I'm lucky enough to have two "offices", my regular one and the server room. my regular office has a big window that lets in plenty of light (till around 3pm when the heat is unbearable) so i never turn the lights on. plus, after letting my office mates in on how easy it is on the eyes, they've started doing it too. Unfortunately, the fax machine and shredder are in the server room and it doesn't have a window so i can't turn the lights off in there, but i'm lucky enough not to have to be in there much (remote administration rules!).
Other than these two movies there are really no characters with the "kiddie" (for lack of a better term) appeal. R2D2 and C3PO in ESB and Star Wars might be a possible choice. But they are not so outlandishly targeted to the younger folks in the audience as groups of characters in the last two, and Phantom Menace especially.
i know most of my friends weren't drawn so much to R3D3 or C3PO in the movies, but rather to Han and Leia. All the guys wanted to be Han or Luke (mostly Han, he was cooler and didn't whine, plus he had that kick-ass spaceship). "Leave the gun, take the canoli."
heheh...a friend of mine only shops at this one place to buy beer (it's just outside the dry area he lives in), and they have those cards which he uses. so the only information they get on him is that every few weeks he goes in, buys beer and maybe some chips, and that's it...
if you do manage to get the name of someone important to send it to, sometimes it's good to send it as a registered letter, giving you proof it was delivered...
I remember an issue of a Commodore64 magazine years ago (10? 12?) that had a contest of who could make their c64's look the coolest..one guy who was in the air force had his done in a camo pattern...
How about letting your target audience get a chance to use it at no major risk
you may even want to suggest a trial where a certain segmant of the workers use it first to see what the costs truly are for support, training and such, and what the users think of it, if they like it better, find it easier, and also to show that they can use it without having problems in their own company. i don't know if you'd want to give it to "power" users first or maybe a group who only use their computers for word processing and email.
i don't know who your friends are, but they may just be telling tall tales. although texas has a concealed gun law, i think only a few million out of the whole state actually have them. plus, while it's legal for us to carry rifles and shotguns in your car (in most cases in the gunrack in your truck), i think most people would worry about them being stolen while they're in the bars (since carring a firearm in bars is illegal).
Also, don't know the actual statistics but i think violent crime against people has gone down since the law was enacted, although burglaries and such have gone up since they're done when the victims aren't likely to be around and thus likely to shoot the thief. "Leave the gun, take the canoli."
check out publicdata.com for listings of Driver's License Info, License Plates, Voter's Registration, Civil and Criminal records for some counties, Sex Offender registration, and some other interesting stuff. only has info for certain states, but if you live in one of those states it's interesting to find info on that guy who keeps stealing your parking space. it costs for a subscription, but it's relatively cheap depending on how often you use it.
the people who CHOOSE freely to waste their hard-earned dough on lottery tickets
right, my mom used to play our state's lottery every week. she'd buy $10-20 worth of tickets at a time, and she rarely won anything. so one time i asked her to add up the amount she'd spent on buying tickets and guestimate the amount total she'd won ($5 or so at a time) and see how much money she'd lost. she kinda gave it up after that although she'll buy one when the lottery get's really big.
i think it's like if you have ants. you can kill the ones you see, but there's always more hiding, all wanting to do the same thing. if you have time/money you can even try and track them down, but you never get all of them, there's always a few left.
if you go to a wal-mart or target or something, you might be able to find it for about two rental charges worth. I found it for $7 and snagged it, and i think it was worth it, if only cause MB took more than a few minutes of typing to hack into their system.
But isn't one of the requirements for a murder charge intent
(IANAL)well maybe if they can prove that he knew it could cause an accident and maybe death, and he still kept on, they can (try) to prove he intended to do it.(/IANAL)
nope, in fact both of the older (74 and a 79) american power machines (350 v8's in both i think) may not have been the best gas-wise, but they were still pretty clean smoke-wise. i was just sharing my experience. in fact when this honda goes belly-up i'm getting me something with a little more kick... no offense was intended.
i know my 89 honda runs like crap, looks like crap, but everytime i take it to get the emmisions done i'm told it's the cleanest car they've seen, and it get's a whopping 28mpg. in the city.
Walker figures the peak of his trajectory would be about 160,000 feet, or 30 miles above Earth. (According to NASA, that will put him on the edge of space. Most scientists define space as beginning at 62 miles, or 100 kilometers, above Earth.)
close enough for me. man, that must be one cool ride. wonder if he'll have windows to see out with...
i remember there was a contest right after the movie (batman, 1988) came out where the winner got a non-running batmobile. i had a picture of it and all i could think of was how was he going to get it home.
yeah but if you wait till next year, the manufacturers will just promise you a smarter kid six months from then...the prices will keep dropping, and new levels of intelligence would be introduced each year...it'd never be a really good time to by. i'm gonna stick with my 650MHz kid...
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I'm lucky enough to have two "offices", my regular one and the server room. my regular office has a big window that lets in plenty of light (till around 3pm when the heat is unbearable) so i never turn the lights on. plus, after letting my office mates in on how easy it is on the eyes, they've started doing it too. Unfortunately, the fax machine and shredder are in the server room and it doesn't have a window so i can't turn the lights off in there, but i'm lucky enough not to have to be in there much (remote administration rules!).
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
Other than these two movies there are really no characters with the "kiddie" (for lack of a better term) appeal. R2D2 and C3PO in ESB and Star Wars might be a possible choice. But they are not so outlandishly targeted to the younger folks in the audience as groups of characters in the last two, and Phantom Menace especially.
i know most of my friends weren't drawn so much to R3D3 or C3PO in the movies, but rather to Han and Leia. All the guys wanted to be Han or Luke (mostly Han, he was cooler and didn't whine, plus he had that kick-ass spaceship).
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
heheh...a friend of mine only shops at this one place to buy beer (it's just outside the dry area he lives in), and they have those cards which he uses. so the only information they get on him is that every few weeks he goes in, buys beer and maybe some chips, and that's it...
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
i think that lawsuit was dropped after AOL agreeded to make their stuff more accessible.
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
if you do manage to get the name of someone important to send it to, sometimes it's good to send it as a registered letter, giving you proof it was delivered...
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
I remember an issue of a Commodore64 magazine years ago (10? 12?) that had a contest of who could make their c64's look the coolest..one guy who was in the air force had his done in a camo pattern...
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
How about letting your target audience get a chance to use it at no major risk
you may even want to suggest a trial where a certain segmant of the workers use it first to see what the costs truly are for support, training and such, and what the users think of it, if they like it better, find it easier, and also to show that they can use it without having problems in their own company. i don't know if you'd want to give it to "power" users first or maybe a group who only use their computers for word processing and email.
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
i don't know who your friends are, but they may just be telling tall tales. although texas has a concealed gun law, i think only a few million out of the whole state actually have them. plus, while it's legal for us to carry rifles and shotguns in your car (in most cases in the gunrack in your truck), i think most people would worry about them being stolen while they're in the bars (since carring a firearm in bars is illegal).
Also, don't know the actual statistics but i think violent crime against people has gone down since the law was enacted, although burglaries and such have gone up since they're done when the victims aren't likely to be around and thus likely to shoot the thief.
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
check out publicdata.com for listings of Driver's License Info, License Plates, Voter's Registration, Civil and Criminal records for some counties, Sex Offender registration, and some other interesting stuff. only has info for certain states, but if you live in one of those states it's interesting to find info on that guy who keeps stealing your parking space. it costs for a subscription, but it's relatively cheap depending on how often you use it.
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
the people who CHOOSE freely to waste their hard-earned dough on lottery tickets
right, my mom used to play our state's lottery every week. she'd buy $10-20 worth of tickets at a time, and she rarely won anything. so one time i asked her to add up the amount she'd spent on buying tickets and guestimate the amount total she'd won ($5 or so at a time) and see how much money she'd lost. she kinda gave it up after that although she'll buy one when the lottery get's really big.
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
try out Casino, the there's one scene that's eye-popping...
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
definately, i saw the last one at the dollar theater while waiting for my girlfriend to get off work, and i still think i payed too much...
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
i know some slightly older switchboxes don't like the scroll mouse. they'll detect the mouse but not the scrolling functions...
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
i think it's like if you have ants. you can kill the ones you see, but there's always more hiding, all wanting to do the same thing. if you have time/money you can even try and track them down, but you never get all of them, there's always a few left.
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
if you go to a wal-mart or target or something, you might be able to find it for about two rental charges worth. I found it for $7 and snagged it, and i think it was worth it, if only cause MB took more than a few minutes of typing to hack into their system.
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
But isn't one of the requirements for a murder charge intent
(IANAL)well maybe if they can prove that he knew it could cause an accident and maybe death, and he still kept on, they can (try) to prove he intended to do it.(/IANAL)
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
i read somewhere (don't know where, don't know if it's true) that if you oxygenate water enough you can actually breathe it.
dunno, but if it's true that'd be kinda neat...
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
actually i think he spells it with two f's, dr. Ffreeze...
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
nope, in fact both of the older (74 and a 79) american power machines (350 v8's in both i think) may not have been the best gas-wise, but they were still pretty clean smoke-wise. i was just sharing my experience. in fact when this honda goes belly-up i'm getting me something with a little more kick...
no offense was intended.
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
i know my 89 honda runs like crap, looks like crap, but everytime i take it to get the emmisions done i'm told it's the cleanest car they've seen, and it get's a whopping 28mpg. in the city.
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
Walker figures the peak of his trajectory would be about 160,000 feet, or 30 miles above Earth. (According to NASA, that will put him on the edge of space. Most scientists define space as beginning at 62 miles, or 100 kilometers, above Earth.)
close enough for me. man, that must be one cool ride. wonder if he'll have windows to see out with...
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
i remember there was a contest right after the movie (batman, 1988) came out where the winner got a non-running batmobile. i had a picture of it and all i could think of was how was he going to get it home.
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
if you don't like ./ don't read it. simple as that...
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
one million ultima online gold pieces...
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
yeah but if you wait till next year, the manufacturers will just promise you a smarter kid six months from then...the prices will keep dropping, and new levels of intelligence would be introduced each year...it'd never be a really good time to by. i'm gonna stick with my 650MHz kid...
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."