Managers (or the upper class) usually do the same job when they come home. In a way they do the same job the whole day. That is because their work is not physically demanding so they can work the whole day.
While I'll agree with you that management isn't physically demanding, I need to point out that sometimes the work is mentally demanding, and that can wipe out someone just as much as a physical job would.
I've done both. I worked as an auto mechanic for years, and also did a brief stint in landscaping. Completely different energy drains and types of exhaustion, but don't discount mental exhaustion; this is why Sponge Bob was invented.
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Obligatory Family Guy quote...
Quagmire: No, thats THREE Thai stewardesses...
(long pause from Brian, as he realizes that apparently one of them was a guy).
One of my favorites from back in the day is if you typed a swear into the graphical adventure "Sherwood Forest". It would change the display to a large mouth and tongue (think Rolling Stones) with a large bar of soap on it. It would announce that you had entered the Den of Filth (or something like that), and it would only let you get back to the game if you typed "Sorry".
The Geforce FX 5200 processors, while supporting the latest features, are slower than the previous generation Geforce Ti4200. Lots of people in the PC world were suckered into buying a 5200 based card in the recent doom upgrade craze, only to find out that they are amazingly slow.
It's actually for this reason that I'm hesitant to recommend upgrading to the new iMac to family members; considerig how much the OS X operating system uses 3D GPU functions, I'm surprised how weak a chip they put into these things. The cost and heat difference between the 5200 Ultra and a Radeon 9600 should be negligable. However, the performance difference is rather significant.
There has been a service, ActiveWorlds for years now.. I think it opened in 1996? Basically, it is a fully 3D environment that you would walk around in, interact with other people, build houses, etc.
I haven't logged on to it in years (read: since maybe 1999), but I always remember that I thought it was pretty cool given the 3D capabilities of x86 machines at the time (read: none), and it wasn't TOO bad for dialup. Even played MIDI tracks while you were walking around. I think they eventually went to a pay-for-service model, and hopefully they eventually adopted some kind of 3D acceleration technology (via ActiveX?)
Isn't this the point of the System Restore slider?
Start->Control Panel->System::System Restore tab.
This slider controls how much space will be kept for restore points. Hot fixes get included in this, and I imagine that the service pack must as well? I can't say from personal experience, because I haven't installed a service pack on XP yet (plenty 'o hot fixes, though).
Seriously.. in the IMDB description, they at least mention Abkanis, but nothing in the cast about the Morton family? There were two other agents in the game (speaking about Alone in the Dark 4), but they were only on the radio and beginning/end cut-scenes.
I got excited when I saw that they were maknig a movie out of this game. I really enjoyed playing this game over the last year or so (hey.. real job, life, etc.. not much time to play games)
I think this is so cool how the Game Boy is being used for non-gaming applications. Recently, I went to a memorial day race at Limerock (a road race track in north western Connecticut) and they apparently had special WiFi cartridges for Game Boys there that you could track the race with. As the commentator on the public address system said, "Everyone who has kids has one (or several) of these things lying around in the car, the house, etc. Pull it out and track the race with them!"
Reminds me of when the first Pentium chips came out, and it was discovered that it had the FPU bug. IBM said that they would not produce a Pentium based machine until Intel fixed the problem, and they held to that.
If anything, you can somewhat trust IBM for things like this; if they decide that they're not going to do something because they're suspicious about quality, then I'm glad they let everyone else know.
Lets try this approach: Sharing is fine. As long as the commercials and station calls are retained (i.e. ads for the station, or those little transparent logos in the bottom right corner) then I don't see why there should be much of a problem. I mean, if the broadcast of the show is effectively for free to the consumer's set (ad-revenue supported) then as long as the station IDs and commercials stay, whats the difference?
The only thing that I can see being a serious issue is that of Nielsen ratings. If there is the chance that people are going to watch these shows after the fact and as such cannot be caught by the Nielsen rating system, then would this hurt the broadcaster?
The last time I used to play a lot of sports games was on the Sega Dreamcast with an old roomate. If its worth anything, I noticed that no matter what we played, it would basically be an hour to do 9 innings, 4 quarters, 2 halves, etc.
At least with this kind of knowledge, we knew what we were getting into when we decided to play. Baseball? OK, one hour.
Its new, but after 3 issues its been great. It reviews cool gadgets and stuff. Whats the neatest part about the magazine is that there is a page somewhere around the beginning of the magazine with stickers/tabs that you can use to flag a page that has something you're interested in. Good idea.
The Apple IIe in '83, at 1MHz. The Apple IIc in '84, 1MHz. The Apple IIe Enhanced, at, you guessed it, 1MHz. That computer wasn't discontinued 'till 1993, for crying out loud.
And note that the IIgs, while it debuted with a 2.8MHz capability (switchable to 1MHz), the Apple//e existed on the Apple price list longer than the IIgs. 1MHz forever!;-)
What, no slot machines on the Monorail? In Las Vegas, there are slot machines everywhere. I think the only reason why they don't have them in the bathroom is because they might be mistaken for urinals:-)
Actually, I liked when General Pac-Man realized they were under attack, and told everyone to follow him into the escape tunnels.. then they reappear on the other side of the screen.
Subtle, but you had to catch that one to really appreciate it.
Actually, $2 bills never really went out of circulation or print, they're just not that popular.
Every dozen-or-so years, the mint prints up a bunch of $2 bills. The last run was in 1995, and before that, 1976. Before that, something like 1959. Banks and most shops just hate the things because they don't have special drawers for them (typical cash registers have 4 slots: $1, $5, $10 and $20+).
The hard part is finding them. I have one bank that I know of where I can find the things, and whenever I make my way there I'll "buy" 20 of them. Why? They're fun. You give them as a tip to a bartender and they're usually thrilled and give you great service the rest of the night. You use them when going through a toll booth where the attendant is used to combinations of "standard" bills, and you can totally catch them off guard and watch their brain stall. You can give them to friends who think its the greatest thing in the world and figure that they'll keep the bill in their wallet for good luck (until they're short on cash one day). So on and so forth.
Agreed. I used to have a RIM 950 (the black C++ based pager type device) which I thought was great for E-mail. Not good for the PDA functionality, but good for email (though only in continental USA). Recently got upgraded to a 6280 (larger, gsm/gprs/triband) and it seems that the PDA functionality has been GREATLY improved. One nice thing is that if I make a change to my calendar either on the device or on Outlook at work, it updates the other end within a matter of seconds.
Still, I prefer my Palm T3 for general PDA functions, but I can't argue with a freebie from work;-)
Reminds me of a story I posted to slashdot probably back in 1997 or 1998 about an old bus sign (as in public transportation, not computer you dingbat) that that you could send messages to the engineering team with. Got slashdotted as well.
But hey, this one is in color!
(I would have made a link to the old story, but slashcode's search capability is a tad weak)
I've been attaching a message to my emails and newsgroup posts for years from work:
My statements and opinions are my own, and are not of my employer.
Made more sense when I was posting things on newsgroups from work (long since disabled), but I'm wondering if it means much now. The original intent was that I could say something in an email, and it should protect my company from having my statement being perceived as theirs (in the legal, declarative sense).
Unfortunately, I think 99.999% of the women out there don't want to be treated on the same level as a mathematical problem or physics experiment.
So yes, the hacker could probably, with the proper diagrams and topographic maps, but good luck finding that 0.001% who will put up with it. Oh, and shift the percentage much further if you want a skinny, attractive one;-)
Consequently, this is also my G-spot, as that's where I'm using my new laptop to write this over 802.11g.
I am not one for flaming, trolling or otherwise making fun of people. However, after quickly reading the title of the article and skimming across a "Geek Quiz" in Maximum PC magazine, I was thinking about attempting to make a funny post confusing D-Spot for G-Spot, and about how maybe you're going a little too far in geek-dom if you think the G-Spot is something that has to do with wireless networking and not the female anatomy.
I think the one thing that you'll have to worry about and address in the plan is avoidance of market saturation in a neighborhood. Basically, if everyone has this business plan, anyone can use it. Lets say then that 5 people want to start a bakery in the same town using this plan. They all go to the same bank for a loan to start such an operation. If they all have the same recipies, they end up making essentially the same product and thus their price competition comes down to purely aesthetic issues of the store front and location. However, given that aesthetics are an equal, there is a point where setting up too many of these essentially identical businesses in the same area will reduce the potential return for the bank (the lender of initial capital). Given also that bakeries are typically cash businesses (read: a lot of income is not declared), this poses the lender's profitability to be even less in a saturated market.
So basically, you may want to consider some kind of formula or description that can give these businesses a bit of difference, and a "volume multiplier" that estimates how many customers this operation could support, given the surrounding market conditions, preferences and demographics.
Then again, I live in NYC and I've seen two starbucks on opposite corners staring at each other, and they're both busy. I could be completely wrong:-)
I remember a product for The Sider hard drive that allowed you to multiplex it with 4 other Apple ][ computers. Cost a few hundred bucks (not to mention the interface cards), but wow that would have been sweet for my BBS back in the 80's:-)
I'm sure someone is, and it will be used in future publicity to state that the cost of "ownership" for Linux is higher than another operating system:-)
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While I'll agree with you that management isn't physically demanding, I need to point out that sometimes the work is mentally demanding, and that can wipe out someone just as much as a physical job would.
I've done both. I worked as an auto mechanic for years, and also did a brief stint in landscaping. Completely different energy drains and types of exhaustion, but don't discount mental exhaustion; this is why Sponge Bob was invented.
Quagmire: No, thats THREE Thai stewardesses...
(long pause from Brian, as he realizes that apparently one of them was a guy).
Quagmire: What? No.. oh god, OH GOD!
One of my favorites from back in the day is if you typed a swear into the graphical adventure "Sherwood Forest". It would change the display to a large mouth and tongue (think Rolling Stones) with a large bar of soap on it. It would announce that you had entered the Den of Filth (or something like that), and it would only let you get back to the game if you typed "Sorry".
It's actually for this reason that I'm hesitant to recommend upgrading to the new iMac to family members; considerig how much the OS X operating system uses 3D GPU functions, I'm surprised how weak a chip they put into these things. The cost and heat difference between the 5200 Ultra and a Radeon 9600 should be negligable. However, the performance difference is rather significant.
I haven't logged on to it in years (read: since maybe 1999), but I always remember that I thought it was pretty cool given the 3D capabilities of x86 machines at the time (read: none), and it wasn't TOO bad for dialup. Even played MIDI tracks while you were walking around. I think they eventually went to a pay-for-service model, and hopefully they eventually adopted some kind of 3D acceleration technology (via ActiveX?)
Start->Control Panel->System::System Restore tab.
This slider controls how much space will be kept for restore points. Hot fixes get included in this, and I imagine that the service pack must as well? I can't say from personal experience, because I haven't installed a service pack on XP yet (plenty 'o hot fixes, though).
I got excited when I saw that they were maknig a movie out of this game. I really enjoyed playing this game over the last year or so (hey.. real job, life, etc.. not much time to play games)
I think this is so cool how the Game Boy is being used for non-gaming applications. Recently, I went to a memorial day race at Limerock (a road race track in north western Connecticut) and they apparently had special WiFi cartridges for Game Boys there that you could track the race with. As the commentator on the public address system said, "Everyone who has kids has one (or several) of these things lying around in the car, the house, etc. Pull it out and track the race with them!"
If anything, you can somewhat trust IBM for things like this; if they decide that they're not going to do something because they're suspicious about quality, then I'm glad they let everyone else know.
The only thing that I can see being a serious issue is that of Nielsen ratings. If there is the chance that people are going to watch these shows after the fact and as such cannot be caught by the Nielsen rating system, then would this hurt the broadcaster?
Just a thought...
At least with this kind of knowledge, we knew what we were getting into when we decided to play. Baseball? OK, one hour.
Its new, but after 3 issues its been great. It reviews cool gadgets and stuff. Whats the neatest part about the magazine is that there is a page somewhere around the beginning of the magazine with stickers/tabs that you can use to flag a page that has something you're interested in. Good idea.
And note that the IIgs, while it debuted with a 2.8MHz capability (switchable to 1MHz), the Apple //e existed on the Apple price list longer than the IIgs. 1MHz forever! ;-)
What, no slot machines on the Monorail? In Las Vegas, there are slot machines everywhere. I think the only reason why they don't have them in the bathroom is because they might be mistaken for urinals :-)
Subtle, but you had to catch that one to really appreciate it.
Every dozen-or-so years, the mint prints up a bunch of $2 bills. The last run was in 1995, and before that, 1976. Before that, something like 1959. Banks and most shops just hate the things because they don't have special drawers for them (typical cash registers have 4 slots: $1, $5, $10 and $20+).
The hard part is finding them. I have one bank that I know of where I can find the things, and whenever I make my way there I'll "buy" 20 of them. Why? They're fun. You give them as a tip to a bartender and they're usually thrilled and give you great service the rest of the night. You use them when going through a toll booth where the attendant is used to combinations of "standard" bills, and you can totally catch them off guard and watch their brain stall. You can give them to friends who think its the greatest thing in the world and figure that they'll keep the bill in their wallet for good luck (until they're short on cash one day). So on and so forth.
Still, I prefer my Palm T3 for general PDA functions, but I can't argue with a freebie from work ;-)
But hey, this one is in color!
(I would have made a link to the old story, but slashcode's search capability is a tad weak)
I always felt that it was better as "//e". But then again, this is a totally geeked out topic, and I might as well get back to my life now :-)
Made more sense when I was posting things on newsgroups from work (long since disabled), but I'm wondering if it means much now. The original intent was that I could say something in an email, and it should protect my company from having my statement being perceived as theirs (in the legal, declarative sense).
Always wondered if it was actually worth while..
So yes, the hacker could probably, with the proper diagrams and topographic maps, but good luck finding that 0.001% who will put up with it. Oh, and shift the percentage much further if you want a skinny, attractive one ;-)
I am not one for flaming, trolling or otherwise making fun of people. However, after quickly reading the title of the article and skimming across a "Geek Quiz" in Maximum PC magazine, I was thinking about attempting to make a funny post confusing D-Spot for G-Spot, and about how maybe you're going a little too far in geek-dom if you think the G-Spot is something that has to do with wireless networking and not the female anatomy.
I think I'll be quiet now.
So basically, you may want to consider some kind of formula or description that can give these businesses a bit of difference, and a "volume multiplier" that estimates how many customers this operation could support, given the surrounding market conditions, preferences and demographics.
Then again, I live in NYC and I've seen two starbucks on opposite corners staring at each other, and they're both busy. I could be completely wrong :-)
I remember a product for The Sider hard drive that allowed you to multiplex it with 4 other Apple ][ computers. Cost a few hundred bucks (not to mention the interface cards), but wow that would have been sweet for my BBS back in the 80's :-)
I'm sure someone is, and it will be used in future publicity to state that the cost of "ownership" for Linux is higher than another operating system :-)