Actually, once I've interacted with a web comic artist online, particularly with email or facebook (I don't go to Cons or other places where I'm likely to have to deal with people in the flesh), I'm way more likely to buy their merchandise and hit their pay-pal button. The authors go from being a blank face to being an individual.
Working with Habitat for Humanity, we can frame an entire 1400 sq foot house in a day. We can get the roof rafters up in another day. Third day gets sheathing up on walls and roof. Is something to see what 10-20 guys can do in a few days.
When our house was built, our contractor brought in a husband/wife team for the framing. They had the entire two story house framed in three weeks, all by themselves, except for a crane crew for the roof trusses.
Also, at least in Tampa Bay area, just about all the brick buildings in the area had bricks shipped in from Georgia. There's very little clay available over most of Florida. Insulated Concrete Forms would be the way to go but the cost of concrete has been going up much faster than other building materials, as China expands it's infrastructure.
Grew up in Florida, in a house from the late 60's. Never had any real damage other than losing a fair number of asphalt shingles on year 24 or a 30 year roof, back in '04. But it was a concrete block house, not OSB over wood.
Here in NM, I wanted to build a rammed earth house but the county permit requirements were so steep and demanding (even using bonded rammed earth contractors from next county over), ended up going with OSB over wood. Now that we're in the house, it's no problem to go and build rammed earth walls up against exterior walls and the permitting folks can go screw themselves!
A buddy with a construction company in Florida built his house as a 40 foot square (1600 sq. feet) with a pyramidal shaped roof (cathedral ceiling inside and all interior walls end at 9' high) so that there are no flat roof surfaces for the wind to build up agains. For the framing, there were the standard threaded rod ties coming up from the slab, through the footers of the wall, and bolted down but he also put additional ties running up from the slab all the way up through the outside walls, that then go through a 1/2" thick steel band that circles the entire top of the walls. This band was welded together so the walls are in compression between slab and band. The roof trusses are also welded/bolted to this band. The walls are basic OSB with decent insulation and waterproofing applied and vinyl siding (with construction adhesive on every piece. He's gone and made it as hurricane proof as possible. Of course, he has the polycarbonite coverings for all the windows.
He's also constructed separate building on his property as a workshop and store room. He went and built it just like his company builds walk in bank vaults. It has 12" of concrete all around and 2000 gals of rainfall collection. This is his tornado shelter. He did this second building last year as a way to keep his guys employed. Building trade in Florida has really taken a hit since the real estate crash.
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Freakin' socialist with your 'general welfare' crap. Next thing you tell me, you'll be wanting folks to support other folks security and peace of mind!
Yeah, Gerrymandering would have to be addressed first, and then the entire winner take all form of elections. Good luck getting any politician to vote on changes that would make it more difficult for them to get elected.
Yup, we have a custom shop here at work that supports all the engineers and researchers who need custom hardware/software and anything beyond standard 2 monitor Dell with Office. 'Course, their help isn't cheap. It's $200/hr for custom projects tech support.
My workplace (18k desktops) uses a local shop to set up and image our Dells and they also handle all the RMA stuff. Once we determine hardware failure, their on-site guy comes by with part, gets our machine up and going within an hour and then lets his shop handle the actual paperwork. With the Dell's 3 year warranty (same for our HP's and Apples), the extra cost is worth it. Lets the techs who deal with customers keep them up and running as smoothly as possible. It's tech supports customers who do the work that brings in the dollars so anything we can do in IT to keep them working takes precedence.
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Grandma needs to learn to code.
Can always check for life on neutron stars.
More like stale cheese and hot dryer lint. The late '90's all kinda' smelled like that.
Actually, once I've interacted with a web comic artist online, particularly with email or facebook (I don't go to Cons or other places where I'm likely to have to deal with people in the flesh), I'm way more likely to buy their merchandise and hit their pay-pal button. The authors go from being a blank face to being an individual.
Time to start stapling bacon to cats.
Working with Habitat for Humanity, we can frame an entire 1400 sq foot house in a day. We can get the roof rafters up in another day. Third day gets sheathing up on walls and roof. Is something to see what 10-20 guys can do in a few days.
When our house was built, our contractor brought in a husband/wife team for the framing. They had the entire two story house framed in three weeks, all by themselves, except for a crane crew for the roof trusses.
Also, at least in Tampa Bay area, just about all the brick buildings in the area had bricks shipped in from Georgia. There's very little clay available over most of Florida. Insulated Concrete Forms would be the way to go but the cost of concrete has been going up much faster than other building materials, as China expands it's infrastructure.
Grew up in Florida, in a house from the late 60's. Never had any real damage other than losing a fair number of asphalt shingles on year 24 or a 30 year roof, back in '04. But it was a concrete block house, not OSB over wood.
Here in NM, I wanted to build a rammed earth house but the county permit requirements were so steep and demanding (even using bonded rammed earth contractors from next county over), ended up going with OSB over wood. Now that we're in the house, it's no problem to go and build rammed earth walls up against exterior walls and the permitting folks can go screw themselves!
A buddy with a construction company in Florida built his house as a 40 foot square (1600 sq. feet) with a pyramidal shaped roof (cathedral ceiling inside and all interior walls end at 9' high) so that there are no flat roof surfaces for the wind to build up agains. For the framing, there were the standard threaded rod ties coming up from the slab, through the footers of the wall, and bolted down but he also put additional ties running up from the slab all the way up through the outside walls, that then go through a 1/2" thick steel band that circles the entire top of the walls. This band was welded together so the walls are in compression between slab and band. The roof trusses are also welded/bolted to this band. The walls are basic OSB with decent insulation and waterproofing applied and vinyl siding (with construction adhesive on every piece. He's gone and made it as hurricane proof as possible. Of course, he has the polycarbonite coverings for all the windows.
He's also constructed separate building on his property as a workshop and store room. He went and built it just like his company builds walk in bank vaults. It has 12" of concrete all around and 2000 gals of rainfall collection. This is his tornado shelter. He did this second building last year as a way to keep his guys employed. Building trade in Florida has really taken a hit since the real estate crash.
Tonight's the night I shall be talking about of flu the subject of word association football. This is a technique out a living much used in the practice makes perfect of psychoanalysister and brother and one that has occupied piper the majority rule of my attention squad by the right number one two three four the last five years to the memory. It is quite remarkable baker charlie how much the miller's son this so-called while you were out word association immigrants' problems influences the manner from heaven in which we sleekit cowering timrous beasties all-American Speke, the famous explorer. And the really well that is surprising partner in crime is that a lot and his wife of the lions' feeding time we may be c d e effectively quite unaware of the fact or fiction section of the Watford Public Library that we are even doing it is a far, far better thing that I do now then, now then, what's going onward christian Barnard the famous hearty part of the lettuce now praise famous mental homes for loonies like me. So on the button, my contention causing all the headaches, is that unless we take into account of Monte Cristo in our thinking George the Fifth this phenomenon the other hand we shall not be able satisFact or Fiction section of the Watford Public Library againily to understand to attention when I'm talking to you and stop laughing, about human nature, man's psychological make-up some story the wife'll believe and hence the very meaning of life itselfish bastard, I'll kick him in the Ball's Pond Road.
Freakin' socialist with your 'general welfare' crap. Next thing you tell me, you'll be wanting folks to support other folks security and peace of mind!
Yeah, Gerrymandering would have to be addressed first, and then the entire winner take all form of elections. Good luck getting any politician to vote on changes that would make it more difficult for them to get elected.
That's LJ.
Sorry for not posting on LJ recently (last 2 years). Tumblr's more fun and has better porn.
Couldn't they just pile up money until it's high enough for someone to step across to Mars?
Yup, we have a custom shop here at work that supports all the engineers and researchers who need custom hardware/software and anything beyond standard 2 monitor Dell with Office. 'Course, their help isn't cheap. It's $200/hr for custom projects tech support.
My workplace (18k desktops) uses a local shop to set up and image our Dells and they also handle all the RMA stuff. Once we determine hardware failure, their on-site guy comes by with part, gets our machine up and going within an hour and then lets his shop handle the actual paperwork. With the Dell's 3 year warranty (same for our HP's and Apples), the extra cost is worth it. Lets the techs who deal with customers keep them up and running as smoothly as possible. It's tech supports customers who do the work that brings in the dollars so anything we can do in IT to keep them working takes precedence.
Since it's mostly surface space that we need, this shouldn't be a problem. I mean, spheres are so old fashioned anyways.
Mercenary KILLER ROBOTS.
(they don't take American Express)
And once 3D^3 starts up on the Ocho...
We didnt' have a color tv until 1976. And then Mom kept that tv, taking it in for repairs every year or two up through 2001.
Reminds me of a sign I saw along a country road:
Rabbits for Sale
Pets or Food
I thought they were known as a tooth of rabbits?
Oooooh, there was that time at soccer camp...