now I don't know how much of that 40K goes to taxes and everything, but having a rent that sits at less than 1/3 of your monthly income sounds pretty good to me. What kinda place do you get for that kinda money?
This is an interesting point... I can't really relate to how involved kids get wrapped up in computer games. But what you've said makes a whole lot of sense, maybe it didn't affect my peers as much (I was born in 79) because the games we had were significantly less complicated than the games kids play now.
I hope you're joking. I'm from '78 myself and I remember being completely and utterly absorbed by games such as Civ(ohhhhh the memories) the various Quest games by Sierra, etc. etc. Back in the day fancy graphics were non-existant and an Adlib card was extremely high-tech, so gameplay was the key to a good game on the pc. And then there were ofcourse the Commodore 64's, the Amiga's, you name it.
and so springs forth the new standard in GUI testing. If it meets the "even G.W. could figure this out" criterium it's ready to be released to the general public.
you sure? one of the richest and longest-running businesses in the world is a quasi-religious body that generally tends to make people feel good(or at least attempts to do so by stating that they're forgiven for the bad stuff they did). From what I've heard they're in the process of replacing their CEO though.
Sit down with them and explain some of the murkier aspects of human nature, especially with regards to going off to meet strangers they met in an internet chatroom. How else? A parent can't micromanage every aspect of a child's life, but they can make an attempt at teaching the kids common sense, and what to look out for. Kinda the same thing for governments, I suppose...oh wait.
ah, every time I see this argument I can't help but think of Starship Troopers(the book, not the movie). The whole idea of a society where the right to vote is granted to those willing to invest a certain amount of time dedicated to society somehow seems very attractive.
The only things that should ever run at startup, in the background, are: AV, mobo, video, sound, and anti spyware. Anything else is a waste of resources.
If you're careful, why even the AV and the anti-spyware? So long as you don't open funky attachments and don't go around surfing pr0n in IE with all the ActiveX crap turned on...I'll run a virus- or spywarescan when I feel like it, the rest of the time I really have no desire whatsoever for an icon in my systray and chunks of resources going to waste. Granted, I'm damn happy mom has has both running in the background all the time though.
here in Holland it is in fact considered as such. We've already reached the point where broadband internet is named in the same breath as electricity, gas, water, cable-tv and telephone. And since pretty much every household has cable and a telephone line, they can pick between cable internet or some sort of DSL. Benefits of a small country I suppose(or us sitting right on top of the trans-atlantic link perhaps:P)
Memo to the IT department: get off of your high horse! The only reason you are there is so that the rest of the company can do their job properly. Don't try to make yourself feel important by assuming that knowledge of IT is somehow *better* than knowledge of accounting, personnel or pretty much any other supportive department in a company. Yes, there are a lot of incompetent managers walking around, but this whole notion that IT specialists somehow approach deity status because they have mastered the black arts of adminning a number of boxes is ridiculous.
Congress? You mean that other entity that systematically exploits American people to keep elites in business?
Damn, and here I was thinking the whole idea of the democratic process was that people got to choose who represents them. You get what you vote for...and from the looks of it the most important criteria are the blueness of the suit, the whiteness of the teeth and shirt and the redness of the tie. Is the problem the politicians or is it those that elect them?
Telling people that their rough driving finally caused their car to break down isn't easy. Many CSRs will be threatened this week.
Perhaps a better analogy would be that folks should not leave the ignition keys in while the car is parked in a dark parking lot that by now is known to have shady elements hanging around looking for cars they can take for joyrides, causing a lot of destruction in the process.
As for threatening CSR's, most callcenters I know generally respond to that kind of thing by simply telling the customer involved that that's really a no-no, and that said customer better cut it out immediately if he wants to be helped at all. Dunno 'bout aussieland, but over here making threats over the phone is still a crime.
We just need to figure out how to use these plants as an efficient source of energy.
For a lot of us the most efficient way to do that is stuffing it into that orifice on the front side of the head.
For those that can't live without their cars, well, bioethanol could be a reasonable alternative some day. It would still require combustion, so by no means would it be as clean as solar/wind/water, but it's a start.
Now, I don't know much about aquatic life, but wouldn't be cheaper if, instead of mimicking sharks with a robot, they just attach three remora-like cameras to a real shark?.
Well yes, that'd make for a lot of lovely shark film. But just out of curiosity, how do you propose filming *insert random screaming actress* being eaten by a shark when filming this way? Without it turning into snuff, that is;-)
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But I don't even know if it would be "school of shark" or "school of sharks".
Generally speaking the last thing people are concerned with when surrounded by great whites would be how to call them. But judging from the movies a congregation of them would commonly be referred to as "uh oh"
Highly trained MCSE's? Just send out a global message all over Europe to hide all the keyboards in random closets and they'll get sufficiently confused to go back home;-)
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now I don't know how much of that 40K goes to taxes and everything, but having a rent that sits at less than 1/3 of your monthly income sounds pretty good to me. What kinda place do you get for that kinda money?
This is an interesting point... I can't really relate to how involved kids get wrapped up in computer games. But what you've said makes a whole lot of sense, maybe it didn't affect my peers as much (I was born in 79) because the games we had were significantly less complicated than the games kids play now.
I hope you're joking. I'm from '78 myself and I remember being completely and utterly absorbed by games such as Civ(ohhhhh the memories) the various Quest games by Sierra, etc. etc. Back in the day fancy graphics were non-existant and an Adlib card was extremely high-tech, so gameplay was the key to a good game on the pc. And then there were ofcourse the Commodore 64's, the Amiga's, you name it.
and so springs forth the new standard in GUI testing. If it meets the "even G.W. could figure this out" criterium it's ready to be released to the general public.
you sure? one of the richest and longest-running businesses in the world is a quasi-religious body that generally tends to make people feel good(or at least attempts to do so by stating that they're forgiven for the bad stuff they did). From what I've heard they're in the process of replacing their CEO though.
Sit down with them and explain some of the murkier aspects of human nature, especially with regards to going off to meet strangers they met in an internet chatroom. How else? A parent can't micromanage every aspect of a child's life, but they can make an attempt at teaching the kids common sense, and what to look out for. Kinda the same thing for governments, I suppose...oh wait.
if a car speeds in the desert, and noone is there to see it, is the car even there at all?
ah, every time I see this argument I can't help but think of Starship Troopers(the book, not the movie). The whole idea of a society where the right to vote is granted to those willing to invest a certain amount of time dedicated to society somehow seems very attractive.
and I have to explain why a four hour erection is a bad thing to my 8 year old daughter.
Careful mate, even a comment like that could land you in serious trouble. Are those choppers I hear outside?
The only things that should ever run at startup, in the background, are: AV, mobo, video, sound, and anti spyware. Anything else is a waste of resources.
If you're careful, why even the AV and the anti-spyware? So long as you don't open funky attachments and don't go around surfing pr0n in IE with all the ActiveX crap turned on...I'll run a virus- or spywarescan when I feel like it, the rest of the time I really have no desire whatsoever for an icon in my systray and chunks of resources going to waste. Granted, I'm damn happy mom has has both running in the background all the time though.
here in Holland it is in fact considered as such. We've already reached the point where broadband internet is named in the same breath as electricity, gas, water, cable-tv and telephone. And since pretty much every household has cable and a telephone line, they can pick between cable internet or some sort of DSL. Benefits of a small country I suppose(or us sitting right on top of the trans-atlantic link perhaps :P)
Memo to the IT department: get off of your high horse! The only reason you are there is so that the rest of the company can do their job properly. Don't try to make yourself feel important by assuming that knowledge of IT is somehow *better* than knowledge of accounting, personnel or pretty much any other supportive department in a company. Yes, there are a lot of incompetent managers walking around, but this whole notion that IT specialists somehow approach deity status because they have mastered the black arts of adminning a number of boxes is ridiculous.
Congress? You mean that other entity that systematically exploits American people to keep elites in business?
Damn, and here I was thinking the whole idea of the democratic process was that people got to choose who represents them. You get what you vote for...and from the looks of it the most important criteria are the blueness of the suit, the whiteness of the teeth and shirt and the redness of the tie. Is the problem the politicians or is it those that elect them?
Telling people that their rough driving finally caused their car to break down isn't easy. Many CSRs will be threatened this week.
Perhaps a better analogy would be that folks should not leave the ignition keys in while the car is parked in a dark parking lot that by now is known to have shady elements hanging around looking for cars they can take for joyrides, causing a lot of destruction in the process.
As for threatening CSR's, most callcenters I know generally respond to that kind of thing by simply telling the customer involved that that's really a no-no, and that said customer better cut it out immediately if he wants to be helped at all. Dunno 'bout aussieland, but over here making threats over the phone is still a crime.
drill hole in skull, replace with glass cover. Insert laser on inside of said flak helmet.
Equip with exoskeleton from yesterday's story...
Profit?
Sure...it's fast now, but just wait until it goes into its depressive phase...
Just do what they do in Star Trek all the time: reverse the polarity. "No dude, you don't get it, being down is like...being up, you know?"
In any case, if one were to feed this thing lithium, would it stable out at 302 gigahertz?
Episode 3.5: When Sith play Scrabble.
We just need to figure out how to use these plants as an efficient source of energy.
For a lot of us the most efficient way to do that is stuffing it into that orifice on the front side of the head.
For those that can't live without their cars, well, bioethanol could be a reasonable alternative some day. It would still require combustion, so by no means would it be as clean as solar/wind/water, but it's a start.
patents. safe when used as directed.
Ubik has to be one of the funkiest books I ever read. The computer game was about as weird, tbqh.
and if you do something really stupid you get to see the goatse guy? Think I'll pass. Then again, imagine a Beowulf of....oh nevermind.
Now, I don't know much about aquatic life, but wouldn't be cheaper if, instead of mimicking sharks with a robot, they just attach three remora-like cameras to a real shark?.
;-)
Well yes, that'd make for a lot of lovely shark film. But just out of curiosity, how do you propose filming *insert random screaming actress* being eaten by a shark when filming this way? Without it turning into snuff, that is
But I don't even know if it would be "school of shark" or "school of sharks".
Generally speaking the last thing people are concerned with when surrounded by great whites would be how to call them. But judging from the movies a congregation of them would commonly be referred to as "uh oh"
ehmmm, ok, but in these here parts that actually ain't a crime :/
cars will have them imbedded in tires to track their movements
makes sense, putting it in one of the few parts most car users actually know how to change.
So as to avoid missing FP by a split second?
A rampaging horde of highly trained ninja MSCSE's
;-)
Highly trained MCSE's? Just send out a global message all over Europe to hide all the keyboards in random closets and they'll get sufficiently confused to go back home