people left Europe to come to the new world- first for GOLD, gathered under the excuse of converting the natives to Christianity, and later because people couldn't stand their proselytizing any more.
"Any soul is worth saving, at least to a preacher".
at Florida Technological University (now called UCF). I remember a few instances of seeing people trip or drop stacks or boxes of cards on the floor and then crying when they had try to reorder them to get their program to work.
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of the cavities, but having periodontal problems is one of the hallmark signs of scurvy- a vitamin C deficiency. It is plausible that he didn't have a source of vitamin C in his diet.
Holy crap, how do people manage to miss my point? I wasn't complaining that they expected employees to follow specific rules, I was pointing out the tone of the "training" which was extremely disrespectful, and the fact that it took less than 10 minutes on day one to be treated like crap by the management.
No, they said "get the hell out". THAT was day one, within the first 10 minutes.
There are many ways to say things. You can say "our company policy is to do things a specific way and to not remove uniforms from the premises. Violating either is considered grounds for dismissal", or you can say "do things our way or get the hell out!". There really is a difference, even though the two statements say essentially the same thing. The first displays respect for the person being spoken to, the second displays contempt. This is but one example of the daily insults employees had to endure at Disney World.
What do you know about how things were in 1910? Are you 120 years old?
about 30 years ago. It was the most degrading job I have ever had. Management treated employees like crap. Day one job training consisted of the boss showing you your locker and uniform, telling you to keep it clean and never take it out of the park, and do things the "Disney way" or get the hell out because there are 10 people lined up outside to take your job.
Like Sony says, "it only does everything". Plays games, streams Netflix and Hulu+, plays content from DLNA servers, plays blu-ray discs, including 3D. PS3's are probably on sale since the PS4's are coming out...
I just got a Roku 3 and the user interface issues of the previous versions are fixed. Response is snappy and you can stream video from Plex media server (native Linux app) and other streaming servers (Playon, from Windows, for example). The Roku box will handle Netflix for you (and Hulu+) and will be easy enough for your wife to use without any training, and you'll have access to all your HDD based content as well.
As long as there are people willing to work for less pay and under worse conditions that you, they will have a job and you won't. That is exactly what the corporations who run this country want. They have been systematically turning the US into a 3rd-world country with the ultimate goal of getting a working wage here down to a level that is comparable to a working wage in China, India, or Viet Nam. Once you've been stripped of pay (there's still along way to go), benefits (how does your healthcare compare to other countries?), and security (that was the first thing that went), they'll get rid of OSHA.
My advice? Either start your own business or suck it up- the ride down has only just begun.
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The real problem with student loans is that they there is no discrimination in the selection process of who gets them and who doesn't. I went to dental school and racked up about $150k in 6.8% loans. Some of my classmates went as high as $350k. We have to pay high interest to cover losses to people who rack up debt studying things like art history, anthropology, and underwater basket weaving.
This country has no real education policy. If there were a policy, low interest loans would be given to those who study subjects that are likely to lead to an ability to repay them (and maybe to people studying things that the economy needs) and others would have to pay interest rates commensurate with the risk of not being able to repay them when studies are complete.
That sort of arm's-reach thinking is why people make bad decisions such spending $5k on a trap in their car instead of spending it on education so they can get out of their crappy circumstances that require people to have $5k traps in their cars.
Of course a house in a decent neighborhood and an education cost more then $5k. That's why people who think, learn, and plan manage to escape and why people who don't get stuck.
"... if one has a reason to leave them in their car."
There's the problem. When is it ever better to leave a valuable item in a car than to take it with you, especially if it is small? If you own valuables and you're going somewhere where you might get robbed, or have your car broken into, why would you even carry that valuable item?
I don't understand how someone who can afford a $5k drop installed in their car can't afford to live in a better neighborhood where the drop is unnecessary (unless they are a drug or illegal gun dealer).
I'm trying to picture guys like Mitt Romney or Donald Trump riding around in limos with traps. I'm also trying to picture either of them driving around in bad neighborhoods and thinking that he'd better put his phone and wallet in a trap just in case someone decides to rob him.
Maybe it's my lack of imagination, but I just don't see it happening.
What about the company that made the resistors (or other components) in that hobby robot? If not for the resistors, the robot would be impossible.
OTOH, the guy is making secret compartments in cars to store "valuables"- what would he expect his customers to be storing in there if not drugs? I suppose there's always guns...
I think the guy targeted a specific market for his product. Apparently things didn't work out so well for his customer, which will probably put an end to his not-so-secret hidden compartment business.
no one can be THAT stupid (home schooled?)! If she really believes that people and dinosaurs were around at the same time, it's time for you to find a new girlfriend. I suggest you look for someone with at least half a brain.
if you have a phone. What would be really neato is if the people who make ROMs for Android phones could build in something that strips off location data or even allows ID spoofing.
For legal purposes, I think the police would have to prove that the phone was in your possession if they wanted to use tracking data against you in court, and likewise if you wanted to use it to defend yourself you'd have to prove you were in possession of the phone at the time the location data in question was generated. I don't know how easy that would be unless you were texting photos of yourself...
for stuff to sell to audiophiles/phools. There is at least one company out there that will record stuff to Edison cylinders for you if you don't mind paying for it.
Like most junk aimed at audio nut community, its market is limited by the exorbitant prices charged and the small number of afflicted who have the means to indulge their disease. This, like so many other audio trinkets and totems, will disappear quietly without anyone noticing.
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people left Europe to come to the new world- first for GOLD, gathered under the excuse of converting the natives to Christianity, and later because people couldn't stand their proselytizing any more.
"Any soul is worth saving, at least to a preacher".
That's when I was there! Maybe we ran into each other back then.
at Florida Technological University (now called UCF). I remember a few instances of seeing people trip or drop stacks or boxes of cards on the floor and then crying when they had try to reorder them to get their program to work.
And "grades don't matter outside school" is what they tell dumb people while they are fitting them for work boots.
in exchange for sex.
moving on...
retire or are overdue for retirement...
of the cavities, but having periodontal problems is one of the hallmark signs of scurvy- a vitamin C deficiency. It is plausible that he didn't have a source of vitamin C in his diet.
From your tone I am guessing you were Disney management in the park, or would have been an excellent management candidate.
Holy crap, how do people manage to miss my point? I wasn't complaining that they expected employees to follow specific rules, I was pointing out the tone of the "training" which was extremely disrespectful, and the fact that it took less than 10 minutes on day one to be treated like crap by the management.
No, they said "get the hell out". THAT was day one, within the first 10 minutes.
There are many ways to say things. You can say "our company policy is to do things a specific way and to not remove uniforms from the premises. Violating either is considered grounds for dismissal", or you can say "do things our way or get the hell out!". There really is a difference, even though the two statements say essentially the same thing. The first displays respect for the person being spoken to, the second displays contempt. This is but one example of the daily insults employees had to endure at Disney World.
What do you know about how things were in 1910? Are you 120 years old?
about 30 years ago. It was the most degrading job I have ever had. Management treated employees like crap. Day one job training consisted of the boss showing you your locker and uniform, telling you to keep it clean and never take it out of the park, and do things the "Disney way" or get the hell out because there are 10 people lined up outside to take your job.
Like Sony says, "it only does everything". Plays games, streams Netflix and Hulu+, plays content from DLNA servers, plays blu-ray discs, including 3D. PS3's are probably on sale since the PS4's are coming out...
I just got a Roku 3 and the user interface issues of the previous versions are fixed. Response is snappy and you can stream video from Plex media server (native Linux app) and other streaming servers (Playon, from Windows, for example). The Roku box will handle Netflix for you (and Hulu+) and will be easy enough for your wife to use without any training, and you'll have access to all your HDD based content as well.
Maybe engineer is a better term...
As long as there are people willing to work for less pay and under worse conditions that you, they will have a job and you won't. That is exactly what the corporations who run this country want. They have been systematically turning the US into a 3rd-world country with the ultimate goal of getting a working wage here down to a level that is comparable to a working wage in China, India, or Viet Nam. Once you've been stripped of pay (there's still along way to go), benefits (how does your healthcare compare to other countries?), and security (that was the first thing that went), they'll get rid of OSHA.
My advice? Either start your own business or suck it up- the ride down has only just begun.
The real problem with student loans is that they there is no discrimination in the selection process of who gets them and who doesn't. I went to dental school and racked up about $150k in 6.8% loans. Some of my classmates went as high as $350k. We have to pay high interest to cover losses to people who rack up debt studying things like art history, anthropology, and underwater basket weaving.
This country has no real education policy. If there were a policy, low interest loans would be given to those who study subjects that are likely to lead to an ability to repay them (and maybe to people studying things that the economy needs) and others would have to pay interest rates commensurate with the risk of not being able to repay them when studies are complete.
That sort of arm's-reach thinking is why people make bad decisions such spending $5k on a trap in their car instead of spending it on education so they can get out of their crappy circumstances that require people to have $5k traps in their cars.
Of course a house in a decent neighborhood and an education cost more then $5k. That's why people who think, learn, and plan manage to escape and why people who don't get stuck.
$5k trap installation to hide xmas presents from the kids? Really?
"... if one has a reason to leave them in their car."
There's the problem. When is it ever better to leave a valuable item in a car than to take it with you, especially if it is small? If you own valuables and you're going somewhere where you might get robbed, or have your car broken into, why would you even carry that valuable item?
I don't understand how someone who can afford a $5k drop installed in their car can't afford to live in a better neighborhood where the drop is unnecessary (unless they are a drug or illegal gun dealer).
I'm trying to picture guys like Mitt Romney or Donald Trump riding around in limos with traps. I'm also trying to picture either of them driving around in bad neighborhoods and thinking that he'd better put his phone and wallet in a trap just in case someone decides to rob him.
Maybe it's my lack of imagination, but I just don't see it happening.
What about the company that made the resistors (or other components) in that hobby robot? If not for the resistors, the robot would be impossible.
OTOH, the guy is making secret compartments in cars to store "valuables"- what would he expect his customers to be storing in there if not drugs? I suppose there's always guns...
I think the guy targeted a specific market for his product. Apparently things didn't work out so well for his customer, which will probably put an end to his not-so-secret hidden compartment business.
no one can be THAT stupid (home schooled?)! If she really believes that people and dinosaurs were around at the same time, it's time for you to find a new girlfriend. I suggest you look for someone with at least half a brain.
if you have a phone. What would be really neato is if the people who make ROMs for Android phones could build in something that strips off location data or even allows ID spoofing.
For legal purposes, I think the police would have to prove that the phone was in your possession if they wanted to use tracking data against you in court, and likewise if you wanted to use it to defend yourself you'd have to prove you were in possession of the phone at the time the location data in question was generated. I don't know how easy that would be unless you were texting photos of yourself...
for stuff to sell to audiophiles/phools. There is at least one company out there that will record stuff to Edison cylinders for you if you don't mind paying for it.
Like most junk aimed at audio nut community, its market is limited by the exorbitant prices charged and the small number of afflicted who have the means to indulge their disease. This, like so many other audio trinkets and totems, will disappear quietly without anyone noticing.