My daughter worked all the way through this app on my iPhone when she was 4; If we get an iPad this Xmas, we're getting the Hello Kitty apps first.
We also have the pencil-n-paper Umizoomi boxes and some of the Hello Kitty workbooks and flashcards; this seems to make the transition to her PK class easier.
Hold on....The Democrats are opposed to ODF.....supporting a big business....thought....only.....Republicans....did that....
Trust me, Massachusetts politics are no way that simple.
... and I'll bet that Reilly (2006 [[D] gov front-runner) and Patrick ([D] progressive candidate) will support OpenDocument wholeheartedly. There's a reason that Galvin's moniker is "The Prince of Darkness".
... sufficiently so that when they sent me an issue, then an invoice (both unsolicited), I wrote "CANCEL" on the bill and sent it in. I've gotten 7 issues so far, and written "CANCEL" on two invoices. And yes, I mailed them in.
I wouldn't count on Forbes getting a clue any time soon.
There's no way of telling (unless you know the exchange shifts post-overlay for 617) which local number is a cell and which is a landline. The exchanges *were* active here before the 617/781 split, and with a badly programmed auto-dialer, it's easy to screw up.
With the portability law coming into effect, it will be impossible to tell for anyone whether your target is landline or mobile. So I went ahead and registered both landlines and the SO's cell phone. If I ever stop being too important to have a cell phone myself, I'll register it too.
Though I'm having to learn how to rebuild/maintain certain parts myself...
Oh, you meant *computer* equipment.
There's the 1991 Mac Classic II and same vintage Leading Edge 386 luggable bagged up in the corner of the basement, with a 2400 baud modem, for emergencies. And yes, I know how to replace motherboard batteries:)
I still have a Mac Quadra running as the FaxServer (replaced the abovebagged Squinintosh). Everything here has at least a basic understanding of TCP/IP; the VIC/20 didn't (and had gotten rain-damaged in storage), so I trashed it.
Actually, a good reason to require a call-in is to have some level of bullshit filter -- yes, this is the account holder, yes, here's my firewall model, yes, I have read the TOS regarding what I'm going to be doing with this potential security hole.
I originally was unhappy about having to call in for my extra mailboxes. However, when I asked, they were trying to avoid having script-kiddies order new mailboxes without their parents' knowledge. Not such a stupid idea.
Well, like Charter, RCN does have a tiered system. We have Megaband for an extra $10 per month; and no grief given us about having a router ("We won't provide support for a router we didn't install, but you're welcome to put one on -- please make sure it has a firewall).
This is a 3MB pipe as well (basic cable internet is 1.5MB); a lot of us left ATTBI/Comcast because they're so oversubscribed locally, and the extra $10 seems to actually provide better service:)
Your mileage may vary.
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This seems a must to me; if one is embedded in my sofa, I definitely need something to knock it out.
I already have a wireless LAN and cordless phones (different freq's; I'm not stupid); the last thing I need is more RF crap to mess up my comms.
In CD players, the disc plays normally. When put into a Macintosh (news - web sites) or Windows PC, the disc installs software to keep the music secure, and an interactive menu pops up with several links, including one to copy some or all of the Windows Media tracks to your hard drive.
Which OS versions does it recognize -- can I play it in X? 9.2? 8.6? 7.6? 7.0.1 (yeah, they're all around here somewhere).
For that matter, will Win95 recognize the WMA tracks (since I don't have any Windows media players installed, having viciously ripped them out long since)?
The only thing that has somewhat stemmed the cable TV piracy problems is that it's illegal for you to own a Digital Cable box. if you bought one off ebay then you bought stolen goods.
Not hardly. Various cable operators in the US and Canada offer cable boxes to their customers in lieu of rental (my old one, ATTBI in Boston, certainly sold DCT2000's for about 300 a pop).
Anyone who sells their rental cable box instead of returning it gets hit for the cost, again about 300 bucks (even for decrepit power-surged General Instrument boxen).
So don't believe the propaganda, and read the Telecommunications Act from '96 for yourselves, okay?
I'm with you on this; I just replaced my (7-year-old?) router, and it took two weeks for me to get the new one configured. I'd read some *very* bad things about the new router's tech support; I put off calling as long as feasible.
The accent was (and is going to be) a problem; however, he did identify the interim fix (beta firmware upgrade) as being most likely to solve my connection-dropping issue.
Fortunately, he *DROPPED* the script as soon as I said, "Let me tell you what I've already tried over the past two weeks......and I've kicked everyone out for the afternoon so that I can just fix it." Instead, he did the bug report search (I noted that the same problem was posted to the dslreports forum), and said, "well, it's not in the pdf, but that's definitely one of the fixes in r12".
OTOH, for certain specific jobs -- primarily connectivity -- I really want someone in *my* time zone to talk to. If only Earthlink would quit buying local ISPs...
Yeah, I have learned that there are several possible "polite, yet make sure they never come back" responses, which break out into short and long.
Short: "Sorry, wrong religion"; when they ask which, give them a really foreign one, like Zoroastrianism or Jain or Shinto, then shut the door FIRMLY.
Long: "Sure, wanna come in and discuss the Goddess?" Which works especially well on Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses; I've gotten one each at every domicile I've had in MA, and they never come back.
What rather bites is that your state (or proposed national) DNC lists don't cover charities or political organizations.
Someone here is likely to tell me that I'm mean-spirited; no, I'm just not a Xtian and am not donating to their organizations. Non-sectarian charities (say, Habitat for Humanity) are fine, but I get real sick of telling 3 months running that I'm not even a Xtian, please put my number on your do not call list... I'd vastly prefer to be able to opt-in to the three or four charities I don't find scummy and awful, rather than frequent 3 minute messages left on my answering machine.
And while I never get polled anymore (dammit! I *liked* being polled), I'd love it if there were a list so I could opt out of receiving those damn recorded "Massachusetts Democrat notable urging you to go vote" calls.
Well, I'll admit that your experience runs entirely contrary to mine:)
This is possibly generational -- us old-folk learned pretty quickly to get gender-neutral handles or endure the annual September onslaught of (presumed to be) freshmen trying out their college accounts.
Granted, most of the women I know online work in high-tech (or bio-tech) and don't spend much time in, um, MUDS or chat rooms or whatever.
Me, I would prefer to be identified as a woman if it meant that they'd quit spamming me with penis-enlargement and "hot teen sluts" mail....sigh.
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My daughter worked all the way through this app on my iPhone when she was 4; If we get an iPad this Xmas, we're getting the Hello Kitty apps first.
We also have the pencil-n-paper Umizoomi boxes and some of the Hello Kitty workbooks and flashcards; this seems to make the transition to her PK class easier.
Trust me, Massachusetts politics are no way that simple.
Alas, the nearest Office Depot retail location to Boston is in Kingston NY.
Oh, well.
But then they wouldn't have cost only $99 apiece...
... seeing that there's absolutely no way to retrofit it onto my existing vehicle.
... sufficiently so that when they sent me an issue, then an invoice (both unsolicited), I wrote "CANCEL" on the bill and sent it in. I've gotten 7 issues so far, and written "CANCEL" on two invoices. And yes, I mailed them in.
I wouldn't count on Forbes getting a clue any time soon.
Are there any of the "Don't blame me, I voted in Massachusetts" bumper stickers left?
Fighting for Liberty is like Making Love for Virginity....
There's no way of telling (unless you know the exchange shifts post-overlay for 617) which local number is a cell and which is a landline. The exchanges *were* active here before the 617/781 split, and with a badly programmed auto-dialer, it's easy to screw up.
With the portability law coming into effect, it will be impossible to tell for anyone whether your target is landline or mobile. So I went ahead and registered both landlines and the SO's cell phone. If I ever stop being too important to have a cell phone myself, I'll register it too.
Though I'm having to learn how to rebuild/maintain certain parts myself...
:)
Oh, you meant *computer* equipment.
There's the 1991 Mac Classic II and same vintage Leading Edge 386 luggable bagged up in the corner of the basement, with a 2400 baud modem, for emergencies. And yes, I know how to replace motherboard batteries
I still have a Mac Quadra running as the FaxServer (replaced the abovebagged Squinintosh). Everything here has at least a basic understanding of TCP/IP; the VIC/20 didn't (and had gotten rain-damaged in storage), so I trashed it.
Actually, a good reason to require a call-in is to have some level of bullshit filter -- yes, this is the account holder, yes, here's my firewall model, yes, I have read the TOS regarding what I'm going to be doing with this potential security hole.
I originally was unhappy about having to call in for my extra mailboxes. However, when I asked, they were trying to avoid having script-kiddies order new mailboxes without their parents' knowledge. Not such a stupid idea.
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Well, like Charter, RCN does have a tiered system. We have Megaband for an extra $10 per month; and no grief given us about having a router ("We won't provide support for a router we didn't install, but you're welcome to put one on -- please make sure it has a firewall).
:)
This is a 3MB pipe as well (basic cable internet is 1.5MB); a lot of us left ATTBI/Comcast because they're so oversubscribed locally, and the extra $10 seems to actually provide better service
Your mileage may vary.
This seems a must to me; if one is embedded in my sofa, I definitely need something to knock it out.
I already have a wireless LAN and cordless phones (different freq's; I'm not stupid); the last thing I need is more RF crap to mess up my comms.
Which OS versions does it recognize -- can I play it in X? 9.2? 8.6? 7.6? 7.0.1 (yeah, they're all around here somewhere).
For that matter, will Win95 recognize the WMA tracks (since I don't have any Windows media players installed, having viciously ripped them out long since)?
Or I can bring up the Linux box...
Not like I'd ever buy this CD, trust me!
How this translates to me - "If your computer is immune from these new strains of virii you are strongly encouraged to make it vulnerable.
I wonder how Microsoft feels about folk like me, who went to OSX boxen instead....
The only thing that has somewhat stemmed the cable TV piracy problems is that it's illegal for you to own a Digital Cable box. if you bought one off ebay then you bought stolen goods.
Not hardly. Various cable operators in the US and Canada offer cable boxes to their customers in lieu of rental (my old one, ATTBI in Boston, certainly sold DCT2000's for about 300 a pop).
Anyone who sells their rental cable box instead of returning it gets hit for the cost, again about 300 bucks (even for decrepit power-surged General Instrument boxen).
So don't believe the propaganda, and read the Telecommunications Act from '96 for yourselves, okay?
I'm with you on this; I just replaced my (7-year-old?) router, and it took two weeks for me to get the new one configured. I'd read some *very* bad things about the new router's tech support; I put off calling as long as feasible.
...and I've kicked everyone out for the afternoon so that I can just fix it." Instead, he did the bug report search (I noted that the same problem was posted to the dslreports forum), and said, "well, it's not in the pdf, but that's definitely one of the fixes in r12".
The accent was (and is going to be) a problem; however, he did identify the interim fix (beta firmware upgrade) as being most likely to solve my connection-dropping issue.
Fortunately, he *DROPPED* the script as soon as I said, "Let me tell you what I've already tried over the past two weeks...
OTOH, for certain specific jobs -- primarily connectivity -- I really want someone in *my* time zone to talk to. If only Earthlink would quit buying local ISPs...
I was going to open a pool on how many hours it would be until the site was hacked; but you're right, the servers have to come back up first :)
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Yeah, I have learned that there are several possible "polite, yet make sure they never come back" responses, which break out into short and long.
Short:
"Sorry, wrong religion"; when they ask which, give them a really foreign one, like Zoroastrianism or Jain or Shinto, then shut the door FIRMLY.
Long:
"Sure, wanna come in and discuss the Goddess?"
Which works especially well on Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses; I've gotten one each at every domicile I've had in MA, and they never come back.
Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need.
from this.
The local chapters have never cared what religion I was (or wasn't); they were just glad to have someone who can swing a hammer.
And it's opt-in; they don't blind-call folk asking for diddly.
What rather bites is that your state (or proposed national) DNC lists don't cover charities or political organizations.
Someone here is likely to tell me that I'm mean-spirited; no, I'm just not a Xtian and am not donating to their organizations. Non-sectarian charities (say, Habitat for Humanity) are fine, but I get real sick of telling 3 months running that I'm not even a Xtian, please put my number on your do not call list... I'd vastly prefer to be able to opt-in to the three or four charities I don't find scummy and awful, rather than frequent 3 minute messages left on my answering machine.
And while I never get polled anymore (dammit! I *liked* being polled), I'd love it if there were a list so I could opt out of receiving those damn recorded "Massachusetts Democrat notable urging you to go vote" calls.
Well, I'll admit that your experience runs entirely contrary to mine :)
This is possibly generational -- us old-folk learned pretty quickly to get gender-neutral handles or endure the annual September onslaught of (presumed to be) freshmen trying out their college accounts.
Granted, most of the women I know online work in high-tech (or bio-tech) and don't spend much time in, um, MUDS or chat rooms or whatever.
Me, I would prefer to be identified as a woman if it meant that they'd quit spamming me with penis-enlargement and "hot teen sluts" mail....sigh.
No, 15 plus years on...
What, you think the 90 extension is going to be delayed or something?