The IT Dept. used to be part of the Service Dept. along with HR, Info, Legal, Utility services, etc. but now we're part of the Finance Dept. which just about everyone think is wrong. The IT Big Boss is trying to get IT to be a stand-alone dept. reporting directly to the VP.
Actually, that's not bad advice - assuming you'd actually care for a dog (and be able to take care of it). A dog will provide you with comfort, friendship and unwavering loyalty beyond anything any human can or will. At the very least it will:
* make you more satisfied with your life and thus * make you less desperate for company (believe it or not, desperation is not sexy) * get you off your ass.
As a bonus it might * provide the opportunity to meet other people - some of which are of the opposite gender - all of which you share a common interest (dogs)
That last point is not irrelevant, because at the very least you'll have some place to start a conversation.
I remember back in the Windows days, there were various stability and malware problems that could only be fixed by installing Linux, *BSD or some other high-quality OS. Ridiculous, I know, but true nonetheless. As a bonus though, the TCO was significantly reduced, so basically it was a win-win situation.
I'm all for using games as a means of sparking young men and women's interest in joining the armed forces. It's a great way to show them what to expect without actually sending them overseas. The only condition I ask is that a representative number of gamers get shot in the gut with an AK-47.
Now, I'm a peace-activist (or "bleeding-heart-liberal tree-hugging, dolphin-loving hippie moron" as you Texans like to call us) and usually one of the first to admit that the U.S. is no better than many of its enemies when it comes to aspects of human rights, torture and respect for life. But seriously. Making someone watch South Park does NOT constitute torture. And I'm not even a South Park fan.
Besides, it could have been a lot worse. He could have been forced to watch every Steven Segal movie ever made over and over. Or Gigli. Or Matrix 2 and 3. Or that Providence TV-series. Now THAT's torture.
PS: Don't mess with Texas - it's not nice to pick on retards DS
I was just thinking the same thing! Maybe we can use it to display pictures of Natalie Portman, naked and petrified and covered in hot grits. I just bought the goatse.cx domain, we can use it!
I gave my 1½ YO daughter an old IBM Thinkpad from the late 90's. It's not useful for any real application, but it does run - and she can do whatever she wants with it, it's hers.
Actually, IMHO it's not as clear-cut as you claim. The summary (no, I didn't RTFA) says 1300 arrests from 160.000 "incidents", but not how many of those arrests were terrorist-related. Assuming that say 10 of those arrests were terrorists (a high number, I know) - THAT would be the number to compare to random screenings. After all, DHS doesn't exist to arrest college kids carrying a bong, is it? The effectiveness should be measured by how much safer it has actually made us, i.e. how many terrorists it has stopped. And to what cost (monetary and other).
Actually, the previous two articles were published in alternate universes but due to Hawkins radiation leaked into this universe - so technically, this is the first time Discover (in this universe) publishes the story.
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I have a similar wife, but there's nothing temporary about the procedure.
The IT Dept. used to be part of the Service Dept. along with HR, Info, Legal, Utility services, etc. but now we're part of the Finance Dept. which just about everyone think is wrong. The IT Big Boss is trying to get IT to be a stand-alone dept. reporting directly to the VP.
All you have to do is find the G-spot, and it'll all be ok.
Your car analogy seems to be flawed.
Actually, that's not bad advice - assuming you'd actually care for a dog (and be able to take care of it). A dog will provide you with comfort, friendship and unwavering loyalty beyond anything any human can or will. At the very least it will:
* make you more satisfied with your life and thus
* make you less desperate for company (believe it or not, desperation is not sexy)
* get you off your ass.
As a bonus it might
* provide the opportunity to meet other people
- some of which are of the opposite gender
- all of which you share a common interest (dogs)
That last point is not irrelevant, because at the very least you'll have some place to start a conversation.
Also, in a humorous side note: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24112087-5013605,00.html
I remember back in the Windows days, there were various stability and malware problems that could only be fixed by installing Linux, *BSD or some other high-quality OS. Ridiculous, I know, but true nonetheless. As a bonus though, the TCO was significantly reduced, so basically it was a win-win situation.
I modded you up because your sig ordered me to. Fortunately, the sig doesn't say anything about posting comments afterwards.
There are faster methods for most drives: http://ultraparanoid.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/securely-erase-hard-drives/
My prediction would be:
Huh?: 50%
Word: 10%
Internet: 10%
Windows: 10%
No computer: 10%
Mac: 8%
Linux: 2%
There probably should be an option with ISPs in there, but I can't be bothered.
I'm all for using games as a means of sparking young men and women's interest in joining the armed forces. It's a great way to show them what to expect without actually sending them overseas. The only condition I ask is that a representative number of gamers get shot in the gut with an AK-47.
"PG&E Makes Deal For Solar Power From Space"
Is there any other kind?
1up: I worked on Windows Vista.
I can certainly top that. I worked on Windows Vista.
Your comment would be really funny if it wasn't so depressingly true.
Trolling aside, the sun doesn't follow the Gregorian calendar. Making statistics using the Gregorian calendar is therefore irrelevant at best.
Now, I'm a peace-activist (or "bleeding-heart-liberal tree-hugging, dolphin-loving hippie moron" as you Texans like to call us) and usually one of the first to admit that the U.S. is no better than many of its enemies when it comes to aspects of human rights, torture and respect for life. But seriously. Making someone watch South Park does NOT constitute torture. And I'm not even a South Park fan.
Besides, it could have been a lot worse. He could have been forced to watch every Steven Segal movie ever made over and over. Or Gigli. Or Matrix 2 and 3. Or that Providence TV-series. Now THAT's torture.
PS: Don't mess with Texas - it's not nice to pick on retards DS
If I had the money, forking out 185k + annual for "goat.sex" would be totally worth it.
OH OH OH! .ayb!!!
Websites may come and go but memes are eternal.
To he who modded me down:
All your memes are belong to us!!
I was just thinking the same thing! Maybe we can use it to display pictures of Natalie Portman, naked and petrified and covered in hot grits. I just bought the goatse.cx domain, we can use it!
Does it run Linux?
I'm shocked to find that Windows based computers are subject to virus infections! SHOCKED!
I gave my 1½ YO daughter an old IBM Thinkpad from the late 90's. It's not useful for any real application, but it does run - and she can do whatever she wants with it, it's hers.
Actually, IMHO it's not as clear-cut as you claim. The summary (no, I didn't RTFA) says 1300 arrests from 160.000 "incidents", but not how many of those arrests were terrorist-related. Assuming that say 10 of those arrests were terrorists (a high number, I know) - THAT would be the number to compare to random screenings. After all, DHS doesn't exist to arrest college kids carrying a bong, is it? The effectiveness should be measured by how much safer it has actually made us, i.e. how many terrorists it has stopped. And to what cost (monetary and other).
Actually, the previous two articles were published in alternate universes but due to Hawkins radiation leaked into this universe - so technically, this is the first time Discover (in this universe) publishes the story.
"(the CIA) should be shut down"
Ok, how do we do that? What's the first step? How can I contribute? Is there an offical project that I can donate money to?