Absolutely, but I would probably avoid those areas where I didn't feel safe in the first place. I can't imagine ever needing to carry a gun in the course of my daily life. It was a fairly innocent question, I'm just interested. I was actually expecting people to take my question the wrong way which was why I tried to explain that it wasn't a troll in the first place.
Sorry, this might sound like a troll, it's not. Is your country really that f*ck*d up that people feel they aren't safe without weaponry? Your use of the word "necessary" seems to indicate that things are pretty screwed up where you are.
Excellent bits of kit. In a previous company we specced them up and although they were pretty expensive they still looked to be worth it for reducing downtime and callouts. Finance didn't agree.:(
Running my own company now, and I've already said that as soon as it becomes neccesary we'll be going with similar kit.:)
True enough. If anyone knows where to get a UK version Natural Keyboard Elite, let me know. I'm willing to buy good condition examples for a fair price.
I have two here, but one day one of them will break and I'll be left with no backups.:(
Ugh... I know the feeling. Sickeningly enough I just had to do the same for my nephew. The worst thing is that he has firefox, the best antispyware apps, a good virus scanner and an excellent firewall. The little scumbag just keeps loading IE, not updating his virus / adware definitions, downloads trojans and pretty much allows everything to access the net when asked.:(
Oh, and does anyone know how I can stop IE loading? At least that should kill some of the problems.
On the subject of Santa...
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I really enjoyed this article from Scott McNealy (CEO of Sun Microsystems). Pokes fun at some of our favourite companies (IBM, Microsoft, HP, Red Hat, Intel) and the IT business in general.
I see from another post that the brush in question was the "re-color" brush which I agree is pretty slow on the 2800+ and very, very slow on the 700mhz machine.:)
True enough. But surely there are better things to do with that much of your time!;) Personally, I write systems for charities if I'm feeling benevolent.
More reasonable, but the capitalist in me says that you should have used their resources, finished the product and then proudly sold it for $20 a time. At least you would have covered your living expenses then.:)
Talking of which... I take it that they didn't reward you retroactively for any of this? (Sorry, I don't know if I'm talking to the actual person from the story here!).
There is a slight difference between your point and mine. My use of dropped words and weak capitalisation didn't actually have any effect on the meaning of my sentences. "Axed / Asked" and "Could Care / Couldn't Care" obviously do have an effect.
p.s. If you're going to criticise someone, at least have the conviction to leave the "Post Anonymously" box unchecked.
An engineer's dream...and engineers wonder why they don't get laid.
Sorry, I like developing, and sometimes I do it for free... but there's no way in hell I'm helping out a company that canned me just because I want to finish a project.
Apparently that's the case, but yes - It's f*ck*ng retarded. Makes me wonder if they even bother teaching Ingrish in schools these days.
Anyone know who started this off? Because the person who did (Just like the ass that decided to "axe" a question.) needs some schooling from the militant arm of the campaign for real English!
Firstly, in the UK we don't (yet) have a coffee shop on every corner. Secondly, it's pretty good for camping. Thirdly, I keep a couple of cans in the car for when I'm on a long drive and don't want to stop at the services.
Finally? Yeah, it's stupid level expensive. So are the meals that re-heat themselves. But they are pretty cool even at that price.:)
I've seen that sig quite a few times now and I have to ask... Are you one of the following:
A: Hermaphrodite? B: Post-op transsexual (Female to Male)? C: A woman with skillz? D: A man trained in the Taoist arts? E: Something I haven't thought of?!?:)
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Absolutely, but I would probably avoid those areas where I didn't feel safe in the first place. I can't imagine ever needing to carry a gun in the course of my daily life. It was a fairly innocent question, I'm just interested. I was actually expecting people to take my question the wrong way which was why I tried to explain that it wasn't a troll in the first place.
Sorry, this might sound like a troll, it's not. Is your country really that f*ck*d up that people feel they aren't safe without weaponry? Your use of the word "necessary" seems to indicate that things are pretty screwed up where you are.
Surely this is an over exaggeration isn't it?
Good old Bender!
Excellent bits of kit. In a previous company we specced them up and although they were pretty expensive they still looked to be worth it for reducing downtime and callouts. Finance didn't agree. :(
:)
Running my own company now, and I've already said that as soon as it becomes neccesary we'll be going with similar kit.
..actually, I think these days the joke has moved on to the new Pentium 4. But Cyrix radiator jokes are timeless too. :)
...and the webserver is toast!
Nicely flamed. I couldn't have said it any better myself. :)
True enough. If anyone knows where to get a UK version Natural Keyboard Elite, let me know. I'm willing to buy good condition examples for a fair price.
:(
I have two here, but one day one of them will break and I'll be left with no backups.
Hey, thanks for that. Merry Christmas one and all! :)
Ugh... I know the feeling. Sickeningly enough I just had to do the same for my nephew. The worst thing is that he has firefox, the best antispyware apps, a good virus scanner and an excellent firewall. The little scumbag just keeps loading IE, not updating his virus / adware definitions, downloads trojans and pretty much allows everything to access the net when asked. :(
Oh, and does anyone know how I can stop IE loading? At least that should kill some of the problems.
I really enjoyed this article from Scott McNealy (CEO of Sun Microsystems). Pokes fun at some of our favourite companies (IBM, Microsoft, HP, Red Hat, Intel) and the IT business in general.
:)
Good stuff.
I see from another post that the brush in question was the "re-color" brush which I agree is pretty slow on the 2800+ and very, very slow on the 700mhz machine. :)
Just tested it on a 700mhz machine running windows server 2003 (128mb RAM). Silky smooth on that one too.
Is the fat brush the painbrush on size 100? If it is, no problems here (AMD 2800+, 1GB Ram, XP SP2). Everything seems to be quite silky actually.
.net? Heavy duty processes running in the background?
Not sure what could be causing the problem on your machine. Old version of
True enough. But surely there are better things to do with that much of your time! ;) Personally, I write systems for charities if I'm feeling benevolent.
More reasonable, but the capitalist in me says that you should have used their resources, finished the product and then proudly sold it for $20 a time. At least you would have covered your living expenses then. :)
Talking of which... I take it that they didn't reward you retroactively for any of this? (Sorry, I don't know if I'm talking to the actual person from the story here!).
There is a slight difference between your point and mine. My use of dropped words and weak capitalisation didn't actually have any effect on the meaning of my sentences. "Axed / Asked" and "Could Care / Couldn't Care" obviously do have an effect.
p.s. If you're going to criticise someone, at least have the conviction to leave the "Post Anonymously" box unchecked.
An engineer's dream ...and engineers wonder why they don't get laid.
Sorry, I like developing, and sometimes I do it for free... but there's no way in hell I'm helping out a company that canned me just because I want to finish a project.
Apparently that's the case, but yes - It's f*ck*ng retarded. Makes me wonder if they even bother teaching Ingrish in schools these days.
Anyone know who started this off? Because the person who did (Just like the ass that decided to "axe" a question.) needs some schooling from the militant arm of the campaign for real English!
Awesome. You mentioned Linux, Apple and Microsoft without managing to offend anyone! (Well, maybe swap the word "crappy" for "average")
:)
I think you deserve an award for that.
Firstly, in the UK we don't (yet) have a coffee shop on every corner. Secondly, it's pretty good for camping. Thirdly, I keep a couple of cans in the car for when I'm on a long drive and don't want to stop at the services.
:)
Finally? Yeah, it's stupid level expensive. So are the meals that re-heat themselves. But they are pretty cool even at that price.
about £1.85 each for 250ml of 'coffee'
:)
Somehow that still ends up being less than you'd pay at the motorway services for a cup!
Spontabulous!
True, I found this book interesting:
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I can pee standing AND have multiple orgasms!
:)
I've seen that sig quite a few times now and I have to ask... Are you one of the following:
A: Hermaphrodite?
B: Post-op transsexual (Female to Male)?
C: A woman with skillz?
D: A man trained in the Taoist arts?
E: Something I haven't thought of?!?