People are interested in REAL conversations, not the contrived sort of marketdroid speech that makes people want to gag. People are also very good about recognizing BS when it occurs, and the internet is an effective way to provide negative feedback. (How long will it be before the HP blog comes down?)
Those things are dangerous! If a parent were to leave one of those around, their kids could think it was fun to play with and kill or injure each other!
Light sabers don't kill people, high energy photons kill people...
being done already along Interstate 287 in NJ, among other places. Right at the 202/206 interchange on the southbound side, there's a 'tree' with no leaves except an odd triangle shaped assortment at the top. The trunk is hexagonal as well.
It doesn't bear intense scrutiny, but it kinda sorta blends in.
can a comment about the loopback address on a faintly humorous submission turn into a few-page-long treatise about network addresses and CIDR notation.
thanks guys, this was funnier than the original article. Wish I could mod the whole thing.
You've already seen the statutes and links. Happened to me a couple of months ago; I got a "free preview" DVD from a magazine company, and they said that they'd be signing me up for a series of DVDs (none of which I ordered.)
I wrote back, citing the Cornell law page, thanking them for the free unsolicited gift and declining participation in the series. Yeah, I most likely could've participated in the series by doing nothing and just keeping ALL the DVDs, but why push my luck? They were boring anyway.
At the huge corporation I work for, if it's in the inbox for 30 days, it's toast. Keeps you on your toes if you want to leave something in there because you'll "...get back to it later."
Disclaimer: I work for NASA, but any opinions are my own and haven't been approved by anybody. I'm just trying to inject a little sanity into this discussion...
So at the next meeting could you pls ask "When are we gonna stop beating these dead horses? No more bandaids. Lets sell the last of the shuttle fleet to musuems
Er, he might work *for* NASA as an employee of the United Space Alliance, who handles Shuttle operations for NASA at the Cape. Doubt he has much say over the ultimate disposition of the Shuttle fleet if that's the case.
I'd have guessed 'yes.' I had to deploy a computer once in a 'flock line' which is where they put that fuzzy crap on polyethylene ribbon for Christmas. Looks oh so festive but it gets old when you bathe in it; it's essentially nylon fibers that are a couple thousandths of an inch high and the shit goes EVERYWHERE while you're processing it. It's itchy, too.
Anyway, the machine was in a filtered enclosure and the monitor had a keyboard condom on it. Problem solved. Dunno why the same thing wouldn't work for hospitals.
IIRC, the "exotic industrial gases" are generally used either as dopants or cleaning agents.
I think regular old non-exotic inert gases are used for environmental air wherever it's needed in the wafer chambers, like for ion deposition and the like.
I have been fortunate enough to work once in a line sort of like this (although much less complex) but also in a microelectronics fab where they make the chips. Manufacturing is some way cool shit.
Too bad I only got to page 8 of TFA before the site got slashdotted. Oh well, I'll check it out later...
I know this may be a dumb answer, but let's start with:
Move closer to work, objections to: * Cost of living is higher closer to work. * Economic conditions preclude selling your house and getting something equivalent (related to number 1.) * Kids in school, other ties to the area.
Now, working closer to home, objections to: * These jobs are goin', boys, and they ain't comin' back (apologies to The Boss.) There is simply none of what you do that's close by. * Nothing that would pay the equivalent amount close by. * Difficult/impossible to be retrained in what IS close by, if you even entertained such an idea.
In short, you were either trolling, or you should have been able to guess the answers. I know all of these from experience. I used to commute an hour and a half until I was lucky enough to get a job in the next town. I had a blissful commute of 10-12 miles for 3.5 years and then the economy turned sour, businesses shed their workforce, and here I am; with a newly-built house, three kids in the school system, and no reasonable job prospects nearby. I have a 1:10 commute now with no signs that it's going to change for the forseeable future.
I got this from the guys in the fab I used to work at. It's the only one I know.
Did you ever hear how a microelectronics designer paints a room? 1. Put a paint shaker in the middle of the floor. 2. Put an open can of paint in the paint shaker. 3. Turn it on. Run out of the room very quickly. Everything in the room is now covered with paint. 4. Wait until the paint dries. 5. Cover every part of the room you really wanted painted with masking tape. Leave the floor, switch plates, etc. uncovered. 6. Put an open can of paint remover in the paint shaker. 7. Turn it on. Run out of the room very quickly. Everything not covered with masking tape is now clean again. 8. Remove the masking tape. 9. Remove the paint shaker and sludge from the floor.
Biology: Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the English Parliamentary System. Prove your thesis.
I think that if you were a Microsoftie and you uttered this in BillG's earshot you would quickly find yourself on the streets of Redmond sans job.
It IS news to MS. Their hegemony is threatened. Anything that reverses their dominance in the market is sure to be news to them.
And a word to MS: If you don't take heed, if you think that it's "Inconceivable!" that FF can upset your apple-cart, then you may be in the same unenviable position that the railroad barons were after the ascendancy of the automobile.
As you recall, these guys were the ne plus ultra of their time. Now railroads are largely irrelevant. [1] And the railroad barons at the time thought the same thing, no doubt: "It's six freaking percent. It's not much. It's nothing to get excited about, nor is it news."
Oh it is. It's the zephyr before the storm-blast.
---- [1]Well they are unless you take the PATH tubes into Manhattan in the morning instead of driving.:)
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One-line Patch: A kludge so trivial that no testing is necessary. Repaired with another one-line patch. See Recursion.
Recursion: See recursion.
I kick myself in advance for replying to an AC, but what do you define as "quite a few?" More than IE? How about resolution -- faster than IE?
This sounds suspiciously like flamebait.
some sort of a RFID sheilding technology.
ITYM "Reynolds Wrap."
Chris Locke predicted this behavior with his book Gonzo Marketing. Some exerpts from it are here.
People are interested in REAL conversations, not the contrived sort of marketdroid speech that makes people want to gag. People are also very good about recognizing BS when it occurs, and the internet is an effective way to provide negative feedback. (How long will it be before the HP blog comes down?)
Those things are dangerous! If a parent were to leave one of those around, their kids could think it was fun to play with and kill or injure each other!
Light sabers don't kill people, high energy photons kill people...
mutated trees
being done already along Interstate 287 in NJ, among other places. Right at the 202/206 interchange on the southbound side, there's a 'tree' with no leaves except an odd triangle shaped assortment at the top. The trunk is hexagonal as well.
It doesn't bear intense scrutiny, but it kinda sorta blends in.
can a comment about the loopback address on a faintly humorous submission turn into a few-page-long treatise about network addresses and CIDR notation.
thanks guys, this was funnier than the original article. Wish I could mod the whole thing.
Are you using 'desiderata' correctly?
Webster's says it is the plural of desideratum, meaning "Something considered necessary or highly desirable."
Would you be able to give a citation for that?
You've already seen the statutes and links. Happened to me a couple of months ago; I got a "free preview" DVD from a magazine company, and they said that they'd be signing me up for a series of DVDs (none of which I ordered.)
I wrote back, citing the Cornell law page, thanking them for the free unsolicited gift and declining participation in the series. Yeah, I most likely could've participated in the series by doing nothing and just keeping ALL the DVDs, but why push my luck? They were boring anyway.
Never heard from the firm again.
At the huge corporation I work for, if it's in the inbox for 30 days, it's toast. Keeps you on your toes if you want to leave something in there because you'll "...get back to it later."
Heh. Burned me more than once.
Disclaimer: I work for NASA, but any opinions are my own and haven't been approved by anybody. I'm just trying to inject a little sanity into this discussion...
So at the next meeting could you pls ask "When are we gonna stop beating these dead horses? No more bandaids. Lets sell the last of the shuttle fleet to musuems
Er, he might work *for* NASA as an employee of the United Space Alliance, who handles Shuttle operations for NASA at the Cape. Doubt he has much say over the ultimate disposition of the Shuttle fleet if that's the case.
I'd have guessed 'yes.' I had to deploy a computer once in a 'flock line' which is where they put that fuzzy crap on polyethylene ribbon for Christmas. Looks oh so festive but it gets old when you bathe in it; it's essentially nylon fibers that are a couple thousandths of an inch high and the shit goes EVERYWHERE while you're processing it. It's itchy, too.
Anyway, the machine was in a filtered enclosure and the monitor had a keyboard condom on it. Problem solved. Dunno why the same thing wouldn't work for hospitals.
... it's as easy as PIE.
Sorry.
IIRC, the "exotic industrial gases" are generally used either as dopants or cleaning agents.
I think regular old non-exotic inert gases are used for environmental air wherever it's needed in the wafer chambers, like for ion deposition and the like.
I have been fortunate enough to work once in a line sort of like this (although much less complex) but also in a microelectronics fab where they make the chips. Manufacturing is some way cool shit.
Too bad I only got to page 8 of TFA before the site got slashdotted. Oh well, I'll check it out later...
I know this may be a dumb answer, but let's start with:
Move closer to work, objections to:
* Cost of living is higher closer to work.
* Economic conditions preclude selling your house and getting something equivalent (related to number 1.)
* Kids in school, other ties to the area.
Now, working closer to home, objections to:
* These jobs are goin', boys, and they ain't comin' back (apologies to The Boss.) There is simply none of what you do that's close by.
* Nothing that would pay the equivalent amount close by.
* Difficult/impossible to be retrained in what IS close by, if you even entertained such an idea.
In short, you were either trolling, or you should have been able to guess the answers.
I know all of these from experience. I used to commute an hour and a half until I was lucky enough to get a job in the next town. I had a blissful commute of 10-12 miles for 3.5 years and then the economy turned sour, businesses shed their workforce, and here I am; with a newly-built house, three kids in the school system, and no reasonable job prospects nearby. I have a 1:10 commute now with no signs that it's going to change for the forseeable future.
Cest la vie.
I got this from the guys in the fab I used to work at. It's the only one I know.
Did you ever hear how a microelectronics designer paints a room?
1. Put a paint shaker in the middle of the floor.
2. Put an open can of paint in the paint shaker.
3. Turn it on. Run out of the room very quickly. Everything in the room is now covered with paint.
4. Wait until the paint dries.
5. Cover every part of the room you really wanted painted with masking tape. Leave the floor, switch plates, etc. uncovered.
6. Put an open can of paint remover in the paint shaker.
7. Turn it on. Run out of the room very quickly.
Everything not covered with masking tape is now clean again.
8. Remove the masking tape.
9. Remove the paint shaker and sludge from the floor.
Reminds me of that old "Final Exam" question:
Biology: Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture
if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special
attention to its probable effect on the English Parliamentary System. Prove
your thesis.
... This is so SCO it's not even funny.
Very good. Worth a sig.
I think that if you were a Microsoftie and you uttered this in BillG's earshot you would quickly find yourself on the streets of Redmond sans job.
:)
It IS news to MS. Their hegemony is threatened. Anything that reverses their dominance in the market is sure to be news to them.
And a word to MS: If you don't take heed, if you think that it's "Inconceivable!" that FF can upset your apple-cart, then you may be in the same unenviable position that the railroad barons were after the ascendancy of the automobile.
As you recall, these guys were the ne plus ultra of their time. Now railroads are largely irrelevant. [1] And the railroad barons at the time thought the same thing, no doubt: "It's six freaking percent. It's not much. It's nothing to get excited about, nor is it news."
Oh it is. It's the zephyr before the storm-blast.
----
[1]Well they are unless you take the PATH tubes into Manhattan in the morning instead of driving.
Pedantry will get you everwhere. :)
Now THIS was the most insightful post in this thread.
Although what I'm gonna do with 20 Virginians in my basement, I've not figured out quite completely.
Renault: "I'm shocked, Rick, to find gambling going on here."
Concierge: "Your winnings, sir."
Renault: "Oh... Thank you."
Interesting how all of them just might have a teensy > agenda of their own which is threatened by Linux in its ascendancy, huh?
Yawn.
Or shadow-square wire a la Larry Niven... but this stuff seems slightly less durable than that.