In my area there is a public tax database that includes photos of the property. Amusing coincidence - the security image to post this comment on Slashdot is the word "estate"
What's next? The Bunny Hop?, the chicken dance? What's a wedding without a bunch of female relatives and drunk Uncle Benny monopolizing the dance floor? Maybe Jimmy Buffett is right. The hokey pokey may be what it's all about.
Let's all have our fun and snicker at the people who don't recognize late night cartoon characters.
Since few members of the Boston and Massachusetts State Police have the time to sit around watching late night cartoon characters or reading about how cool guerilla marketing is, we can understand why they did not recognize the character these devices.
Better safe than sorry is more than an old saying your grandmother used while admonishing you to take an umbrella.
Rule 1 of IEDs - Make them look like something else. Rule 2 - Place them where they can do the most damage.
These devices met the criteria.
On a less dire note, there is a reason cities have permitting requirements before signs, illuminated or not, are put up. One of the reasons is to avoid creating an unsafe environment.
As a taxpayer in Massachusetts, I want Time Warner to pony up the cost of the public safety overtime. I's also like them to reimburse the lost wages of all of the hourly employees stuck on busses and subway trains, but that will never happen.
Seriously, yes. I have worked with dumb terminals in a Unix environment. The reason they aren't accepted is because everyone likes to add their own software to their PC.
My argument is that UPS doesn't let their drivers pimp their trucks, why should users feel they have a right to customize their PCs?
You're right. Many people telecommute because they want a better life. One of my colleagues works 3000 miles away in chilly, sunny southern California. He works US east coast hours and is hooked into our telephone system and network through a VPN. Of course the problem with the attitude toward telecommuters is similar to the cynical saying that some used to use about women in an office. The telecommuter has to be twice as good to be thought of as equal to those in the office.
This is all well and good, but chemical rockets will only take us to the near reaches of the solar system. Alternatives still have to be developed. Researchers have known this since the 1950s. http://www.mediamatic.net/article-5868-en.html
Maybe the new methane rockets could be used to lift nuclear rockets out of the atmosphere.
I'd like to know where this happened. Since dishes are regulated by the FCC and states cannot prevent their installation and use; providing it does create a safety hazard.
The chaos that followed Katrina was the biggest argument for private gun ownership in a hundred years. The police and national guard were overwhelmed in the cities. The people in the outlying areas had even less chance of civil protection. Gun confiscation would have guaranteed that only the criminals would have guns. There were anecdotes of people having to use a gun to defend themselves and their neighbors from being robbed or killed.
I believe when you have food and water you should share. But these gangs wanted all of it. Killing is wrong, except in self defense or the defense of other innocents.
The incidents in Louisiana and Mississippi made me consider buying a weapon. I'm still thinking about it. But I live in a state where a license is hard to get and our newly elected govenor will probably make it even harder.
This sounds like another one of those Gartner TOC lectures. Where it costs a million dollars for every email or some rediculous amount and every "C-Level" executive takes it as Gospel. So they then sign another consulting contract to be fed more drivel
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I think the larger point is being missed. Blackberry(s) are starting to trickle down the ranks of a lot of companies and people who seem to be there aren't. But Blackberry isn't the problem anymore than cell phones and pagers are. It's peoples' priorities. You see it at restuarants and shopping malls. Mom or Dad may have the kids, but who ever is on the other end of the [insert latest electronic device here] has their attention and the kids are running amok.
How many times have you seen couples in restaurants where one person is talking on the cell phone and the other is staring into space. Granted, important calls happen. Doctors do get paged. But not everyone you see doing this is doing a neurology consult.
Checking your Blackberry, cell phone or pager every two minutes is just a sociopath's way of saying you may be my wife, date or child - but there are many things in my life more important than you. And anyone who thinks they can multitask personal relationships doesn't know what one is.
Many Slashdotters may not remember Bill Dana's character Jose Jiminez. From the 1960's. Determined to be politically incorrect by those that judge these things
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199049/
I would not call myself an environmentalist, but I subscribe to this philosophy of local plants. My neighbors have these lovely golf course style lawns that they spend far more time watering and weeding than they do enjoying. And their kids can't play on the lawn because of the "natural" pesticide and fertilizers used.
Me, I let anything that is green and mowable grow on the lawn. I've never had a problem with grubs and I can let my dog play outside without worrying about pesticide or fertilizer poisoning. Oh and we are the only yard with lightning bugs on a summer evening.
Dry weather is the norm in eastern New England in the summer. Planting tropical grasses doesn't make sense. It bothers me when water from my neighbors automatic sprinklers runs down the street into the storm drain. I know they pay for the water but eventually demand could outstrip the supply.
I also use a battery powered lawnmower. It's quieter and doesn't emit smoke.
This sounds like another lecturer wanna be. He'll collect the big fees talking to CEOs about the future that won't happen.
Besides, get rid of data centers and you have no one to lay off for a quick cost cutting measure and then rehire two years later when that India thing didn't work.
It's only a matter of time, I'm sure. Last weekend my wife and I went to the local Target store where we purchased about $100 worth of merchandise.
As we were walking out the door, the alarm sounded. Obviously the security tag in one item or another was not deactivated. The clerk at the nearest register just looked at us and told us to go ahead.
I guess being a middle-aged, white couple does have it's advantages. I wonder what would happen if I was alone and twenty years younger... or a minority.
That's why there are so many headhunters calling with these "wonderful" contract - to- perm job offers.
Hiring managers are protected from their own incompetence by auditioning employees for two to six months before making a commitment. Also if the person is too good they can keep them around without the danger of them becoming your boss. You can also not renew the contract and take full credit for the work.
First a point of information: The Big Dig was primarily a Commonwealth / Federal project. The city of Boston had comparatively little input. The purpose of the Big Dig was to primarily benefit suburban commuters and people going to and from the airport and other traffic passing through from the north or the south. That being said --- About any Massachusetts initiative
You can look at your history books and recent newspapers and know that NOTHING is free of political special interests in Boston.
The Mayor seems to envision this ideal of corporate visitors and tourists (yes some of us travel with our computers) sitting in any park or along the Charles River accessing their email or IMing friends as to what a great town Boston is. Or students doing projects away from the classroom.
What's going to happen is: People will start demanding that the city provide everyone with a computer.
If the first wireless areas are on Beacon Hill then people will scream racism.
The 911 lines will be jammed when there is a hiccup in the wi-fi.
People in living in nearby Quincy and Cambridge will be arrested for theft of services if there house sits near an area where the free Boston Wi-fi can be picked up As other writers pointed out, people will want hate groups banned. Who decides. Also, what will be the priority of restoring service in event of a natural disaster? When the non-profit(s) running the system run low on money the legendary generosity of the Massachusetts Legislature will institute a tax on something to pay for it.
To put it more simpy, the decisions on which movies get made and who will star are made by accountants studying focus groups results. Therefore any danger of creativity or orginality has been eliminated. The last movie I saw was "Cars". I thought it was funny and technically amazing. However the plot was from "Doc Hollywood". I did enjoy it. But I used to enjoy going to the movies almost every week. Now once every couple of months.
Changing the electoral college system so it backs the popular vote will insure that presidential campaigns will happen in New York, California, Texas and one or two other large states.
The rest of the country will be ignored except for their own Congressional delegation. A senator or rep seeking the White House wouldn't even bother to campaign at home unless it is one of the larger states.
Working all day is not an excuse. You can get an absentee ballot. You do not need to leave the country, your reason is that you will be unavailable to get to the polls on election day.
If election day were a holiday, only government workers would get the day off. That might be a problem.
I tried a self checkout at a Kmart. The device malfunctioned and required two cashiers and a supervisor to figure out the problem. Kmart (at least the store near me) has since removed the devices.
As far as Home Depot and other stores, I'll use self checkout when I get a discount for doing so. Otherwise, what's the advantage?
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Cynical, whatever...
In my area there is a public tax database that includes photos of the property.
Amusing coincidence - the security image to post this comment on Slashdot is the word "estate"
What's next? The Bunny Hop?, the chicken dance?
What's a wedding without a bunch of female relatives and drunk Uncle Benny monopolizing the dance floor?
Maybe Jimmy Buffett is right. The hokey pokey may be what it's all about.
Let's all have our fun and snicker at the people who don't recognize late night cartoon characters.
Since few members of the Boston and Massachusetts State Police have the time to sit around watching late night cartoon characters or reading about how cool guerilla marketing is, we can understand why they did not recognize the character these devices.
Better safe than sorry is more than an old saying your grandmother used while admonishing you to take an umbrella.
Rule 1 of IEDs - Make them look like something else.
Rule 2 - Place them where they can do the most damage.
These devices met the criteria.
On a less dire note, there is a reason cities have permitting requirements before signs, illuminated or not, are put up. One of the reasons is to avoid creating an unsafe environment.
As a taxpayer in Massachusetts, I want Time Warner to pony up the cost of the public safety overtime. I's also like them to reimburse the lost wages of all of the hourly employees stuck on busses and subway trains, but that will never happen.
Gartner said it. I believe it. That settles it!
At least that's how my management acts.
Seriously, yes. I have worked with dumb terminals in a Unix environment. The reason they aren't accepted is because everyone likes to add their own software to their PC.
My argument is that UPS doesn't let their drivers pimp their trucks, why should users feel they have a right to customize their PCs?
The biggest result of the camera phone? UFO sightings haved dropped dramatically.
Seriously though, where can I get a good phone without a camera?
You're right. Many people telecommute because they want a better life. One of my colleagues works 3000 miles away in chilly, sunny southern California. He works US east coast hours and is hooked into our telephone system and network through a VPN.
Of course the problem with the attitude toward telecommuters is similar to the cynical saying that some used to use about women in an office. The telecommuter has to be twice as good to be thought of as equal to those in the office.
This is all well and good, but chemical rockets will only take us to the near reaches of the solar system. Alternatives still have to be developed. Researchers have known this since the 1950s. http://www.mediamatic.net/article-5868-en.html
Maybe the new methane rockets could be used to lift nuclear rockets out of the atmosphere.
I'd like to know where this happened. Since dishes are regulated by the FCC and states cannot prevent their installation and use; providing it does create a safety hazard.
The chaos that followed Katrina was the biggest argument for private gun ownership in a hundred years. The police and national guard were overwhelmed in the cities. The people in the outlying areas had even less chance of civil protection. Gun confiscation would have guaranteed that only the criminals would have guns. There were anecdotes of people having to use a gun to defend themselves and their neighbors from being robbed or killed.
I believe when you have food and water you should share. But these gangs wanted all of it. Killing is wrong, except in self defense or the defense of other innocents.
The incidents in Louisiana and Mississippi made me consider buying a weapon. I'm still thinking about it. But I live in a state where a license is hard to get and our newly elected govenor will probably make it even harder.
This sounds like another one of those Gartner TOC lectures. Where it costs a million dollars for every email or some rediculous amount and every "C-Level" executive takes it as Gospel. So they then sign another consulting contract to be fed more drivel
I think the larger point is being missed. Blackberry(s) are starting to trickle down the ranks of a lot of companies and people who seem to be there aren't. But Blackberry isn't the problem anymore than cell phones and pagers are. It's peoples' priorities. You see it at restuarants and shopping malls. Mom or Dad may have the kids, but who ever is on the other end of the [insert latest electronic device here] has their attention and the kids are running amok.
How many times have you seen couples in restaurants where one person is talking on the cell phone and the other is staring into space.
Granted, important calls happen. Doctors do get paged. But not everyone you see doing this is doing a neurology consult.
Checking your Blackberry, cell phone or pager every two minutes is just a sociopath's way of saying you may be my wife, date or child - but there are many things in my life more important than you.
And anyone who thinks they can multitask personal relationships doesn't know what one is.
"I love sci-fi movies and like to give my students problems from popular films that illustrate the absurdity of Hollywood stories"
Were you the guy sitting two rows behind me saying "That couldn't happen" Thanks for ruining Star Wars I through VI.
Many Slashdotters may not remember Bill Dana's character Jose Jiminez. From the 1960's. Determined to be politically incorrect by those that judge these things http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199049/
The worst part is the kids who don't get to burn off excess energy at recess will be labled with ADD and put on Ritalin.
I would not call myself an environmentalist, but I subscribe to this philosophy of local plants. My neighbors have these lovely golf course style lawns that they spend far more time watering and weeding than they do enjoying. And their kids can't play on the lawn because of the "natural" pesticide and fertilizers used.
Me, I let anything that is green and mowable grow on the lawn. I've never had a problem with grubs and I can let my dog play outside without worrying about pesticide or fertilizer poisoning. Oh and we are the only yard with lightning bugs on a summer evening.
Dry weather is the norm in eastern New England in the summer. Planting tropical grasses doesn't make sense. It bothers me when water from my neighbors automatic sprinklers runs down the street into the storm drain. I know they pay for the water but eventually demand could outstrip the supply.
I also use a battery powered lawnmower. It's quieter and doesn't emit smoke.
This sounds like another lecturer wanna be. He'll collect the big fees talking to CEOs about the future that won't happen.
Besides, get rid of data centers and you have no one to lay off for a quick cost cutting measure and then rehire two years later when that India thing didn't work.
I thought the San Francisco Bluegills were a minor league baseball team...
It's only a matter of time, I'm sure.
Last weekend my wife and I went to the local Target store where we purchased about $100 worth of merchandise.
As we were walking out the door, the alarm sounded. Obviously the security tag in one item or another was not deactivated. The clerk at the nearest register just looked at us and told us to go ahead.
I guess being a middle-aged, white couple does have it's advantages. I wonder what would happen if I was alone and twenty years younger... or a minority.
That's why there are so many headhunters calling with these "wonderful" contract - to- perm job offers.
Hiring managers are protected from their own incompetence by auditioning employees for two to six months before making a commitment. Also if the person is too good they can keep them around without the danger of them becoming your boss. You can also not renew the contract and take full credit for the work.
First a point of information: The Big Dig was primarily a Commonwealth / Federal project. The city of Boston had comparatively little input. The purpose of the Big Dig was to primarily benefit suburban commuters and people going to and from the airport and other traffic passing through from the north or the south. That being said ---
About any Massachusetts initiative
You can look at your history books and recent newspapers and know that NOTHING is free of political special interests in Boston.
The Mayor seems to envision this ideal of corporate visitors and tourists (yes some of us travel with our computers) sitting in any park or along the Charles River accessing their email or IMing friends as to what a great town Boston is.
Or students doing projects away from the classroom.
What's going to happen is:
People will start demanding that the city provide everyone with a computer.
If the first wireless areas are on Beacon Hill then people will scream racism.
The 911 lines will be jammed when there is a hiccup in the wi-fi.
People in living in nearby Quincy and Cambridge will be arrested for theft of services if there house sits near an area where the free Boston Wi-fi can be picked up
As other writers pointed out, people will want hate groups banned. Who decides.
Also, what will be the priority of restoring service in event of a natural disaster?
When the non-profit(s) running the system run low on money the legendary generosity of the Massachusetts Legislature will institute a tax on something to pay for it.
OTOH - it looks like the Combat Zone will be moved to a cyberspace area where zoning laws don't apply. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_zone_(Boston)
Free wi-fi makes about as much sense as free phone service. At some point *someone* has to pay.
To put it more simpy, the decisions on which movies get made and who will star are made by accountants studying focus groups results. Therefore any danger of creativity or orginality has been eliminated.
The last movie I saw was "Cars". I thought it was funny and technically amazing. However the plot was from "Doc Hollywood". I did enjoy it. But I used to enjoy going to the movies almost every week. Now once every couple of months.
Changing the electoral college system so it backs the popular vote will insure that presidential campaigns will happen in New York, California, Texas and one or two other large states.
The rest of the country will be ignored except for their own Congressional delegation. A senator or rep seeking the White House wouldn't even bother to campaign at home unless it is one of the larger states.
Working all day is not an excuse. You can get an absentee ballot. You do not need to leave the country, your reason is that you will be unavailable to get to the polls on election day.
If election day were a holiday, only government workers would get the day off. That might be a problem.
I tried a self checkout at a Kmart. The device malfunctioned and required two cashiers and a supervisor to figure out the problem. Kmart (at least the store near me) has since removed the devices.
As far as Home Depot and other stores, I'll use self checkout when I get a discount for doing so. Otherwise, what's the advantage?