When I moved, I did so very haphazardly... in retrospect, I should have picked a storage place that would help facilitate moving whatever I placed in storage. If you're going to have things put in storage, pick a storage-locker-place that'll help with the shipping of said items to a place near your new home. And when you store things away, make sure you do so as if you were packing them up to be moved.
Other than that... ask your employer for reputable realtors/apartment managers in your new area, as well as the usual (Utility, phone, cable, broadband) provider info. If driving, plan out what will go with you in the car... use your square inchage effectively. You can always pack a cooler/box/tub/whatever and stick it where the passenger's legs would go. Presuming you don't have passengers. If flying, narrow things down to the pure bare essentials and buy a sleeping bag when you get there for until furniture arrives.
Techies should know this, but cell phones, especially ones you can hook up to a computer via USB/Bluetooth, are a lifesaver to keep you in touch until connections are in place.
This just goes to prove that Microsoft's newfound 'dedication to security' and focus on writing code with less bugs in it is just a pure crock of doodie. Obviously, if they opened their source and let us all look at it, we'd be glad to help them find and iron out all the bugs by releasing several dozen exploits into the wild at the same time. My god, if the beta's this bad, how bad will the finished product be when they've finished adding features?... um, my sarcasm tag is on, right?
Even if you were the perfect employee, and have the more elloquent and professional resignation...
They'll still lock you out as soon as they know you won't be with the company anymore.
Why?
They can't afford it if they don't, and they're wrong about you, and you do something. It's like how nobody is allowed to drive drunk, even those who can do it perfectly fine. As a general rule, people who're leaving the company don't get ot read other people's email.
Only on/. can you find people saying Microsoft shouldn't write kiddie-porn-busting software because a) it's not really open source and b) it's an invasion of privacy.
There's a difference between a right to privacy and a right not to incriminate yourself... honest people have the first, scum who should be shot on sight have the second... guess which group this software is supposed to target?
...is a way to receive email, but reserve the right to send a 'bounce' message sometime in the next, say, 24 hours. So once a day you can go into your server, sort the spam out, and just send out bounce messages en-masse to clear the address out of those lists. It's more work than shutting down the server, but lets you keep the 'good' email coming.
Given the tendancies of my own 13-month-old chaos machine, you ma want to reconsider the wireless keyboard and mouse. They're more magnetic to little ones than shiny objects. Especially if you're seen using them. Your best bet is a desk with some sort of roll-down top or closed doors, like a hutch, so that everythign can be close and latched. Then you don't have to worry about the cords for the monitor.
Oh, and keep power cords off the floor. They don't get shocked easy, but they like to press the switches on the power strips and UPSes.
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New Hampshire is actually more urban than most people think. Hell, the southeat sector of the state is more-or-less all Boston suburbs. Nashua is home to plenty of high-tech companies, including military contractors and hard-drive manufacturers. The site's slashdotted so I can't see where the place is located, but if it's in Nashua or the Seacoast area, then they'll be in a good position to attract Massachusettes gamers, especally with the I-495 corridor right there.
Of course, I couldn't be wrong, as I've been living in a -rea- rural area for the last two and a half years -- Fargo, ND. I miss the urbanized Nashua, NH.
You guys love games. How did it make you feel to find that Cardboard Tube Samurai got a reference in Hitman: Contracts? Have you found any other PA references in games, manuals, etc that you weren't expecting? How's it feel?
As of last weekend, there was still one in Fargo, ND's West Acres Mall and I counted a total of -three- at the Mall of America... and I didn't cover the entire mall. One on the third floor, two on ground level. I mean, christ, I thought it was bad they had two Gamestops, two Panda Express, two Vickie's Secrets, and four Claires... but three of these rip-off made-in-China-we-think, easily-breakable plastic places? Yikes.
"Yeah, they tell me I've got the best response times in the entire company. Probably helps that some of them are negative -- brings down my average."
No, he didn't invent time travel... he actually got some problems fixed before the helpdesk called him and told him to go over and fix them. So he had dang-near-zero response time on a lot of calls... and yes, some that the central-helpdesk newbies put in as being done before being started, so he had negative times.
Pity the company got hit with fraud charges and I ha... erm, he had to move west...
As a gamer geek but also a new father and a victim of the economy, I have to be very careful with my 'entertainment' money. I've heard good things about CoH, but I can't justify buying the game if I'm only going to be playing it for a month (I can really only justify that with $15 bargain-bin titles). Will CoH have a one-week (or, better, two-week) trial available in the near future?
Second question, if I may: Everyone talks about how MMORPGs are different from 'traditional' RPGs mainly due to the lack of a strong, world-changing storyline. Granted, comics aren't always world-changing except for the occasional crossover, but you never see Superman's secret identity being revealed to the world in the pages of, say, JLA. Comics have a definite 'solo' vs 'group' theme going. Is it possible to really have a single-character-changing experience in CoH, or is it all mainly "Nothing major will happen; this isn't hos book" vibe?
Disable write permissions for all users. Roaming profiles, no browser cache whatsoever, no ability to write any file to the drive.
I never said it was a -good- solution...
Oh, you -know- I'm getting that.
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Especially since it's $150, and I can trade in the old GBA for $25, the old SP for maybe $40... it'll still play GBA games, so it's all good. C'mon, nobody complained about Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Tournament Edition... don't complain about Nintendo Gameboy Advanced SP Dual-Screen Edition.
I'm a die-hard MoO fan, from 1 and 2. Never played 3. Couldn't afford it, tried the demo, didn't like it.
Then I got Galactic Civiliations in a bargian bin. It's just as good, if not better, than MoO. Only thing missing is ship design... and I didn't miss it that much, hoenstly.
YOu got your 'Y' and 'N' reversed on the 'patheticly weak encrpytion' segment. If it's weak, then it's no big deal. If it's strong, then we ask the next question.
... when you put out a lower number of good games that people want to buy, people spend less money on games... who woulda thought it?
The important distinction is...
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I can see an arguement for Math being a game. Games are basicly contests done for fun or competition where one side faces another side. So Math as a game, ie, who can do these the fastest, is possible.
Sports, however, have a decent physical component. Even Curling, you need to skate and be able to sweep ice. Synchronized Swimmin, you need to have an entire team co-ordinated in their movements. Math? Sorry, pencil-scribbling and calculator-punching doesn't equal physical activity enough to qualify as a sport.
Back in college (about, oh, seven years ago), our apartment full of geeks was gonna go out to catch a movie, and my roommate stated he couldn't go with us because he had some computer work to do... sorting his porn. We didn't believe him until another guy went over to look at his screen and siad, "Well, whaddya know... he's sorting his porn."
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When I moved, I did so very haphazardly... in retrospect, I should have picked a storage place that would help facilitate moving whatever I placed in storage. If you're going to have things put in storage, pick a storage-locker-place that'll help with the shipping of said items to a place near your new home. And when you store things away, make sure you do so as if you were packing them up to be moved.
Other than that... ask your employer for reputable realtors/apartment managers in your new area, as well as the usual (Utility, phone, cable, broadband) provider info. If driving, plan out what will go with you in the car... use your square inchage effectively. You can always pack a cooler/box/tub/whatever and stick it where the passenger's legs would go. Presuming you don't have passengers. If flying, narrow things down to the pure bare essentials and buy a sleeping bag when you get there for until furniture arrives.
Techies should know this, but cell phones, especially ones you can hook up to a computer via USB/Bluetooth, are a lifesaver to keep you in touch until connections are in place.
Hrm. This proves my point that both MS Fanboys and MS Haters can't conprehend the point of sarcasm.
This just goes to prove that Microsoft's newfound 'dedication to security' and focus on writing code with less bugs in it is just a pure crock of doodie. Obviously, if they opened their source and let us all look at it, we'd be glad to help them find and iron out all the bugs by releasing several dozen exploits into the wild at the same time. My god, if the beta's this bad, how bad will the finished product be when they've finished adding features? ... um, my sarcasm tag is on, right?
Even if you were the perfect employee, and have the more elloquent and professional resignation...
They'll still lock you out as soon as they know you won't be with the company anymore.
Why?
They can't afford it if they don't, and they're wrong about you, and you do something. It's like how nobody is allowed to drive drunk, even those who can do it perfectly fine. As a general rule, people who're leaving the company don't get ot read other people's email.
Only on /. can you find people saying Microsoft shouldn't write kiddie-porn-busting software because a) it's not really open source and b) it's an invasion of privacy.
There's a difference between a right to privacy and a right not to incriminate yourself... honest people have the first, scum who should be shot on sight have the second... guess which group this software is supposed to target?
Don't diss the bongos. Great fun in groups, and even my 13-month-old can play. Not -well-... but he can pretend he is!
...is a way to receive email, but reserve the right to send a 'bounce' message sometime in the next, say, 24 hours. So once a day you can go into your server, sort the spam out, and just send out bounce messages en-masse to clear the address out of those lists. It's more work than shutting down the server, but lets you keep the 'good' email coming.
... actually, in Soviet Russia, they'd've felt the exact same way. Not quite as funny when the joke isn't a joke...
Given the tendancies of my own 13-month-old chaos machine, you ma want to reconsider the wireless keyboard and mouse. They're more magnetic to little ones than shiny objects. Especially if you're seen using them. Your best bet is a desk with some sort of roll-down top or closed doors, like a hutch, so that everythign can be close and latched. Then you don't have to worry about the cords for the monitor.
Oh, and keep power cords off the floor. They don't get shocked easy, but they like to press the switches on the power strips and UPSes.
I considered modding this Famebait but decided to reply instead.
New Hampshire is actually more urban than most people think. Hell, the southeat sector of the state is more-or-less all Boston suburbs. Nashua is home to plenty of high-tech companies, including military contractors and hard-drive manufacturers. The site's slashdotted so I can't see where the place is located, but if it's in Nashua or the Seacoast area, then they'll be in a good position to attract Massachusettes gamers, especally with the I-495 corridor right there.
Of course, I couldn't be wrong, as I've been living in a -rea- rural area for the last two and a half years -- Fargo, ND. I miss the urbanized Nashua, NH.
*blink* *blink* Florida? Izzat you?
You guys love games. How did it make you feel to find that Cardboard Tube Samurai got a reference in Hitman: Contracts? Have you found any other PA references in games, manuals, etc that you weren't expecting? How's it feel?
As of last weekend, there was still one in Fargo, ND's West Acres Mall and I counted a total of -three- at the Mall of America... and I didn't cover the entire mall. One on the third floor, two on ground level. I mean, christ, I thought it was bad they had two Gamestops, two Panda Express, two Vickie's Secrets, and four Claires... but three of these rip-off made-in-China-we-think, easily-breakable plastic places? Yikes.
"Yeah, they tell me I've got the best response times in the entire company. Probably helps that some of them are negative -- brings down my average."
No, he didn't invent time travel... he actually got some problems fixed before the helpdesk called him and told him to go over and fix them. So he had dang-near-zero response time on a lot of calls... and yes, some that the central-helpdesk newbies put in as being done before being started, so he had negative times.
Pity the company got hit with fraud charges and I ha... erm, he had to move west...
As a gamer geek but also a new father and a victim of the economy, I have to be very careful with my 'entertainment' money. I've heard good things about CoH, but I can't justify buying the game if I'm only going to be playing it for a month (I can really only justify that with $15 bargain-bin titles). Will CoH have a one-week (or, better, two-week) trial available in the near future?
Second question, if I may: Everyone talks about how MMORPGs are different from 'traditional' RPGs mainly due to the lack of a strong, world-changing storyline. Granted, comics aren't always world-changing except for the occasional crossover, but you never see Superman's secret identity being revealed to the world in the pages of, say, JLA. Comics have a definite 'solo' vs 'group' theme going. Is it possible to really have a single-character-changing experience in CoH, or is it all mainly "Nothing major will happen; this isn't hos book" vibe?
Wow... imagine a whole bunch of these taught to do Beowulf...
Disable write permissions for all users. Roaming profiles, no browser cache whatsoever, no ability to write any file to the drive.
I never said it was a -good- solution...
Especially since it's $150, and I can trade in the old GBA for $25, the old SP for maybe $40... it'll still play GBA games, so it's all good. C'mon, nobody complained about Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Tournament Edition... don't complain about Nintendo Gameboy Advanced SP Dual-Screen Edition.
That $60 is enough to buy Doom 3. Or a couple of older titles, or a half-dozen bargain-basement games.
Or, for those like myself, three packs of daipers for the baby...
Every little bit helps.
I'm a die-hard MoO fan, from 1 and 2. Never played 3. Couldn't afford it, tried the demo, didn't like it.
Then I got Galactic Civiliations in a bargian bin. It's just as good, if not better, than MoO. Only thing missing is ship design... and I didn't miss it that much, hoenstly.
YOu got your 'Y' and 'N' reversed on the 'patheticly weak encrpytion' segment. If it's weak, then it's no big deal. If it's strong, then we ask the next question.
... when you put out a lower number of good games that people want to buy, people spend less money on games... who woulda thought it?
I can see an arguement for Math being a game. Games are basicly contests done for fun or competition where one side faces another side. So Math as a game, ie, who can do these the fastest, is possible.
Sports, however, have a decent physical component. Even Curling, you need to skate and be able to sweep ice. Synchronized Swimmin, you need to have an entire team co-ordinated in their movements. Math? Sorry, pencil-scribbling and calculator-punching doesn't equal physical activity enough to qualify as a sport.
Back in college (about, oh, seven years ago), our apartment full of geeks was gonna go out to catch a movie, and my roommate stated he couldn't go with us because he had some computer work to do... sorting his porn. We didn't believe him until another guy went over to look at his screen and siad, "Well, whaddya know... he's sorting his porn."
We decided it was time to leave.
Does mail.yahoo.com count as a manky site?
Granted, I'm running on a 11.2 kbps connection... yes, you read that right... but still, IE handles it just fine, Firefox doesn't.