Their secret pricing is super-annoying and theoretically illegal -- how can you sign a contract without knowing what the rate will be when the promotion ends??? Ridiculous. It's just fodder for a class action lawsuit that will yield $5 coupons off an HBO subscription... but I digress.
I ditched TimeWarner back when Code Red was making the rounds on Windows boxes and they shut off inbound port 80. I complained and several support people told me they considered web hosting "an enterprise service" and if I wanted to run a webserver I should upgrade to Business Class.
Jerks.
Just so you know, AT&T was and is trying to enable Uverse caps. My understanding from a year ago or so was that they were having technical troubles with implementing it so they only issued caps for traditional DSL users.
They are also an evil company, don't get me wrong. I was super irritated when they started charging me a monthly fee for my 5 year old RG. At least send me a new one (preferably a tiny one).
Google Docs--er--Drive (don't like the new brand) is convenient. Like, my wife and I can edit and watch the budget (spreadsheet) easily on different devices. I know a lot of people use Mint.com and whatnot, but it is insufficient for our needs (I use both. Mint has its place.). When we were preparing for adoption, it was convenient for editing various documents without having to email stuff around. Dropbox can work, but you can also easily overwrite someone else's changes. Live editing with history makes that less likely.
It's also nice for making Christmas Wish Lists as you can share it with tech-savvy grandparents and they can claim items. As a blended family, we have a lot of people to manage when it comes to Christmas and birthdays.
If you have a lot of young single dude friends or non-planning type families, yeah, what's the point? But, for planning-type people and microbusinesses, it's really useful until you outgrow it. Then there's Google Apps for Business and Quickbooks when you're ready to take the next step.
$0.02USD, YMMV, offer not valid in California, Alaska, or the US Virgin Islands, -l
Indeed, for most home and SOHO users, Google Docs/Drive/Apps is Good Enough[tm].
When you get to the point where you need Excel, you buy Excel. Oh, it comes with a word processor. How nice. If you're not mail merging, who cares?
And frankly, I like Google's presentation software better than PowerPoint simply due to its simplicity and near universal access.
It's not Open Source. That sucks. But it is free and easy to access and use. Just trade your data and your soul to Google Marketing Group and be done with it.:)
To make everyone happy in the household, I implemented a config.sys menu system to load EMS or XMS depending on what task you wanted to undertake. Before that, I was fixing it for every reboot (and every time Mom wanted to use LotusWorks 1.0).
I know everyone wants to complain about adventure games being dead, but recently I have been enjoying The Book of Unwritten Tales, an amusing point-and-click adventure in the traditional style. Incidentally, it had a Linux port before Valve ported Steam.
Depends on where you work and how much training/experience you have. 15-18/hr is where you're apt to top out at, at least here in Austin, TX, where there is high demand for these sorts of jobs in retirement communities. Even low level construction jobs are paying 12/hr here, if you can get work.
I can't speak for AISD, but Round Rock ISD has several academies at each high school. It's a program of study that the teen must choose. For a lot of kids, it's just college prep in a particular set of fields (graphic design, STEM, etc.), but they do have several academies that get you internships at actual jobs (low level health care, etc.).
What the professors haven't caught onto yet is that this situation is exactly what is keeping many of them employed. Once these kids are redirected to trade programs, universities will, of necessity, shrink. (Online degrees will contribute a little to the decline, as well, but vocational programs at the high school level are what will do them in).
Bah, the problem is that more and more kids are going to college who would otherwise have had non-university careers. Kids are not smarter or dumber. It's just that more, in general, are attending college which dilutes the pool.
The trend will reverse as high schools narrow the university track and expand vocational options (already happening here in Austin, TX).
Many colleges will shut down as a result.
Many people say that online degrees (Coursera, Khan, etc.) will poach from the university. That's probably true to a certain extent, but I think the weightier blow is from high school vocational training (which I fully support). You don't need a university degree to wipe grandma's butt at $15/hr. And there will be a lot of Boomer butts to wipe.
Bah, the problem is that more and more kids are going to college who would otherwise have had non-university careers. Kids are not smarter or dumber. It's just that more, in general, are attending college which dilutes the pool.
The trend will reverse as high schools narrow the university track and expand vocational options (already happening here in Austin, TX).
Many colleges will shut down as a result.
Many people say that online degrees (Coursera, Khan, etc.) will poach from the university. That's probably true to a certain extent, but I think the weightier blow is from high school vocational training (which I fully support). You don't need a university degree to wipe grandma's butt at $15/hr. And there will be a lot of Boomer butts to wipe.
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I like the Stirling solar engines, myself.
Image of a field of them.
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Genuine LOL. N...ICE...
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It's definitely time for DVD Jon to make a comeback.
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Their secret pricing is super-annoying and theoretically illegal -- how can you sign a contract without knowing what the rate will be when the promotion ends??? Ridiculous. It's just fodder for a class action lawsuit that will yield $5 coupons off an HBO subscription... but I digress.
I ditched TimeWarner back when Code Red was making the rounds on Windows boxes and they shut off inbound port 80. I complained and several support people told me they considered web hosting "an enterprise service" and if I wanted to run a webserver I should upgrade to Business Class.
Jerks.
Just so you know, AT&T was and is trying to enable Uverse caps. My understanding from a year ago or so was that they were having technical troubles with implementing it so they only issued caps for traditional DSL users.
They are also an evil company, don't get me wrong. I was super irritated when they started charging me a monthly fee for my 5 year old RG. At least send me a new one (preferably a tiny one).
World's tiniest violin solo for me,
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/first world problems
Sounds like a Courage Wolf.
Cheers,
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Google Docs--er--Drive (don't like the new brand) is convenient. Like, my wife and I can edit and watch the budget (spreadsheet) easily on different devices. I know a lot of people use Mint.com and whatnot, but it is insufficient for our needs (I use both. Mint has its place.). When we were preparing for adoption, it was convenient for editing various documents without having to email stuff around. Dropbox can work, but you can also easily overwrite someone else's changes. Live editing with history makes that less likely.
It's also nice for making Christmas Wish Lists as you can share it with tech-savvy grandparents and they can claim items. As a blended family, we have a lot of people to manage when it comes to Christmas and birthdays.
If you have a lot of young single dude friends or non-planning type families, yeah, what's the point? But, for planning-type people and microbusinesses, it's really useful until you outgrow it. Then there's Google Apps for Business and Quickbooks when you're ready to take the next step.
$0.02USD, YMMV, offer not valid in California, Alaska, or the US Virgin Islands,
-l
Indeed, for most home and SOHO users, Google Docs/Drive/Apps is Good Enough[tm].
When you get to the point where you need Excel, you buy Excel. Oh, it comes with a word processor. How nice. If you're not mail merging, who cares?
And frankly, I like Google's presentation software better than PowerPoint simply due to its simplicity and near universal access.
It's not Open Source. That sucks. But it is free and easy to access and use. Just trade your data and your soul to Google Marketing Group and be done with it. :)
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Nice. If I were tight with the fortune guys, I'd submit this zinger.
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"Copy that, Gold Leader"
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So much THIS.
To make everyone happy in the household, I implemented a config.sys menu system to load EMS or XMS depending on what task you wanted to undertake. Before that, I was fixing it for every reboot (and every time Mom wanted to use LotusWorks 1.0).
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Thank you for playing Wing Commander!
I know everyone wants to complain about adventure games being dead, but recently I have been enjoying The Book of Unwritten Tales, an amusing point-and-click adventure in the traditional style. Incidentally, it had a Linux port before Valve ported Steam.
Cheers,
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Ha! Thanks for making my day.
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Why do you think they're bringing the wife? HOUSECLEANING
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/totally kidding, do not reply if you are humor-impaired.
Depends on where you work and how much training/experience you have. 15-18/hr is where you're apt to top out at, at least here in Austin, TX, where there is high demand for these sorts of jobs in retirement communities. Even low level construction jobs are paying 12/hr here, if you can get work.
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I can't speak for AISD, but Round Rock ISD has several academies at each high school. It's a program of study that the teen must choose. For a lot of kids, it's just college prep in a particular set of fields (graphic design, STEM, etc.), but they do have several academies that get you internships at actual jobs (low level health care, etc.).
It's a start.
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You're off by an order of magnitude but I appreciate the sentiment.
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Yep. +1 Internet for you.
What the professors haven't caught onto yet is that this situation is exactly what is keeping many of them employed. Once these kids are redirected to trade programs, universities will, of necessity, shrink. (Online degrees will contribute a little to the decline, as well, but vocational programs at the high school level are what will do them in).
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Reposting from another thread:
Bah, the problem is that more and more kids are going to college who would otherwise have had non-university careers. Kids are not smarter or dumber. It's just that more, in general, are attending college which dilutes the pool.
The trend will reverse as high schools narrow the university track and expand vocational options (already happening here in Austin, TX).
Many colleges will shut down as a result.
Many people say that online degrees (Coursera, Khan, etc.) will poach from the university. That's probably true to a certain extent, but I think the weightier blow is from high school vocational training (which I fully support). You don't need a university degree to wipe grandma's butt at $15/hr. And there will be a lot of Boomer butts to wipe.
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Bah, the problem is that more and more kids are going to college who would otherwise have had non-university careers. Kids are not smarter or dumber. It's just that more, in general, are attending college which dilutes the pool.
The trend will reverse as high schools narrow the university track and expand vocational options (already happening here in Austin, TX).
Many colleges will shut down as a result.
Many people say that online degrees (Coursera, Khan, etc.) will poach from the university. That's probably true to a certain extent, but I think the weightier blow is from high school vocational training (which I fully support). You don't need a university degree to wipe grandma's butt at $15/hr. And there will be a lot of Boomer butts to wipe.
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Is there some kind of joke where people just answer the same comment with the same response without reading the existing thread in its entirety?
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Yep. Appreciate the heads up.
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Alternative explanation: Hanlon's Razor.
See my other reply.
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Cool, thanks for the heads up. I haven't generally tracked it in awhile and saw the 100,000 quote mentioned and made an incorrect assumption.
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I don't know about "this car" since it's so dang expensive. However, *an* electric would be sweet!
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A $100,000 car is "mass market"?
They were originally targeting a $50k price tag with the S but rapidly gave up on that idea. Cool car though.
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