Why? If they own SCO stock (NYSE: SCOX) and they lose money then it's their own damned fault. Don't feel sorry for people being stupid. You could make a full time job out of that nowadays. Stupid people only end up costing the rest of us in the end. If they want to make a quick buck on a pump and dump scam that's been widely debunked in investing circles then so be it. It's not our problem and we shouldn't have an sympathy for them. They're stupid.
I'm wondering if the pod & arm design of the previous iMac would be more stable physically than this new one which balances on a small foot. Frankly I don't see how this one could ever possibly be used in a classroom or lab. Yeah, I know, eMac. Eds buy whatever suits them and their budget. If the iMac is more appealing or more cost-effective than the dated eMac then they'll buy the iMac. They may find themselves tapping a hole in that nice aluminum foot and bolting the sucker to the desk though. That's my only real concern. Other than that I think it's another winner.
No joking. Buy renter's insurance for your dorm room. It is available. Also your folks' home owner's policy might cover your dorm room contents as well. If nothing else get replacement insurance for your expensive items (CPU, monitor, digital camera, etc).
Document everything you own and KEEP THE RECEIPTS! Document the expensive contents of your dorm room. Note serial numbers of everything. If something does get stolen the cops will need the serial numbers. That is they will need it if you ever hope to get it back, ever. Most of the more reputible pawn shops will call the local PD to see if an expensive item that's been brough to them to pawn is on the cops' hot sheet. Without your S/Ns and descriptions the only way you'll ever get your items back is dumb luck, pure and simple. Have a copy added to your dorm's Housing and Dining file (with the contract and whatnot). Photos might be useful too.
Keep your doors locked. I know it sounds silly but keep them locked. Even if you're just running down to the crapper for 5^h10^H^H15 minutes. Make sure your roommate understands your concerns and locks the doors when he leaves too.
Make friends. Make friends with the folks on your dorm floor. This will be your best defense against theft in your dorm room (except for the 20,000-volt electric fence around your desk). You might not be the type to make friends easily but try. Your friends will keep an eye out for each other. Way back when I was in the dorm my friends looked out for my stuff like I did for their's. We always took note of new people walking down the hall (especially if they were hot chicks...:-) ). Friends are your best defense against theft.
Don't take an expensive computer to the dorms unless you have a room to yourself. Keep it simple. Wait until you move off campus to build a billy-badass computer. You could also put your kick ass computer in a piece of shit looking case. Use duct tape and primer on it. Make it look like a complete piece of shit. The goal is to make people think it's not worth stealing and pawning. Hell get yourself and old circa-mid-80s IBM case and retrofit it to hold your new dual Xeon mobo. Call it physical security through obscrutiny. It might work. *might*
You might not be able to keep someone from stealing your computer but you can always catch them in the act. Get yourself an ultra-slim and silent computer anda digital camera. Hide both units and aim the camera(s) at the door and computer. You just might catch a face. It's always possible.
Sure it does. I've seen that very thing done many times. We raffle off a donated cooler or other such container which just happens to have something that they manufacturer claim couldn't be resold. We weren't selling them. We sold the cooler. The contents just happened to be included.
I did this once with some Sorenson software. I think they called the base the reflector or something like that. This was pre-X, maybe OS9 days or earlier. It worked well though. I want to do this very thing too. Not all of my college football team games are broadcast in my folks' rural area. They are however broadcast in the town I live in. Both of us have DSL so I'm thinking about streaming it to them from here.
The MP3 idea will probably never happen. I could see that group that represents the industry (not the RIAA, but another) sue manufacturers and authors claiming that playing the sound in public constitutes an unlicensed public performance. This is similar to the crap this group did to force places like Pizza Hut to pay licensing fees to allow them to play music over the dining area speakers (excluding the jukebox). They also pulled this stunt on companies using on-hold music. I forget their name. ASPCA sounds familiar but I know that's not right. LOL.
I dropped a tuba (don't laugh!) on my Nokia 6120 many years ago. The LCD broke into many pieces. Fortunately I paid $2.95/month for the HW replacement on the phone. Well worth it. Another after that bit the dust. Then I was water new grass one day at a landscaping job I had; the phone got slightly wet (I mean very little water touched the damned thing). The phone went bonker immediately. Apparently I got a small amount of water on the data/headset connectors on the bottom of the phone. It was absolutely convinced that there was a headset attached to it and wouldn't use the builtin speaker or mic. Damned thing. They replaced it again with a 6120i (International). I still have it. I wrecked my motorcyle with that Nokia on my hip a year or so ago and it survived. Rugged little bastard. I'm switching carriers tomorrow though. Bye bye little buddy...
][E baby... Dual 5 1/4s, 80-column text card, the original color imagewriter, 300 baud Apple modem, and even an Apple mouse! After all this time the thing I'm the most impressed with is the monitor. I forget the model but it was the first I ever saw with a tilt screen. Let me word that differently. Tilt CRT. Literally. Push a button and the freakin' tube rotated in the chassis! That thing was awesome.
at my last job. I bought it. It was an actual Lava(R) branded one. Nice. It had purple liquid and white goo. Back on topic, I found it to be very relaxing. I had it turn itself on about 30 minutes before I got to work and off when it was time to go home (longer than you're supposed to run one but only by a few hours). A colleague bought himself one of those rock water fountains for his desk. It was also pleasant. He had a cozy sofa, electric guitar and x-mas lights in his office too. The flourescent lights gave him bad headaches so he strung clear x-mas lights across the ceiling to light his office.
I believe these comfort items are an important part of any office. You should feel comfortable in your surroundings. The office area itself should be decorated to please one's eyes. Forget the plain white wall crap. Go with something more colorful. Hang some pictures. Buy lots of cozy office furniture. Create conversation and thinking areas around the building where people can meet and brainstorm in the hallways. Put a whiteboard on every wall. There's all sorts of things you can do to make the environment more inviting. These are just a few of them.
Good point. That could very well happen. Then again it would also be very traceable which wouldn't help those poor starving college girls paying their way through school (LOL).
What's the name of the service that lets people check out profiles of people near them via their cell phone and IM them to meet them somewhere? I heard about that on TV I think. This good-looking woman looked at profiles of singles in her immediate area, found one she wanted to meet, and IMed him to meet her at some street-side cafe or something like that. Is that an actual service now or just something some marketing guy thinks will happen someday? It could be cool. Then again you could be IMing the next David Berkowitz to meet you.
They just zoomed in on the NBC announcers' table. The jackass's name is Al Trautwig. That's the guy that keeps making stupid remarks, I think. That sounds like the voice I've been hearing.
Yes, it is disgusting. I almost long for the days when the Olympic commentator was dry, almost lethargic. Let the retired Olympic pros be the entertaining and lively folks. They are the ones most likely to get excited by a steller performance of an event they used to compete in anyhow. The commentator should stick to the dry facts IMHO.
I think NBC is trying to attract the American populous that doesn't normally watch the Olympics by using the everyday sports announcers that they're familiar with. I'm surprised they don't have John Madden (a nice guy by all respects) commentating on the Men's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition, pointing out mistakes and predicting plays with his whiteboard like he does football games. It really is sad to see such an event brought to these all-time unprofessional lows.
The worst thing about this year's US coverage of the Olympics (besides not showing everything and the advertising snafus) is the announcers, specifically a select few. I am so sick of listening to these NBC's everyday sports announcers trying to describe how so and so just did on the vault or how so and so's dive wasn't quite right. There is one buy on right now that is the worst. I don't know his name. I think he announces for football though (and does an appropriate job there I imagine). About every 60-90 seconds he says something stupid. I mean he open his mouth and the jaws of the professionals with him drop or grind. I'm sure the retired Olympians that are providing professional commentary wish they'd never agreed to be on NBC's broadcast this year. I can just see the pair (usually there are two pros and the sports announcer on at once) starring at each other with open mouths after hearing yet another stupid or insulting thing the sports announcer says. During the opening ceremony all the male announcer could do is insult the women and attire of the non-US countries. He insulted a team wearing scarfs, a team wearing yellow, the Saudi Arabia women for not being part of the Saudi team. It was disgusting. That's the worst part of the US coverage this year. Second to that is the unprofessional demeanor of the producers, cameramen, and commentators (the sports announcers, not the retired Olympians) towards the current Olympians that just made a big mistake, was pushed out of the medal race, or otherwise had a reason to be distraut. There was a female diver that left the pool area after realizing she was just bumped from the medal race in her event. She went into an area that was hidden from the on-lookers and camera folks (where neither should have been) and started crying. The jackass cameraman followed her and the jackass producer kept the feed on that camera angle. Assholes. Then there was the Russian gymnist that was beat out of the medal race by Carley Patterson who was brought to tears after realizing she was bumped out. Today during the vault competition the same jackass male sports announcer I mentioned above mentioned the poor Russian brought to tears at least half a dozen times. I swear if I could get any other feed of the Olympics, even if it was in a foreign language, I'd watch it over NBC's humiliating coverage.
My folks bought a Durango in Oklahoma last December. Why buy in OK when they live in KS? Well it's simple. The dealer they bought from sells at invoice, has an excellent service dept (compared to the so-so ones around here), and the sales people aren't pushy. They really do sell at invoice. They make their $$ in volume, not the individual sale. Dodge sends them a check every quarter for selling X units of their product. Simple. Anyhow, back on topic. The Durango had a couple rebates on it. One was a Farm Bureau rebate for being a member ($500). The other was a $4500 rebate for the time of year it was, direct from Chrysler. When they got back to KS to pay all the KS fees to tag the vehicle the clerk's office assessed tax on the purchase price PLUS rebates. They had to pay tax on a freaking coupon! What a crock that is. I don't see how they can possibly tax a sale made in another state, period. Now if they want to assess a road tax then I can surely understand that. You're paying for the privilege of using the road. The road tax should apply to everyone regardless or where they bought their vehicle (KS or OK). You are paying for the use of the road after all. Although that's what you tag fees are for... I don't understand how they can assess a sales tax on a sale that happened out of their state. That's bullshit IMHO. Frankly I'd like someone to test it in court. My logical gut says they'd eventually win but then again knowing how the courts work... it's hard to say. Still I think the tax is BS. Frankly I'd call it extortion. You class of people, give us money we don't deserve and have no right to and we'll allow you to pay us more money for a tag for your vehicle. Don't pay and you can't tag your new ride. Muh ha haa haaaa. Extortion.
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Why? If they own SCO stock (NYSE: SCOX) and they lose money then it's their own damned fault. Don't feel sorry for people being stupid. You could make a full time job out of that nowadays. Stupid people only end up costing the rest of us in the end. If they want to make a quick buck on a pump and dump scam that's been widely debunked in investing circles then so be it. It's not our problem and we shouldn't have an sympathy for them. They're stupid.
I'm wondering if the pod & arm design of the previous iMac would be more stable physically than this new one which balances on a small foot. Frankly I don't see how this one could ever possibly be used in a classroom or lab. Yeah, I know, eMac. Eds buy whatever suits them and their budget. If the iMac is more appealing or more cost-effective than the dated eMac then they'll buy the iMac. They may find themselves tapping a hole in that nice aluminum foot and bolting the sucker to the desk though. That's my only real concern. Other than that I think it's another winner.
Document everything you own and KEEP THE RECEIPTS! Document the expensive contents of your dorm room. Note serial numbers of everything. If something does get stolen the cops will need the serial numbers. That is they will need it if you ever hope to get it back, ever. Most of the more reputible pawn shops will call the local PD to see if an expensive item that's been brough to them to pawn is on the cops' hot sheet. Without your S/Ns and descriptions the only way you'll ever get your items back is dumb luck, pure and simple. Have a copy added to your dorm's Housing and Dining file (with the contract and whatnot). Photos might be useful too.
Keep your doors locked. I know it sounds silly but keep them locked. Even if you're just running down to the crapper for 5^h10^H^H15 minutes. Make sure your roommate understands your concerns and locks the doors when he leaves too.
Make friends. Make friends with the folks on your dorm floor. This will be your best defense against theft in your dorm room (except for the 20,000-volt electric fence around your desk). You might not be the type to make friends easily but try. Your friends will keep an eye out for each other. Way back when I was in the dorm my friends looked out for my stuff like I did for their's. We always took note of new people walking down the hall (especially if they were hot chicks... :-) ). Friends are your best defense against theft.
Don't take an expensive computer to the dorms unless you have a room to yourself. Keep it simple. Wait until you move off campus to build a billy-badass computer. You could also put your kick ass computer in a piece of shit looking case. Use duct tape and primer on it. Make it look like a complete piece of shit. The goal is to make people think it's not worth stealing and pawning. Hell get yourself and old circa-mid-80s IBM case and retrofit it to hold your new dual Xeon mobo. Call it physical security through obscrutiny. It might work. *might*
You might not be able to keep someone from stealing your computer but you can always catch them in the act. Get yourself an ultra-slim and silent computer anda digital camera. Hide both units and aim the camera(s) at the door and computer. You just might catch a face. It's always possible.
It's a good idea. Don't let the trolls rain on the idea's parade.
FYI, gettext is GPLv2 only. The library it appears he's linking it, however, is LGPL.
That's it. I knew I was close. Thanks!
Sure it does. I've seen that very thing done many times. We raffle off a donated cooler or other such container which just happens to have something that they manufacturer claim couldn't be resold. We weren't selling them. We sold the cooler. The contents just happened to be included.
I did this once with some Sorenson software. I think they called the base the reflector or something like that. This was pre-X, maybe OS9 days or earlier. It worked well though. I want to do this very thing too. Not all of my college football team games are broadcast in my folks' rural area. They are however broadcast in the town I live in. Both of us have DSL so I'm thinking about streaming it to them from here.
The MP3 idea will probably never happen. I could see that group that represents the industry (not the RIAA, but another) sue manufacturers and authors claiming that playing the sound in public constitutes an unlicensed public performance. This is similar to the crap this group did to force places like Pizza Hut to pay licensing fees to allow them to play music over the dining area speakers (excluding the jukebox). They also pulled this stunt on companies using on-hold music. I forget their name. ASPCA sounds familiar but I know that's not right. LOL.
I dropped a tuba (don't laugh!) on my Nokia 6120 many years ago. The LCD broke into many pieces. Fortunately I paid $2.95/month for the HW replacement on the phone. Well worth it. Another after that bit the dust. Then I was water new grass one day at a landscaping job I had; the phone got slightly wet (I mean very little water touched the damned thing). The phone went bonker immediately. Apparently I got a small amount of water on the data/headset connectors on the bottom of the phone. It was absolutely convinced that there was a headset attached to it and wouldn't use the builtin speaker or mic. Damned thing. They replaced it again with a 6120i (International). I still have it. I wrecked my motorcyle with that Nokia on my hip a year or so ago and it survived. Rugged little bastard. I'm switching carriers tomorrow though. Bye bye little buddy...
][E baby... Dual 5 1/4s, 80-column text card, the original color imagewriter, 300 baud Apple modem, and even an Apple mouse! After all this time the thing I'm the most impressed with is the monitor. I forget the model but it was the first I ever saw with a tilt screen. Let me word that differently. Tilt CRT. Literally. Push a button and the freakin' tube rotated in the chassis! That thing was awesome.
I believe these comfort items are an important part of any office. You should feel comfortable in your surroundings. The office area itself should be decorated to please one's eyes. Forget the plain white wall crap. Go with something more colorful. Hang some pictures. Buy lots of cozy office furniture. Create conversation and thinking areas around the building where people can meet and brainstorm in the hallways. Put a whiteboard on every wall. There's all sorts of things you can do to make the environment more inviting. These are just a few of them.
Good point. That could very well happen. Then again it would also be very traceable which wouldn't help those poor starving college girls paying their way through school (LOL).
Perhaps proof of gain of some sort. Proof that the accused received monetary gain of some sort would probably be enough.
I love the sig. *adding to collection* Thanks!
What's the name of the service that lets people check out profiles of people near them via their cell phone and IM them to meet them somewhere? I heard about that on TV I think. This good-looking woman looked at profiles of singles in her immediate area, found one she wanted to meet, and IMed him to meet her at some street-side cafe or something like that. Is that an actual service now or just something some marketing guy thinks will happen someday? It could be cool. Then again you could be IMing the next David Berkowitz to meet you.
Who cares about getting their name in the credits. I want my name on the IPO. :-)
Enter anti-trust/monopoly litigators stage left...
They just zoomed in on the NBC announcers' table. The jackass's name is Al Trautwig. That's the guy that keeps making stupid remarks, I think. That sounds like the voice I've been hearing.
LOL. That's perfect!
I think NBC is trying to attract the American populous that doesn't normally watch the Olympics by using the everyday sports announcers that they're familiar with. I'm surprised they don't have John Madden (a nice guy by all respects) commentating on the Men's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition, pointing out mistakes and predicting plays with his whiteboard like he does football games. It really is sad to see such an event brought to these all-time unprofessional lows.
The worst thing about this year's US coverage of the Olympics (besides not showing everything and the advertising snafus) is the announcers, specifically a select few. I am so sick of listening to these NBC's everyday sports announcers trying to describe how so and so just did on the vault or how so and so's dive wasn't quite right. There is one buy on right now that is the worst. I don't know his name. I think he announces for football though (and does an appropriate job there I imagine). About every 60-90 seconds he says something stupid. I mean he open his mouth and the jaws of the professionals with him drop or grind. I'm sure the retired Olympians that are providing professional commentary wish they'd never agreed to be on NBC's broadcast this year. I can just see the pair (usually there are two pros and the sports announcer on at once) starring at each other with open mouths after hearing yet another stupid or insulting thing the sports announcer says. During the opening ceremony all the male announcer could do is insult the women and attire of the non-US countries. He insulted a team wearing scarfs, a team wearing yellow, the Saudi Arabia women for not being part of the Saudi team. It was disgusting. That's the worst part of the US coverage this year. Second to that is the unprofessional demeanor of the producers, cameramen, and commentators (the sports announcers, not the retired Olympians) towards the current Olympians that just made a big mistake, was pushed out of the medal race, or otherwise had a reason to be distraut. There was a female diver that left the pool area after realizing she was just bumped from the medal race in her event. She went into an area that was hidden from the on-lookers and camera folks (where neither should have been) and started crying. The jackass cameraman followed her and the jackass producer kept the feed on that camera angle. Assholes. Then there was the Russian gymnist that was beat out of the medal race by Carley Patterson who was brought to tears after realizing she was bumped out. Today during the vault competition the same jackass male sports announcer I mentioned above mentioned the poor Russian brought to tears at least half a dozen times. I swear if I could get any other feed of the Olympics, even if it was in a foreign language, I'd watch it over NBC's humiliating coverage.
My folks bought a Durango in Oklahoma last December. Why buy in OK when they live in KS? Well it's simple. The dealer they bought from sells at invoice, has an excellent service dept (compared to the so-so ones around here), and the sales people aren't pushy. They really do sell at invoice. They make their $$ in volume, not the individual sale. Dodge sends them a check every quarter for selling X units of their product. Simple. Anyhow, back on topic. The Durango had a couple rebates on it. One was a Farm Bureau rebate for being a member ($500). The other was a $4500 rebate for the time of year it was, direct from Chrysler. When they got back to KS to pay all the KS fees to tag the vehicle the clerk's office assessed tax on the purchase price PLUS rebates. They had to pay tax on a freaking coupon! What a crock that is. I don't see how they can possibly tax a sale made in another state, period. Now if they want to assess a road tax then I can surely understand that. You're paying for the privilege of using the road. The road tax should apply to everyone regardless or where they bought their vehicle (KS or OK). You are paying for the use of the road after all. Although that's what you tag fees are for... I don't understand how they can assess a sales tax on a sale that happened out of their state. That's bullshit IMHO. Frankly I'd like someone to test it in court. My logical gut says they'd eventually win but then again knowing how the courts work... it's hard to say. Still I think the tax is BS. Frankly I'd call it extortion. You class of people, give us money we don't deserve and have no right to and we'll allow you to pay us more money for a tag for your vehicle. Don't pay and you can't tag your new ride. Muh ha haa haaaa. Extortion.
Are you sure about that? ;-)