So, since they're doing business with Germany, why hasn't the US abolished the church of scientology? They do business with Holland, why don't they allow pot? They do business with Europe, why don't they ease up on liquor laws?
No, but (and I'm European so take this with a grain of salt) there could be a requirement to speak spanish as a second language when working in states adjacent to Mexico.
When I was growing up I was always around my uncles watching them fixing things, and lending them a hand if they needed.
Just by doing that when you're a kid won't let the "fear" of working with engines and stuff like that set in to begin with.
I know a lot of people who are petrified of the thought of changing the oil, of changing the air filter, hell, of changing the tire.
It really is just the normal human behaviour of being afraid of new things/experiences.
Oh, and I too was the kid that was a walking disaster when I had a screwdriver, dismantling EVERYTHING in my path, but putting it back together in working condition.
Hell I have one that's sitting comfortably as my Linux-router.
This was my first PC, an Ambra Sprinta II 486. Although I have replaced the harddrive and put in more RAM since I turned the machine first on about 7-8 years ago it hasn't failed on me yet. The only thing that has broken down was a faulty monitor that came with it, it broke after about 2 weeks, I simply got a new one the next day.
The mouse still worked perfectly when I used it last time and I'm typing this on the big ol' clunky clicketyclick IBM keyboard (with an Ambra logo) that came with it, which I have been using since I bought it.
Hate to break this to you, but I hardly believe each banknote is tied to YOU personally. That's just the nature of banknotes. Making it sort of hard to track YOUR habits.
I also hate to break it to you that if you truly want REAL anonimity you'd wear gloves outside your protective suit when you use cash because you always leave skin flakes when you fondle the money, and these skin flakes of course contain your DNA information:-)
about Jesse James, his father in-law I believe ran a newspaper and ran an editorial every now and then starting with the phrase "If we are ever going to have law and order in the West...".
This one time he said "If we are ever going to have law and order in the West, the first thing we need to do is take all lawyers and shoot them down like dogs"
If the cost to produce extra units of software would be the same as the cost of an extra car-unit, then yeah! I would compare it to cars.
But it just isn't.
The cost of developing a complex piece of software may be the same as developing a new car but the difference in cost of producing extra units is HUGE. It really is a difference between the constant cost and variable cost (if you've taken even the most elementary economics class you know what it is)
My point was that social behaviour is one of those "feely" things that cannot and SHOULD not be defined, at least up to the point that people suffer from it. I mean, there's about 5 billion of us on this shithole of a planet, putting people into groups like "normal people","losers" etc. just isn't fair. Expecting 5 billion people to act and be "normal" just can not be done! And who will it be who decides what is "normal" and what isn't? You? I sincerely hope not.
Why can't people just ACCEPT the SIMPLE fact that people ARE DIFFERENT!
but then again the stuff I've discovered by listening to the radio was aired on "underground" radio stations and/or shows dedicated to "underground" music. And it's a loooong time since that happened:)
Whenever possible turn off fluorescent lighting.
Try and use a desk lamp with a plain old light bulb or a halogen bulb if you can.
Also dim the place a bit down if you can; my eyes get very tired if I'm exposed to much lighting for extended periods of time.
As long as you're not working as a graphics designer try and eliminate the colour white from your colour scheme, try reversing it for a change, white to black and vice versa, personally I don't code unless the editor I'm using has a black background with white letters. If you think about it staring at a monitor all day long with the colour white as a default background colour on most applications isn't all that different from staring at a brightly lit white cloth or white wall, your eyes _will_ get tired and that leads discomfort.
As for music, use headphones as much as you can, and don't be cheap when it comes to headphones. Make sure they're comfortable and cover your ear in a way that they sit _around_ your ear and not _on_ it, you'll be thankful later. As for what sort of music, to each his own I'm afraid. In my case it mostly depends on what I'm doing, if I'm in a "zone" I try to keep it uptempo, but most of the time just something in harmony with my inner rhythm (we all have it, it's just a matter of finding/noticing it).
There is just one rule I have about food, and that is "not too much". Don't eat so that you get a full stomach, that way you'll only get bloated which registered as a discomfort last time I checked:-).
Also try and avoid sweets if you can, although it's perfectly alright to treat oneself to a biscuit or pastery every now and then. Try and avoid fatty foods if you can but overall try and keep a nice varied and balanced diet.
Postures are hard to find, but my best posture is when I sit so that almost every muscle in my body is relaxed and aren't dangling. I have a tendency to lie back in my chair with me feet on whatever I can find that lifts them from the floor.
But these are just a few of my suggestions, try these and pick the ones you find comfortable:)
Users like myself don't like a flat fee model. Personally I like paying for just the calls and SMS messages I send, and NOTHING more. For most (moderate) users this is what they want.
GSM's encryption is crackable real-time using COTS
Everything is COTS if you have enough money, just under 10thousand still is quite a bit of money to spend on a single scanning device (for an individual that is). And then you have to crack the message itself which requires you to pick up a distinct call.
Billing per-minute still sucks, but sucks much less than per CALL
Paying per call is a term I'm not familiar with, we mostly pay per minute here in Europe (per second in my country actually, after the first 10 seconds).
Coverage is good.
My coverage is excellent here too. If there is a paved road in my country, I can use my GSM there, and some gravel roads as well. Did I mention I can take a trip around my country and still have coverage? No, I don't live in Holland or Denmark, I live in Iceland which is not quite known for its population density. And in case you're even dreaming about coming up with the argument "you're so few, you don't need to cover as many people as we do" I surely needn't remind you that transmitters and relays for GSM may be cheap but not THAT cheap (there are only 280 thousand of us you know).
Plus I can take my phone to almost every country in the world (the US not included) and make calls and receive them just as I do back home. Plus I usually get to choose between different providers.
KISS. Keep It Simple, Stupid. I don't want SMS on my phone
SMS is Simple Stupid! And if you don't want sms on your phone don't open them! Don't want to send an SMS, don't send it then! Feel bothered by the phone ringing (which I hear you pay for, that's stupid, paying for incoming calls that is), don't answer it, or better yet, turn the bell off, or turn the phone off! Nobody's forcing you to use the phone.
As for building 802.11b everywhere, that's
a) a whole lot more expensive
b) even more pointless, I don't feel like lugging my ThinkPad all over the place.
c) Prone to hacking too you know!!! (thus nulling your argument that GSM is fundamentally broken).
As for SMS, it really is a nice communications medium if you just want to send a quick message without going through the usual formalities. Instead of "Hi, how are you doing, fine me too, listen I'm going to be a bit late for that meeting so blablabla"
You can send a quick SMS with the message
"Hi, sorry, I'm going to be a bit late for the meeting".
Now, with GSM I also get the following benefits:
a) A choice between many providers
b) A choice between a wide range of phones, the ones that/. keeps posting about and you drool all over;-). And I don't have to notify my provider that I got a new phone and need to have my number transfered to the new one.
c) A mobile system I can use all over the world (US excluded) with the same ease I enjoy at home without any modifications to my phone or SIM card.
Why doesn't he demand an eternal-machine and cold fusion as well? Oh, and don't forget world-peace.
Frankly I think he'll have better luck attaining those three than an unhackable network.
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I don't know about you (or anyone else for that matter) but most cases when I was bored in class it was because I already knew the subject quite well beforehand.
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So, since they're doing business with Germany, why hasn't the US abolished the church of scientology? They do business with Holland, why don't they allow pot? They do business with Europe, why don't they ease up on liquor laws?
Uh. Actually the 2.0 series is still "supported" in the sense that when bugs pop up there is a developer assigned to fixing it.
You don't see microsoft still supporting AND FIXING win 95 do you?
Well, the Euro sign was supposed to come instead of the question mark so you'll just have to use your imagination.
You might even get it slashdotted if you send in a story :)
OK then. ;)
By that analogy the USD is an US€
No, but (and I'm European so take this with a grain of salt) there could be a requirement to speak spanish as a second language when working in states adjacent to Mexico.
dont talk to the girls about Linux and other /. related stuff.
so us geeks will just have to shut the hell up then, huh?
ps. note to moderators, I am not serious, I repeat, I am not serious.
When I was growing up I was always around my uncles watching them fixing things, and lending them a hand if they needed.
Just by doing that when you're a kid won't let the "fear" of working with engines and stuff like that set in to begin with.
I know a lot of people who are petrified of the thought of changing the oil, of changing the air filter, hell, of changing the tire.
It really is just the normal human behaviour of being afraid of new things/experiences.
Oh, and I too was the kid that was a walking disaster when I had a screwdriver, dismantling EVERYTHING in my path, but putting it back together in working condition.
In this battle for power. Who will win?
In the red corner weighing 330 pounds and undefeated DMCA champion from Washington DC it's RIAA!!
And in the blue corner weighing 340 pounds undefeated Copyright champion from California it's the MPAA!!
A picture of a will,
a picture of hot grits,
a picture of pants,
and a picture of Natalie Portman?
Hell I have one that's sitting comfortably as my Linux-router.
This was my first PC, an Ambra Sprinta II 486. Although I have replaced the harddrive and put in more RAM since I turned the machine first on about 7-8 years ago it hasn't failed on me yet. The only thing that has broken down was a faulty monitor that came with it, it broke after about 2 weeks, I simply got a new one the next day.
The mouse still worked perfectly when I used it last time and I'm typing this on the big ol' clunky clicketyclick IBM keyboard (with an Ambra logo) that came with it, which I have been using since I bought it.
Now THAT'S IBM quality for you.
Hate to break this to you, but I hardly believe each banknote is tied to YOU personally. That's just the nature of banknotes. Making it sort of hard to track YOUR habits. :-)
I also hate to break it to you that if you truly want REAL anonimity you'd wear gloves outside your protective suit when you use cash because you always leave skin flakes when you fondle the money, and these skin flakes of course contain your DNA information
about Jesse James, his father in-law I believe ran a newspaper and ran an editorial every now and then starting with the phrase "If we are ever going to have law and order in the West...".
This one time he said "If we are ever going to have law and order in the West, the first thing we need to do is take all lawyers and shoot them down like dogs"
If the cost to produce extra units of software would be the same as the cost of an extra car-unit, then yeah! I would compare it to cars.
But it just isn't.
The cost of developing a complex piece of software may be the same as developing a new car but the difference in cost of producing extra units is HUGE. It really is a difference between the constant cost and variable cost (if you've taken even the most elementary economics class you know what it is)
My point was that social behaviour is one of those "feely" things that cannot and SHOULD not be defined, at least up to the point that people suffer from it. I mean, there's about 5 billion of us on this shithole of a planet, putting people into groups like "normal people","losers" etc. just isn't fair. Expecting 5 billion people to act and be "normal" just can not be done! And who will it be who decides what is "normal" and what isn't? You? I sincerely hope not.
Why can't people just ACCEPT the SIMPLE fact that people ARE DIFFERENT!
So, uhm, how do you define the "normal" range of social skills?
but then again the stuff I've discovered by listening to the radio was aired on "underground" radio stations and/or shows dedicated to "underground" music. And it's a loooong time since that happened :)
the left foot is for the clutch, not the brake ;)
Whenever possible turn off fluorescent lighting.
:-).
:)
Try and use a desk lamp with a plain old light bulb or a halogen bulb if you can.
Also dim the place a bit down if you can; my eyes get very tired if I'm exposed to much lighting for extended periods of time.
As long as you're not working as a graphics designer try and eliminate the colour white from your colour scheme, try reversing it for a change, white to black and vice versa, personally I don't code unless the editor I'm using has a black background with white letters. If you think about it staring at a monitor all day long with the colour white as a default background colour on most applications isn't all that different from staring at a brightly lit white cloth or white wall, your eyes _will_ get tired and that leads discomfort.
As for music, use headphones as much as you can, and don't be cheap when it comes to headphones. Make sure they're comfortable and cover your ear in a way that they sit _around_ your ear and not _on_ it, you'll be thankful later. As for what sort of music, to each his own I'm afraid. In my case it mostly depends on what I'm doing, if I'm in a "zone" I try to keep it uptempo, but most of the time just something in harmony with my inner rhythm (we all have it, it's just a matter of finding/noticing it).
There is just one rule I have about food, and that is "not too much". Don't eat so that you get a full stomach, that way you'll only get bloated which registered as a discomfort last time I checked
Also try and avoid sweets if you can, although it's perfectly alright to treat oneself to a biscuit or pastery every now and then. Try and avoid fatty foods if you can but overall try and keep a nice varied and balanced diet.
Postures are hard to find, but my best posture is when I sit so that almost every muscle in my body is relaxed and aren't dangling. I have a tendency to lie back in my chair with me feet on whatever I can find that lifts them from the floor.
But these are just a few of my suggestions, try these and pick the ones you find comfortable
Users like myself don't like a flat fee model. Personally I like paying for just the calls and SMS messages I send, and NOTHING more. For most (moderate) users this is what they want.
GSM's encryption is crackable real-time using COTS
/. keeps posting about and you drool all over ;-). And I don't have to notify my provider that I got a new phone and need to have my number transfered to the new one.
c) A mobile system I can use all over the world (US excluded) with the same ease I enjoy at home without any modifications to my phone or SIM card.
Everything is COTS if you have enough money, just under 10thousand still is quite a bit of money to spend on a single scanning device (for an individual that is). And then you have to crack the message itself which requires you to pick up a distinct call.
Billing per-minute still sucks, but sucks much less than per CALL
Paying per call is a term I'm not familiar with, we mostly pay per minute here in Europe (per second in my country actually, after the first 10 seconds).
Coverage is good.
My coverage is excellent here too. If there is a paved road in my country, I can use my GSM there, and some gravel roads as well. Did I mention I can take a trip around my country and still have coverage? No, I don't live in Holland or Denmark, I live in Iceland which is not quite known for its population density. And in case you're even dreaming about coming up with the argument "you're so few, you don't need to cover as many people as we do" I surely needn't remind you that transmitters and relays for GSM may be cheap but not THAT cheap (there are only 280 thousand of us you know). Plus I can take my phone to almost every country in the world (the US not included) and make calls and receive them just as I do back home. Plus I usually get to choose between different providers.
KISS. Keep It Simple, Stupid. I don't want SMS on my phone
SMS is Simple Stupid! And if you don't want sms on your phone don't open them! Don't want to send an SMS, don't send it then! Feel bothered by the phone ringing (which I hear you pay for, that's stupid, paying for incoming calls that is), don't answer it, or better yet, turn the bell off, or turn the phone off! Nobody's forcing you to use the phone. As for building 802.11b everywhere, that's
a) a whole lot more expensive
b) even more pointless, I don't feel like lugging my ThinkPad all over the place.
c) Prone to hacking too you know!!! (thus nulling your argument that GSM is fundamentally broken).
As for SMS, it really is a nice communications medium if you just want to send a quick message without going through the usual formalities. Instead of
"Hi, how are you doing, fine me too, listen I'm going to be a bit late for that meeting so blablabla"
You can send a quick SMS with the message
"Hi, sorry, I'm going to be a bit late for the meeting".
Now, with GSM I also get the following benefits: a) A choice between many providers b) A choice between a wide range of phones, the ones that
Now, your point FOR CDMA was again?
Me too, and I live in the good old metered Europe.
Google Groups is the old DejaNews usenet service.
I've found it to satisfy all of my requirements for an NNTP "client".
Why doesn't he demand an eternal-machine and cold fusion as well? Oh, and don't forget world-peace.
Frankly I think he'll have better luck attaining those three than an unhackable network.
I don't know about you (or anyone else for that matter) but most cases when I was bored in class it was because I already knew the subject quite well beforehand.