Amen to you, finally someone who agrees with me. And I got my wish after a few years, an SSD Retina Macbook pro extra light without the damn appendage which does not fit any visible purpose. And frankly, the damn DVDs are expensive, dont work as coasters, and are ugly as furniture decoration. Furthermore, It is also a waste of real premium/expensive real estate to have entire sections in the supermarket or your local FNAC/Cost Co whatever, full of plastic artefacts which dont offer any extra function at all while for instance, if it werent for that greedy scumbags we could have a world where I would buy any movie or music in my desktop or iPhone for cents a piece, and then piracy would be bothersome and more work for the majority. The last DVD I bought at full price was 15 years ago, and never more.
I am too an old fart, however I stopped buying physical media long ago. The prices of CDs and DVDs were insanely jacked up over the years, and besides they take valuable real estate space and are damn ugly as decoration. The lasts DVDs I bought were at the supermarket at 1 dollar a piece, and even then, I doubt they were that useful. I dont have a blu-ray player and never will - they are damn expensive and a rip off. DVD and streaming is just good enough. I was itching for Apple to drop the fucking DVD, and get a lighter notebook, and I got my wish. I rarely used it anyway. Remember, before pirate bay, movies arrived to my friends home by sneaker net. It got to the point we carried hard disks between homes. Physical media is damn expensive, and does not follow the laws of search and demand. People buy less and less, because it is an outdated format, and they are robbing the consumers blind, but all they know to do is bribe politicians to give then compensations due to "piracy" instead of adjusting to the new reality. It is also a waste of real premium/expensive real estate to have entire sections in the supermarket or your local FNAC/Cost Co whatever, full of plastic artefacts which dont offer any extra function at all while for instance, if it werent for that greedy scumbags we could have a world where I would buy any movie or music in my desktop or iPhone for cents a piece, and then piracy would be bothersome and more work for the majority.
Of course. Welcome to the reality of artificial scarcity. Each time there is a new offer, the others have to be "adjusted" to create the need. This also happens why we only see crap in the free TV channels, and the movies in the paid channels suck big time. Remember, cinemas, video-on-demand and the commercial film chain are before you.
I am surprised people even consider paying $25 for a glorified mug coaster in plastic. And sadly, this is not supposed to be funny. Probably a mug coaster costs more to manufacture and ship...
There was not anywhere ever any *demand* but just artificial scarcity. When VHS appeared, suddenly your TV programs started being a little more shitty, and taking longer to appear on TV to allow for some weeks exclusive to VHS. Then, lo and behold the DVD came, and with even more widespread use, some cult movies never ever reached the TV format, or are broadcasted very rarely. Also region-locking was introduced for DVDs not to be smuggled to countries months behind in films. Then Cable TV became widespread, and films took years to reach public TV service. The films in paid channels also are several weeks behind DVDs. Then Internet piracy came, and suddenly, the parts of the word with months behind had to catch up, or risk not getting so much customers. Blu-Ray came, and nobody noticed or care. Video in demand came, and suddenly, the films at least a month to reach DVD format, and years to reach TV, except the really crap ones, who often go all up all the way of the circuit to mask the artificial demand circuit. The problem with blu-ray is that is too good, too soon, too expensive, DVD is good enough, and the news generations only care about youtube.
You cant be serious. I dont give a single care to GNU whatever, and also use Mac in the desktop, however linux in the server side is strong and excellent.
The problem as insofar I see here, is not exactly "moving" to other responsibilities, is only lack of planning and timing of the handover of it. Should be done gradually and a compromise made, and not overnight. Those things take time. Maybe with the help of a plan, or even, god forbids, the help of external consultants.
Nobody talked solely about iPads, and Idols/whatever not was said in jest, like instead of watching TV, get your lazy bum to the kitchen. Your sir are an idiot, and anyone who doesnt agree can mod me down.
I am reading a lot of comments of tricking you/the metabolic system/whatever not. It goes deeper than that. Many ingredients are there to throw your system out of the balance (or call it slightly sick if you will) and make you want to eat MORE.
About credentials, I manage a network a medium-sized network of linux servers, and even I dont use and dont know the root password. First thing I did when tooking over sysadmin responsibilities was nobody used root anymore, and started logging in with their own account. So I have logs, accountability and knows who is doing what.
As you put it, does it make sense? We made a partnership with those responsibilities, yeah, we do our part which is quite boring, you are having all the fun...poor us. Does it makes any sense? IT is a big responsibility, and many businesses have gone under due to IT mismanagement. Plus, it gets time to an IT admin to get used to the infra-structure. Ideally you should manage the IT department, or create one if it doesnt it exists formally. Either way, the idea of you leaving town and leaving a substitute overnight is a very bad one. Ideally you should coach a junior and hire an IT admin/partner and train/work with him, for at least a year and half. After the time, you will have an idea what he is capable off, and he will know well enough the infra-structure to be trusted to make his own decisions. If he is very good, it will be probably between six months and one year, but not before.
I used to have a very strong odor, still have to this day...one things that work for me, it to keep the hair under the armpits cut/trimmed. Then it is far easier to care of the rest.
Cooking is more a test to your capability of organisation and laziness than having the time.Many meals are simple to cook, or then take your ipad or TV to the kitchen, and cook while you watch idols or Game of thrones. The problem with cooking real food is that many are lazy, and others the parents already didnt do that, and they dont really are not used to do it. The culture of buying everything already made is very pernicious when we are talking about what we eat.
Do not use deodorants then. There are natural alternatives that dont cause cancer, but there are no interest in making the general public aware of them, because you only spend $1-$2 a year instead of $3 every so few weeks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A... There are several brands, even in the USA you can find it. Moroccans still use it widely, as far as I know. The slab/stone form is cheaper than when it is sold in a nice plastic container like the deodorant ($2-$4 price range against $8-$20). The later form is better for travelling, or carrying it with you.
Couldnt it be automatic dictionaries at play? I write all the time in Portuguese and English, often in a while in Spanish and very rarely in French. Use to have multilanguage dictionaries correction, however they would go crazy when I mixing languages in the same paragraph, so I disabled the autocorrection of words. It was a major nuisance - often I posted things with wrong words.
I couldnt decide if I would mod you up funny or insightful. PHBs, I also had some in the past, from the jerk to the jerk who doesnt know anything which, or worse the jerk that knows a little, which is the most dangerous type of jerk, like you have it know.;)
Best comment I have read. I still cant get why people give 10% so easily to real estate agencies tough, for instance. I understand the buyer can trust the agency will make some background checks, however I cant get to the motivation of the seller.
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15 for a DVD? No way, even less when I do know they make the whole package for cents in asian countries. When they reach 5 dollars, call me.
Amen to you, finally someone who agrees with me. And I got my wish after a few years, an SSD Retina Macbook pro extra light without the damn appendage which does not fit any visible purpose. And frankly, the damn DVDs are expensive, dont work as coasters, and are ugly as furniture decoration. Furthermore, It is also a waste of real premium/expensive real estate to have entire sections in the supermarket or your local FNAC/Cost Co whatever, full of plastic artefacts which dont offer any extra function at all while for instance, if it werent for that greedy scumbags we could have a world where I would buy any movie or music in my desktop or iPhone for cents a piece, and then piracy would be bothersome and more work for the majority. The last DVD I bought at full price was 15 years ago, and never more.
I am too an old fart, however I stopped buying physical media long ago. The prices of CDs and DVDs were insanely jacked up over the years, and besides they take valuable real estate space and are damn ugly as decoration. The lasts DVDs I bought were at the supermarket at 1 dollar a piece, and even then, I doubt they were that useful. I dont have a blu-ray player and never will - they are damn expensive and a rip off. DVD and streaming is just good enough. I was itching for Apple to drop the fucking DVD, and get a lighter notebook, and I got my wish. I rarely used it anyway. Remember, before pirate bay, movies arrived to my friends home by sneaker net. It got to the point we carried hard disks between homes. Physical media is damn expensive, and does not follow the laws of search and demand. People buy less and less, because it is an outdated format, and they are robbing the consumers blind, but all they know to do is bribe politicians to give then compensations due to "piracy" instead of adjusting to the new reality. It is also a waste of real premium/expensive real estate to have entire sections in the supermarket or your local FNAC/Cost Co whatever, full of plastic artefacts which dont offer any extra function at all while for instance, if it werent for that greedy scumbags we could have a world where I would buy any movie or music in my desktop or iPhone for cents a piece, and then piracy would be bothersome and more work for the majority.
Of course. Welcome to the reality of artificial scarcity. Each time there is a new offer, the others have to be "adjusted" to create the need. This also happens why we only see crap in the free TV channels, and the movies in the paid channels suck big time. Remember, cinemas, video-on-demand and the commercial film chain are before you.
I am not paying fucking 20 dollars for any movie and a defective mug coaster with a hole on the middle. My table will get wet.
I am surprised people even consider paying $25 for a glorified mug coaster in plastic. And sadly, this is not supposed to be funny. Probably a mug coaster costs more to manufacture and ship...
I have seen a whole company switch to Linux, and the secretaries seem to manage it all right...
There was not anywhere ever any *demand* but just artificial scarcity. When VHS appeared, suddenly your TV programs started being a little more shitty, and taking longer to appear on TV to allow for some weeks exclusive to VHS. Then, lo and behold the DVD came, and with even more widespread use, some cult movies never ever reached the TV format, or are broadcasted very rarely. Also region-locking was introduced for DVDs not to be smuggled to countries months behind in films. Then Cable TV became widespread, and films took years to reach public TV service. The films in paid channels also are several weeks behind DVDs. Then Internet piracy came, and suddenly, the parts of the word with months behind had to catch up, or risk not getting so much customers. Blu-Ray came, and nobody noticed or care. Video in demand came, and suddenly, the films at least a month to reach DVD format, and years to reach TV, except the really crap ones, who often go all up all the way of the circuit to mask the artificial demand circuit. The problem with blu-ray is that is too good, too soon, too expensive, DVD is good enough, and the news generations only care about youtube.
Here in backwards Portugal, 50 or 100 Mbps is pretty much the norm in big cities...
You cant be serious. I dont give a single care to GNU whatever, and also use Mac in the desktop, however linux in the server side is strong and excellent.
Lets face it, it is probably what he uses, all he knows, and all he wants to use. However from there to it is cheaper, it is a long stretch.
They equate scale possession with being a drug dealer...
Find some sort of revenue which can be taxed/robbed and send some politicians in...
The problem as insofar I see here, is not exactly "moving" to other responsibilities, is only lack of planning and timing of the handover of it. Should be done gradually and a compromise made, and not overnight. Those things take time. Maybe with the help of a plan, or even, god forbids, the help of external consultants.
Nobody talked solely about iPads, and Idols/whatever not was said in jest, like instead of watching TV, get your lazy bum to the kitchen. Your sir are an idiot, and anyone who doesnt agree can mod me down.
I am reading a lot of comments of tricking you/the metabolic system/whatever not. It goes deeper than that. Many ingredients are there to throw your system out of the balance (or call it slightly sick if you will) and make you want to eat MORE.
About credentials, I manage a network a medium-sized network of linux servers, and even I dont use and dont know the root password. First thing I did when tooking over sysadmin responsibilities was nobody used root anymore, and started logging in with their own account. So I have logs, accountability and knows who is doing what.
As you put it, does it make sense? We made a partnership with those responsibilities, yeah, we do our part which is quite boring, you are having all the fun...poor us. Does it makes any sense? IT is a big responsibility, and many businesses have gone under due to IT mismanagement. Plus, it gets time to an IT admin to get used to the infra-structure. Ideally you should manage the IT department, or create one if it doesnt it exists formally. Either way, the idea of you leaving town and leaving a substitute overnight is a very bad one. Ideally you should coach a junior and hire an IT admin/partner and train/work with him, for at least a year and half. After the time, you will have an idea what he is capable off, and he will know well enough the infra-structure to be trusted to make his own decisions. If he is very good, it will be probably between six months and one year, but not before.
I used to have a very strong odor, still have to this day...one things that work for me, it to keep the hair under the armpits cut/trimmed. Then it is far easier to care of the rest.
Cooking is more a test to your capability of organisation and laziness than having the time.Many meals are simple to cook, or then take your ipad or TV to the kitchen, and cook while you watch idols or Game of thrones. The problem with cooking real food is that many are lazy, and others the parents already didnt do that, and they dont really are not used to do it. The culture of buying everything already made is very pernicious when we are talking about what we eat.
Do not use deodorants then. There are natural alternatives that dont cause cancer, but there are no interest in making the general public aware of them, because you only spend $1-$2 a year instead of $3 every so few weeks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A... There are several brands, even in the USA you can find it. Moroccans still use it widely, as far as I know. The slab/stone form is cheaper than when it is sold in a nice plastic container like the deodorant ($2-$4 price range against $8-$20). The later form is better for travelling, or carrying it with you.
Couldnt it be automatic dictionaries at play? I write all the time in Portuguese and English, often in a while in Spanish and very rarely in French. Use to have multilanguage dictionaries correction, however they would go crazy when I mixing languages in the same paragraph, so I disabled the autocorrection of words. It was a major nuisance - often I posted things with wrong words.
I couldnt decide if I would mod you up funny or insightful. PHBs, I also had some in the past, from the jerk to the jerk who doesnt know anything which, or worse the jerk that knows a little, which is the most dangerous type of jerk, like you have it know. ;)
I would argue Rome persists to this day, and you mail know it as a global corporation residing in a small country called the Vatican.
Best comment I have read. I still cant get why people give 10% so easily to real estate agencies tough, for instance. I understand the buyer can trust the agency will make some background checks, however I cant get to the motivation of the seller.