I have an RV and drive for vacations. Gas prices are ugly, yes, but there are no security lines. A friend of mine with a travel trailer has spent the last two weeks or so tooling around the east coast, going to different campgrounds, seeing local sites, then going elsewhere after a couple days. No itinerary beyond "I need to be back home by _____." It's true freedom.
Check out the fate of the aircraft carrier USS Orisanky. New York has been dropping subway cars this way for a long time: here are some pictures of Redbird cars being sunk this way several years ago (site requires Javascript so they can show you annoying sliding ads on both sides).
If you cause an accident and put someone in the hospital, why shouldn't you be responsible for at least paying for their hospital expenses, lost wages, repairs to their car, their rental car, etc? You're the one that caused it. The problem is most people don't have enough cash laying around to pay for the kinds of hospital stays auto accidents sometimes require, and even if you did, most people won't pay voluntarily, requiring the victim to sue the person that caused the accident, which can take years.
This is what liability coverage is for. It's to (a) protect you from being sued into the poorhouse, and (b) to protect the victim of your recklessness from being put in the poorhouse. That's why it's required if you want to drive a car.
Gotta admit, this is harder to migrate from once all your data is locked up in those binary PST files. My workplace is soon switching from Domino/Lotus Notes to Exchange/Outlook.
I'm a government employee. My options are either (1) listening to MP3s and being slower or (2) being completely ineffective because I have to listen to my hyper coworker who has no inside voice screaming all day. She loudly, and randomly, says things like, "I'm not getting any work done guys!" to no one.
I see "correlated" in the title of the story, plus I see the word "could" in the summary. I do not see anywhere that the summary or title says that there is definite causation. Perhaps that's why the GP was modded Troll.
My neighborhood has had FIOS available for perhaps a year now. I still have DSL through Verizon.
I rarely have problems with the connection. I think one time in the past few months I noticed it was down, and that was only a couple hours. So I agree with you - he should call Verizon and have them check the line. (I also had a similar situation when I moved in - my phone line had so much static it was unusable. I called them - via cellphone - they sent a tech out who patched it right up, and it has been perfect since. I had checked the line at the interface box and found that it was on their end, not in my house wiring.)
I have DSL still because it's cheaper - for $17.99/month, it's a tough deal to beat. Yeah it's slow, but 95% of the time I don't even notice. I did have Comcast cable modem service when I first moved in, but I switched to DSL to save money shortly thereafter - I figured owning my own home and not slipping into credit card debt was better than ultra-fast internet service. My financial situation is better now, but I hate to increase my expenses again any more than absolutely necessary.
I don't have the page handy, but that's the fix - change last part of the DNS entries to what he said. I did mine months ago and actually forgot until I read that post. I think you have to be on Verizon's network to see the page with the info.
And where did I say they were incompetent? All I was commenting on was that I couldn't see the price without having Javascript enabled so they could scan my computer for Office. That's pretty competent from a programming perspective, but it's pretty stupid.
"Out of my way to disable javascript" - you're right, I should be using IE where every script is run willy-nilly without any input by me! Then the world will be wonderful. (That's sarcasm, in case you miss that point, too.)
I wasn't commenting on the "extra click," I was commenting on the fact that they feel the need to check what software I have installed before showing me the page.
And, no, the page doesn't actually show me the information I wanted (the price). It's not working for me at the moment, but it complains that I don't have Office installed (I did on the computer where I was trying that link on) and says I can't purchase Project until I purchase Office. No price listed.
What's with the MS Project link?
One Moment Please...
To help optimize how your Web pages are displayed, we are checking to see if a 2007 Microsoft Office program is installed.
If this page does not automatically redirect, you have scripts disabled. See more information on scripts.
Follow this link if the page is not redirected. So they need to check whether I have Office installed just so I can see the MS Project page? Interesting... (Win XP Pro + Firefox + NoScript, with JavaScript turned off for microsoft.com, produced the above page.)
For me, I would much rather die in a freak skating accident than, say, sitting at my desk at work typing out my next memo. That way I won't have wasted the last few minutes of my life.
3rd world Grandmas are probably using digital networks. The odd thing is that a lot of 3rd world countries that didn't have phone service at all got digital wireless phone service because it's relatively cheap to build out, while the US (for example) was slower to adopt wireless service because we had landlines.
But analog phones - ugh. I remember the three hours of standby battery life, and 30 minutes of talk time, or having a phone the size of a brick. My first two cell phones were dual-mode or tri-mode; they'd work on analog networks as well as digital, and I remember that if it had to use the analog network, the battery life would drop from a day or two to hours.
A fully loaded passenger train with 15 cars crashed into Washington, DC's Union Station years ago after the brakes on most of the cars failed. No one was killed, and the locomotive was actually later put back into service (and is now rotting at a museum, unfortunately). It's a pretty amazing story.
Basically, the tower realized what was happening and called the station to have them clear the concourse.
I bought the external battery pack (filled with 4xC NiCad) and the carrying case that looked like a gigantic Gameboy. I have that same case! Several people asked me if I could actually play a game on it.
I'm pretty sure mine Gameboy still works, but I haven't fired it up in ages. It worked last time I tried it.
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I have an RV and drive for vacations. Gas prices are ugly, yes, but there are no security lines. A friend of mine with a travel trailer has spent the last two weeks or so tooling around the east coast, going to different campgrounds, seeing local sites, then going elsewhere after a couple days. No itinerary beyond "I need to be back home by _____." It's true freedom.
Can't you just be happy that they used "literally" correctly?
Check out the fate of the aircraft carrier USS Orisanky. New York has been dropping subway cars this way for a long time: here are some pictures of Redbird cars being sunk this way several years ago (site requires Javascript so they can show you annoying sliding ads on both sides).
I've been using Pairnic for several years and haven't had a single problem. When I see stories like this I'm glad I'm with them.
That is my absolute favorite album. I'm surprised by how many other people recognized the lyrics. :)
If you cause an accident and put someone in the hospital, why shouldn't you be responsible for at least paying for their hospital expenses, lost wages, repairs to their car, their rental car, etc? You're the one that caused it. The problem is most people don't have enough cash laying around to pay for the kinds of hospital stays auto accidents sometimes require, and even if you did, most people won't pay voluntarily, requiring the victim to sue the person that caused the accident, which can take years.
This is what liability coverage is for. It's to (a) protect you from being sued into the poorhouse, and (b) to protect the victim of your recklessness from being put in the poorhouse. That's why it's required if you want to drive a car.
You are not alone! I loved BBS too.
And the Simpsons movie. That's the only movie I've gone to see in the theaters more than one time.
Sounds great, but guess who she's going to ask to find the sound? Still thanks for the idea. :)
I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.
I'm a government employee. My options are either (1) listening to MP3s and being slower or (2) being completely ineffective because I have to listen to my hyper coworker who has no inside voice screaming all day. She loudly, and randomly, says things like, "I'm not getting any work done guys!" to no one.
I see "correlated" in the title of the story, plus I see the word "could" in the summary. I do not see anywhere that the summary or title says that there is definite causation. Perhaps that's why the GP was modded Troll.
My neighborhood has had FIOS available for perhaps a year now. I still have DSL through Verizon.
I rarely have problems with the connection. I think one time in the past few months I noticed it was down, and that was only a couple hours. So I agree with you - he should call Verizon and have them check the line. (I also had a similar situation when I moved in - my phone line had so much static it was unusable. I called them - via cellphone - they sent a tech out who patched it right up, and it has been perfect since. I had checked the line at the interface box and found that it was on their end, not in my house wiring.)
I have DSL still because it's cheaper - for $17.99/month, it's a tough deal to beat. Yeah it's slow, but 95% of the time I don't even notice. I did have Comcast cable modem service when I first moved in, but I switched to DSL to save money shortly thereafter - I figured owning my own home and not slipping into credit card debt was better than ultra-fast internet service. My financial situation is better now, but I hate to increase my expenses again any more than absolutely necessary.
I don't have the page handy, but that's the fix - change last part of the DNS entries to what he said. I did mine months ago and actually forgot until I read that post. I think you have to be on Verizon's network to see the page with the info.
Scan barcodes! Have fun!
Yeah. It's interesting for about 20 minutes.
And where did I say they were incompetent? All I was commenting on was that I couldn't see the price without having Javascript enabled so they could scan my computer for Office. That's pretty competent from a programming perspective, but it's pretty stupid.
"Out of my way to disable javascript" - you're right, I should be using IE where every script is run willy-nilly without any input by me! Then the world will be wonderful. (That's sarcasm, in case you miss that point, too.)
I wasn't commenting on the "extra click," I was commenting on the fact that they feel the need to check what software I have installed before showing me the page.
And, no, the page doesn't actually show me the information I wanted (the price). It's not working for me at the moment, but it complains that I don't have Office installed (I did on the computer where I was trying that link on) and says I can't purchase Project until I purchase Office. No price listed.
To help optimize how your Web pages are displayed, we are checking to see if a 2007 Microsoft Office program is installed.
If this page does not automatically redirect, you have scripts disabled. See more information on scripts.
Follow this link if the page is not redirected. So they need to check whether I have Office installed just so I can see the MS Project page? Interesting... (Win XP Pro + Firefox + NoScript, with JavaScript turned off for microsoft.com, produced the above page.)
How is it a fantasy to want to die doing what I love? That's not a fantasy, that's a desire.
Sounds like it's simply a loophole in the law that no one thought of before.
For me, I would much rather die in a freak skating accident than, say, sitting at my desk at work typing out my next memo. That way I won't have wasted the last few minutes of my life.
Get it?
3rd world Grandmas are probably using digital networks. The odd thing is that a lot of 3rd world countries that didn't have phone service at all got digital wireless phone service because it's relatively cheap to build out, while the US (for example) was slower to adopt wireless service because we had landlines.
But analog phones - ugh. I remember the three hours of standby battery life, and 30 minutes of talk time, or having a phone the size of a brick. My first two cell phones were dual-mode or tri-mode; they'd work on analog networks as well as digital, and I remember that if it had to use the analog network, the battery life would drop from a day or two to hours.
There was an engineer killed just a day or two ago trying that.
A fully loaded passenger train with 15 cars crashed into Washington, DC's Union Station years ago after the brakes on most of the cars failed. No one was killed, and the locomotive was actually later put back into service (and is now rotting at a museum, unfortunately). It's a pretty amazing story.
Basically, the tower realized what was happening and called the station to have them clear the concourse.
Frink: Pi is exactly 3! ... Sorry it had to come to that.
I'm pretty sure mine Gameboy still works, but I haven't fired it up in ages. It worked last time I tried it.