The Industrial Revolution, because...then started to have this thing called "free time," time that wasn't devoted to the task of living...
Actually "free time" was greatest when everyone was a hunter/gatherer, was reduced somewhat when society was driven by agriculture, and was reduced more during the Industrial Revolution. Basically, standard of living, health, and opportunity have increased, but you gotta work for it.
I wonder what they call you if your mental age is 3-7.
Imbecile: 1. A stupid or silly person; a dolt. 2. A person whose mental acumen is well below par. 3. A person of moderate to severe mental retardation having a mental age of from three to seven years and generally being capable of some degree of communication and performance of simple tasks under supervision. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
One of the exemptions is for "Vehicles with 9 or more seats". Can't wait to see the new breed of monster SUV's that suddenly become popular in central London . . .
Even Office 97 has a large plethora of thoroughly useless features.
Send To Routing Recipient, Send To Fax Recipient, Footnotes, Comments, Document Map, Field, Cross-Reference, Index & Tables, Insert Object, Insert Bookmark, Look Up Changes, Track Changes, Change Case, Style Gallery, Merge Documents, Letter Wizard, Formula
I use 5 of those features on a somewhat regular basis . . . and my job is not "writing-centric".
More features are (sometimes) good. They just shouldn't be staring me in the face all the time. The ideal GUI has the most commonly used features up front, and the rarely used ones hidden away. And the defaults should be good enough for most people, for god's sake. Most people don't enjoy tailoring all the preferences first thing when learning a new app like we geeks do.
Can today's business world (which really means "corporations" rather than the entire set of all businesses) survive without face-to-face communications? Yes. Can they survive without electronic communications (including email, EDI, etc.)? No. That makes electronic communications more important.
I'd disagree on both points. There are organizations today that still do not use computers, and they do just fine. There are vanishingly few successful organizations where people never meet face-to-face (I believe the bulk of these attempts are called Sourceforge projects, and the vast majority are doomed to the "never have and never will release anything" category).
I was planning on purchasing a new car soon and did not want to have unnecessary credit checks done, as some institutions like to use this as a perverse excuse to deny financing on a car.
It's not a perverse excuse; it has a solid purpose which you do not understand (but soon will).
Credit checks often mean subsequent purchases. Since there is some delay between when a credit event occurs and when it hits the systems, a credit check can often be an indication that a purchase (possibly a large one) is following close behind.
Picture this: a guy goes and gets a mortgage. There was a 30-day delay between the credit check and the actual loan (these things take time; especially the big ones). The day after closing on the loan, the guy goes to buy a car. They don't see the mortgage, but they do see the check, and it's flagged as a potential future liability.
Now, imagine that you're a loan officer, and some guy wants a loan. You can see that he's had 10 credit checks in the last 30 days. What would you think? Risky?
NIGEL: I think he's right, there is something about this, that's that's so black, it's like; "How much more black could this be?" and the answer is: "None, none... more black."
The square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of its adjacent sides. BWAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!
Did you hear the one about the three squaws? One lived in a tent of deer hide and had a son, one lived in a tent of elk hide and had a son, and the third lived in a tent of hippopotamus hide and had twin sons. So, the sons of the squaw of the hippopotomas are equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides. ZING!
what is the end-result? You are exposed to less "radical" ideas. You're only seeing a slice, a perspective that does not impede your duties as a consumer.
Perhaps you're making the assumption that TV is a mutually exclusive source of information. By both watching TV in moderation and reading underground, "radical" material, I see both perspectives. Therefore I know what most Americans experience and what's bad about it. More information is always better than less information. By setting the arbitrary rule "all TV is bad", you're artificially constraining yourself. The rule "TV should be taken with a very large grain of salt" is, I think, more appropriate.
What you're suggesting is that TV is a constant, uncontrollable, and dangerous influence . . . the same could be argued about just about anything outside the home. I hear people say things I consider "wrong" on a regular basis, but that doesn't affect what I see as the truth.
I've worked for a few opt-in mailers so I know the game. Trust me when I say that we don't want to send to you if you don't want it.
This doesn't apply to spammers. It costs essentially nothing to send another 10,000 messages . . . why not send them to known verified addresses, just in case the people change their mind about wanting it.
Spam is different from other "direct marketing". It's not a "legitimate business" in any sense of the words. With almost zero costs, even a 0.01% response rate is pure profit. I have no doubt that an opt-out (or opt-in) system wouldn't do shit.
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Whether you use them or not, it would be nice to have the option. Those who don't like them can continue to use separate windows.
Actually "free time" was greatest when everyone was a hunter/gatherer, was reduced somewhat when society was driven by agriculture, and was reduced more during the Industrial Revolution. Basically, standard of living, health, and opportunity have increased, but you gotta work for it.
What the hell does that even mean? "I taste Coke, and I taste vanilla. But where's the vaCokanilla?!"
Please. If you don't like it say so, but this "my palate is too refined for Vanilla Coke" crap is just lame.
Imbecile:
1. A stupid or silly person; a dolt.
2. A person whose mental acumen is well below par.
3. A person of moderate to severe mental retardation having a mental age of from three to seven years and generally being capable of some degree of communication and performance of simple tasks under supervision. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
He just does it around you so you'll shut the fuck up.
Thanks for joining.
Thank god we covered scientific notation before this lesson.
See this cartoon character?
The Japanese want to shove tenticles into it.
3. Somebody set up us the bomb
Almost right . . . except the first track is actually the inner track.
And it would be right.
One of the exemptions is for "Vehicles with 9 or more seats". Can't wait to see the new breed of monster SUV's that suddenly become popular in central London . . .
Yes, and especially the 4 of them that lord their blog-power over the other 7.
Send To Routing Recipient, Send To Fax Recipient, Footnotes, Comments, Document Map, Field, Cross-Reference, Index & Tables, Insert Object, Insert Bookmark, Look Up Changes, Track Changes, Change Case, Style Gallery, Merge Documents, Letter Wizard, Formula
I use 5 of those features on a somewhat regular basis . . . and my job is not "writing-centric".
More features are (sometimes) good. They just shouldn't be staring me in the face all the time. The ideal GUI has the most commonly used features up front, and the rarely used ones hidden away. And the defaults should be good enough for most people, for god's sake. Most people don't enjoy tailoring all the preferences first thing when learning a new app like we geeks do.
I'd disagree on both points. There are organizations today that still do not use computers, and they do just fine. There are vanishingly few successful organizations where people never meet face-to-face (I believe the bulk of these attempts are called Sourceforge projects, and the vast majority are doomed to the "never have and never will release anything" category).
Aren't you in "the oldest profession in the world"? I guess the "industry" has pretty well matured by now . . .
Both of your "solutions" could be easily couterfeited, which entirely defeats the employer's purpose.
It's not a perverse excuse; it has a solid purpose which you do not understand (but soon will).
Credit checks often mean subsequent purchases. Since there is some delay between when a credit event occurs and when it hits the systems, a credit check can often be an indication that a purchase (possibly a large one) is following close behind.
Picture this: a guy goes and gets a mortgage. There was a 30-day delay between the credit check and the actual loan (these things take time; especially the big ones). The day after closing on the loan, the guy goes to buy a car. They don't see the mortgage, but they do see the check, and it's flagged as a potential future liability.
Now, imagine that you're a loan officer, and some guy wants a loan. You can see that he's had 10 credit checks in the last 30 days. What would you think? Risky?
Oh man, that makes it so much funnier. "After lower-than-expected album sales, Nigel spent the next 17 years perfecting the color black . . ."
It says "$847.63", which was the officially published cost at the time of one month of baby raisin'.
NIGEL: I think he's right, there is something about this, that's that's so black, it's like; "How much more black could this be?" and the answer is: "None, none... more black."
And without the monthly service, which is what makes Tivo worthwhile in the first place for many people.
Or for some people, maybe it's not some big fucking political stand. Maybe we just like good software we're allowed to analyze and tweak.
Did you hear the one about the three squaws? One lived in a tent of deer hide and had a son, one lived in a tent of elk hide and had a son, and the third lived in a tent of hippopotamus hide and had twin sons. So, the sons of the squaw of the hippopotomas are equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides. ZING!
Perhaps you're making the assumption that TV is a mutually exclusive source of information. By both watching TV in moderation and reading underground, "radical" material, I see both perspectives. Therefore I know what most Americans experience and what's bad about it. More information is always better than less information. By setting the arbitrary rule "all TV is bad", you're artificially constraining yourself. The rule "TV should be taken with a very large grain of salt" is, I think, more appropriate.
What you're suggesting is that TV is a constant, uncontrollable, and dangerous influence . . . the same could be argued about just about anything outside the home. I hear people say things I consider "wrong" on a regular basis, but that doesn't affect what I see as the truth.
This doesn't apply to spammers. It costs essentially nothing to send another 10,000 messages . . . why not send them to known verified addresses, just in case the people change their mind about wanting it.
Spam is different from other "direct marketing". It's not a "legitimate business" in any sense of the words. With almost zero costs, even a 0.01% response rate is pure profit. I have no doubt that an opt-out (or opt-in) system wouldn't do shit.