Some years ago, I was having a lot of trouble typing. Everything up from my elbows killed.
I switched to a Comfort Keyboard. It took a bit of adjustment and it was damn expensive (looks like they've come down to closer to $200), but it worked great.
After about six or seven months, I ended up switching back to a normal keyboard just because I switched workstations and was being lazy. The pain never came back though, so I just continued on with a regular keyboard.
It's one of those loaded terms that you can't throw around, unless of course your black , which for all I know you could be:) , without getting people all worked up.
Though for my friends, "Wigger Rich" would probably be more fitting.;)
I wasn't berating their decision based on tastes, rather that it was just for the bling factor (though it wasn't called bling back then, man I'm getting old LOL) they'd also start it up and follow it up with Budweiser. So it was basically just to blow money and try and look cool while doing it.
It's not because they can't afford to, it's because they can't budget and most are their own best customers.
When I was a teen, hung on kind of a rough corner. More than a few of the kids were dealers. Mostly pot (though most of them graduated later on to actual harmful drugs). Besides smoking most of their stash, they'd do stupid things like blow money on other drugs or buy Don Perignon, etc.
Two of my friends wanted me to go into "business" with them selling weed. It would have been a pretty sweat deal actually as I really wouldn't have to do much of anything except put up a small amount of cash at the beginning and then just manage the money after and have no liability.
I was tempted, but that's not my thing so I declined, but I did the math on it before saying not, it would have been around $3500 profit a week.
I ain't modding him up, but I won't mod him down either.
I really like the movie, granted it was annoying at times the first run through.
I imagine one of the reasons it's popular because it's a movie about "losers", you don't really see that too often. Even when you do, they characters aren't really losers, just perceived that way (and usually not perceived that way by the final reel).
They did a bunch of stuff like this. They'd not document certain features, under the guise of "If we document it, we'd need to support it". Version after version of DOS, they'd still be in there. They'd make use of them for an edge.
Aging rockers have had the gall to charge ridiculous ticket prices long before P2P.
They're just old and don't want to tour as much.
What boggles me is that anyone would pay that much to see fading performers.
One girl I date long ago was a huge Paul Simon fan. So I got her tickets for her birthday. They were at least $100 a piece. She want a shirt? 30 bucks for some sweat shop labored fucking shirt.
As long as you make an effort to ask a decent question (details about what you're doing and what's not working) as opposed to "I tried to install a network package and it no go.." and at least a cursory attempt at searching for an answer and I can almost assure you that someone will make an attempt to help you out.
It's one of the best technical communities I've ever found. I wouldn't say it's perfect, but it's as close as I've seen any community site come.
There's a handful of sites that I visit religiously. They all fill in one void and fill it well.
For Perl, perlmonks.com, for electronics, bit-tech.net, for my car, 2gstratus.org, for car-pc stuff, mp3car.com, for tech news,/.
These are all functionally equivalent in their respective domains.
No if I could find a comparable linux and medical communities, I'd be all set:)
Expanded to what? Doesn't look well suited to stretching it out into anything. Maybe he could have got a walk-thru in something or worse a part in star wars. Smart move on his part.
I don't think what happened is worth that much... but I do think he deserved something. The kids were mean spirited dicks who did it to harm him. He got a level of embarrassment and ridicule that few have ever seen and on a world wide scale.
I could see that being pretty damaging to a fat awkward teen.
"IMO, and here in the civilized world the way that people are punished for stuff like this is money; it's not a perfect system, but it's the best we've come up with so far."
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Cirque makes laptop like touchpads.
Some years ago, I was having a lot of trouble typing. Everything up from my elbows killed.
I switched to a Comfort Keyboard. It took a bit of adjustment and it was damn expensive (looks like they've come down to closer to $200), but it worked great.
After about six or seven months, I ended up switching back to a normal keyboard just because I switched workstations and was being lazy. The pain never came back though, so I just continued on with a regular keyboard.
It's one of those loaded terms that you can't throw around, unless of course your black , which for all I know you could be :) , without getting people all worked up.
;)
Though for my friends, "Wigger Rich" would probably be more fitting.
Would have been, but like I said, it was tempting money for a 17yr old. (This was 16yrs ago)
I wasn't berating their decision based on tastes, rather that it was just for the bling factor (though it wasn't called bling back then, man I'm getting old LOL) they'd also start it up and follow it up with Budweiser. So it was basically just to blow money and try and look cool while doing it.
Haven't you heard? This is the sequal, The Allies vs the "Axis of Evil!"
Kidding aside, your last two points are good ones.
It's not because they can't afford to, it's because they can't budget and most are their own best customers.
When I was a teen, hung on kind of a rough corner. More than a few of the kids were dealers. Mostly pot (though most of them graduated later on to actual harmful drugs). Besides smoking most of their stash, they'd do stupid things like blow money on other drugs or buy Don Perignon, etc.
Two of my friends wanted me to go into "business" with them selling weed. It would have been a pretty sweat deal actually as I really wouldn't have to do much of anything except put up a small amount of cash at the beginning and then just manage the money after and have no liability.
I was tempted, but that's not my thing so I declined, but I did the math on it before saying not, it would have been around $3500 profit a week.
By rights, most of them should own houses.
What he said...
I haven't hit that thread on digg in a couple of hours, but haven't seen him address those concerns at all. Something smells funny to me.
I ain't modding him up, but I won't mod him down either.
I really like the movie, granted it was annoying at times the first run through.
I imagine one of the reasons it's popular because it's a movie about "losers", you don't really see that too often. Even when you do, they characters aren't really losers, just perceived that way (and usually not perceived that way by the final reel).
Well if it's anything like how they count CD burners... (multiplying by write speed) then it's probably 75% connect to a shared drive.
Don't see anything on the home page, my.yahoo, or even the login page of yahoo mail.
That's pretty shitty. How hard would it be to add a warning and some helpful directions to the template of the login page?
Neat trick. I'll have to remember that.
Even a regular alkaline battery can get pretty hot as I found out when I had a 9v battery in my pocket with a handful of change.
I've got 9 PCs in my home.
3 older running 98se
2 Running XP
The rest running various linux distros.
Yeah, I could upgrade those 98 machines, but up until now, for the purposes they are used for, no reason to.
One of the 98se machines I use almost constantly, the others less often, I for one would be peeved if they dropped support.
As a matter of fact, I'm posting from one right now using FF.
I don't know if I'd agree with you. I only played the original (CGA/EGA graphics) and while I was certainly a teen or younger, it was funny.
Like how he'd get sick and turn colors (eventually plaid) and die if you slept with the hooker and didn't use a rubber. That was funny.
Then again, games were simpler back then.
They did a bunch of stuff like this. They'd not document certain features, under the guise of "If we document it, we'd need to support it". Version after version of DOS, they'd still be in there. They'd make use of them for an edge.
Hence, me having to buy books like Undocument DOS"
I don't think so. Pretty much inline with their other things they've done, like take on TicketMaster.
Hell, some people are still screwing animals so I wouldn't be that suprised.
I needed to go up to 40gb in my Nomad Jukebox and this was before ipods existed.
Aging rockers have had the gall to charge ridiculous ticket prices long before P2P.
They're just old and don't want to tour as much.
What boggles me is that anyone would pay that much to see fading performers.
One girl I date long ago was a huge Paul Simon fan. So I got her tickets for her birthday. They were at least $100 a piece. She want a shirt? 30 bucks for some sweat shop labored fucking shirt.
Try http://perlmonks.com/ if you want to give it another go. It's a great resource.
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As long as you make an effort to ask a decent question (details about what you're doing and what's not working) as opposed to "I tried to install a network package and it no go.." and at least a cursory attempt at searching for an answer and I can almost assure you that someone will make an attempt to help you out.
It's one of the best technical communities I've ever found. I wouldn't say it's perfect, but it's as close as I've seen any community site come.
There's a handful of sites that I visit religiously. They all fill in one void and fill it well.
For Perl, perlmonks.com,
for electronics, bit-tech.net,
for my car, 2gstratus.org,
for car-pc stuff, mp3car.com,
for tech news,
These are all functionally equivalent in their respective domains.
No if I could find a comparable linux and medical communities, I'd be all set
Similar articles have been posted on slashdot about his work over the years.
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Here's one from 2002.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/
There was another one from I believe 03 or 04. Talking about slip/grip tires and using pulses to defrost electrical lines.
Cool stuff if it works.
Expanded to what? Doesn't look well suited to stretching it out into anything. Maybe he could have got a walk-thru in something or worse a part in star wars. Smart move on his part.
I don't think what happened is worth that much... but I do think he deserved something. The kids were mean spirited dicks who did it to harm him. He got a level of embarrassment and ridicule that few have ever seen and on a world wide scale.
I could see that being pretty damaging to a fat awkward teen.
"IMO, and here in the civilized world the way that people are punished for stuff like this is money; it's not a perfect system, but it's the best we've come up with so far."
Now if people would only learn to "vote" with it.
A minute or two in the fleeting spotlight vs 300K+... hmm, I know what I'd pick,
Don't move to Boston then. Serious, you need a can opener. Especially in my part of town.