My aging B&O system now is in the family room and still sounds great, With the resurgence of vinyl, I really wish the platter had survived, but it died 20 years ago and was prohibitively expensive to repair.)
I think you really have to go with professional flat response speakers to have any significant improvement over the midrange consumer market today.
Off to mow the lawn and chase off pesky young'uns.
Unless, of course, you can get a photo of the Chicken McNugget in its native 'pink slime' form. Then it becomes (oh damn, I hate to use this over-utilized word, but my aging brain can't seem to come up with a better one, /. forgive me!) epic.
Actually, competition gives them 'religion.'
Where I live, Comcast does deliver their advertised speeds, at least since Century Link, Hughesnet, and (I don't remember offhand our other competitions name) came to town. Admittedly, Century Link at 25/5 is the closest to Comcasts 50/?, but Comcast frequently runs slightly over their stated speeds. And their customer service has improved a great deal.
Real competition has made Comcast bearable here.
The only issue I have with Century Link is that about 4 times a week, I have about a ten minute 'outage' while the modem resets, annoying, but at $36 per month I can live with that over Comcasts $59. I do miss how fast large files download, (Steam games take about 30-40% longer to download) but it is not so much worse to make me want to return to Comcast.
And HD streams work just fine on the two main devices my wife and I use. And Popcorn Time eliminates the need for my wife to have Cable TV, so I was able to cut the cord and satisfy her ability to watch her favorite shows. She no longer misses cable TV, so win-win!!!
Stoner Klingons.......hehehe......such, possibilities!
I disagree.
Hearing the engine is far more efficient. I have been training truck drivers for the last eight years. The impression of velocity can vary with a great many things, including road surface, wind, other traffic, etc. Engine sound is a far more accurate measure.
My personal experience with Tiger Direct is it may be cancelled until it is shipped. I bought 6 Xbox 360's from TD at a listed price of $5.95 each plus shipping, They cancelled the order the morning it should of shipped.
I recently took delivery of 4 sound bars for $4.95 each that I sold on Craigslist for $75 each. The price was changed a few hours after my shipping confirmation to $99. I got them with no problem.
TD makes this mistake frequently, only once (the sound bars) did I actually receive the merchandise, but I always try when I see an obviously incorrect advertised price.
Sometimes you just get lucky.
After all, once it's shipped it becomes difficult (and perhaps impossible?) to tell a customer to send it back because you made a boo-boo.
There is no fraud involved even if you think the price is wrong, you merely took advantage of a killer sale.
The downside is that it has taken TD nearly 2 weeks to refund my money each time I have tried this, in spite of their stated policy to refund within IIRC, 48 hours.
Anecdotal I realize, but my $0.02 anyway....(-;
That's cool, sounds like you had a good relationship with you father.
My dad lost his sense of smell in the final days of WWII. He was the belly turret gunner on a B-17. It belly flopped on landing, propelling him up into the burning wreckage,where he inhaled burning fuel through his nose. He barely survived, but never had a sense of smell from then on, he was 19 at the time, he lived to be 77.
We built race cars together.
Your post made me smile remembering my father, thanks. (:
What work? What piracy?
Ten seconds got me a link that works in the U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1zuAQAhhMI
If that was work or piracy, then I be a harrrd worrkin pirate, arrrgh!
"This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector."
Plato
Uh, because a mechanic COSTS $95 per hour but PAYS far less than that? Tools are a long term investment. They pay for themselves over many years and many jobs.
There are few, if any, specialist tools that are required. Specialized tools are generally to make a job easier, but most jobs can be done with standard tools and more work. (I have made a great deal of specialized tools as well, most recently a full function adjustable automatic transmission jack adapter for my large floor jack saving about $250 for a $35 investment)
Most of us who work on our own cars don't buy cars that we can't work on. After all, that defeats the purpose. And once the warranty expires, I can do a whole lot more than you imply is possible on a new car. At WORST I might have to pay for a diagnostic to get the codes if I can't get them to display on the dash or with a multimeter. In most cases I can buy or rent diagnostic equipment if needed
(And classics are sooo much more fun to play with and drive!)
No it doesn't.
Canada blows, Mexico sucks.
That's why the prevailing winds in North America are north to south......
At least he apologized......(^;
http://www.cnet.com/news/creator-of-internet-pop-up-ad-apologizes-for-hated-tool/
"If we keep going, pretty soon people will have convicts wired up for everything"
But, will they run Linux?
Life imitating art poorly?
I can just imagine what some of the headlines you came up with must of been. Maybe for the LOLs you should of put some of them into a note at the end with the explanation you just put into your comment.
Oh, and it was basically because no abortion clinic ever calls themselves "Aborts R Us!" Since they asked for abortion clinics they got results of anti-abortion sites because they do use the word abortion. Just a programming oversite, no conspiracy.
And it was Siri, not a clone.
A quick search came up rather empty, save for one link,
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/seemingly_pro_life_siri_riles_abortion_rights_activists
This story in turn links to a pro-choice website and all links in that story lead to other stories on their site with no external links. One of the comments mentioned hearing it break on NPR, so take it with a rather large grain of NaCl......(;
Hehehe, no, not MS.
But not everyone is going after the best.
Interesting perspective. Thank you. Few would post under their username and say anything good about MS.
I have to respect that.
Some people have been burned and that leaves a bad vibe to us over the whole issue. Of course, that colors judgement quite a bit. It is refreshing to see a well written counterpoint.
I don't work for MS, but have been accused of being a shill here before for pointing out the inaccuracies that get posted here, you just gave me a lot to think about.
Again thanks for an eye opening post that forced me to think beyond the personal reasons I question the value of this program.
Yeppers, noticed I used conscience instead of conscious as soon as I hit submit. Almost surprised the pendants didn't troll me for not paying enough attention to the spell check list when I fumble fingered it.
P.S. If I were to rant about MS, it would be for some of their questionable business dealings (like any other large corporation) and not with their community support projects. (And this one I was unaware of, very cool) Oh, and maybe the choice of processor and memory in the Xbox One.. (;