My brother has a CF bulb in his kitchen. The last time I visited him, I went to the kitchen in the middle of the night for something and turned on the light, and I noticed it seemed very dim. I attributed it to me just being very sleepy, but after a few minutes, it had warmed up to full brightness. Although that effect can be annoying most of the time, I have to say in that situation it was great because it let my eyes adjust gradually.:)
I close the lid, mostly to make sure my cat doesn't get in there. But I'm the only person I know that does it. I'm not sure why manufacturers even bother making seats with lids, come to think of it.
Example: a couple rail enthusiasts were arrested for taking pictures of a Chicago Metra train (or the L, I forget which) from the station platform. They were released and received an apology, and Metra clarified that pictures from the platforms are permissable, but it's still scary.
Trains magazine did an article on this issue a couple years back - definitely worth the read if you can find it.
If you're accusing me of astroturfing for Best Buy, let me say that no one pays me money or any other compensation for any comment I make on Slashdot or anywhere else on the internet. (Just because someone says something you disagree with doesn't mean they're astroturfing.)
My experience has been that I've have good luck with rebates, from Best Buy as well as plenty of other retailers, both online and off. I'm not a huge fan of Best Buy; as I mentioned I avoid buying computer parts there, and after the people in appliances totally ignored me when I wanted to buy a dishwasher, I go elsewhere for appliances, too. I did buy a PS2 controller there recently, though.
Where will I be if I start not getting rebates? I'll be fine. As I mentioned, I don't buy stuff based on the rebate price; I consider it a bonus.
It'd be interesting to see how many people really do get rebates. Naturally the people most vocal about it are the ones that haven't received them; but I wonder what percentage of people that apply for the rebates don't get them.
I'm not sure I buy that logic. Most people on Slashdot are probably IT or related, right? IT requires an attention to detail, so I find it hard to believe they wouldn't be filling those forms correctly. Maybe we've just been lucky... I view it as a small gamble, and I don't buy stuff based on the after-rebate price. I figure if I get the rebate, great, if I don't then I haven't lost much.
It's funny - I always hear these stories about people never getting their rebate, but I've probably done 50 of them over the last 8 years and have always received the rebate. Large or small amount, it doesn't matter who the vendor was, etc. I've always gotten them.
The one time I had a problem was a free computer game offer, but even that arrived eventually (it might've been 6 months, but I did eventually receive it, and when I called to check on it after waiting 6-8 weeks, they explained the delay and gave me a new expected ship date).
Personally I don't have a major problem with Best Buy. I generally don't go to them for computer hardware, though; I've got a Microcenter nearby for that.:)
A company that wants to do business in the US has to follow US laws. It makes total sense to me, actually. Same thing with Yahoo's troubles in France and Google's restrictions in China - businesses based in the US have to follow laws of the local jurisdictions they want to do business in.
I have a friend from college that I met through a mistakenly delivered email. She was trying to send to someone with the email address like "rjm987@someotherschool.edu", but she accidentally put a space between the "m" and the "9", so the system delived it to one of my class accounts with the username "rjm". We became good friends and still email each other now and then, a decade later.
No, Metro's SmarTrip cards are not tied to a credit card - you have to manually "reload" them at a machine, and you may (I'm not sure about this) be able to do it online, but it's not automatic.
So, the most risk you run is losing what's on your card now. And, in fact, I'm not sure the balance info is even stored on the card, since Metro claims they can transfer your balance to a new card if you lose yours (i.e., it must be stored in a server somewhere).
dhcpcd will gladly overwrite your configuration files unless you turn the option off. It took me a long time to find out why I kept getting bad configuration files for ntpd.
Am I the only one that thinks dhcpcd overwriting files by default is a bad thing? There are a couple others it'll zap too, if you aren't paying attention:
From the man page: -N - disables overwriting of ntp.conf -R - disables overwriting resolv.conf -Y - disables overwriting yp.conf
I think I have a couple of those laying around somewhere. This isn't really the same thing, though - as far as I know those were ROMs, whereas the USB drive can be changed. So, when you find a bug and it's fixed in a later version, it's easy to correct it without finding a new cartridge or something. Also your USB drive can store data.
I see the connection you're making but I don't agree it's the same thing. It's FAR better.
I had an ST238R fail years ago! Seagate is the suxxor!
Just kidding. I've had quite a few brands of hard drives and that Seagate is the only one that's failed for me (and I even own a Quantum Bigfoot!), but I wouldn't have a problem buying another Seagate or other brand.
I've discovered the way to keep a hard drive working is to back up regularly. Drives only fail when you don't have backups.
(For any readers that don't know what an ST238 drive is...it was a 32 megabyte drive produced by Seagate back when 32 megs was the DOS upper limit. The R stood for RLL encoding, and they were also available in MFM encoding I think. Oh what a mess we weave when we amiss interleave! Or something like that.)
Journalists don't hire or fire the guy, nor do we (the general public). That power is reserved for the board. The guy doesn't have to answer to me; he has to answer to his employer - the board of directors.
That's how. Why on earth would you think that he should explain it to the general public?
That turns off the GPS tracking. However the cell company can still figure out roughly where you are, because they know which tower your phone is talking to. It's less accurate, but still possible.
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I do have a hearing loss, you sensitive clod! :)
My brother has a CF bulb in his kitchen. The last time I visited him, I went to the kitchen in the middle of the night for something and turned on the light, and I noticed it seemed very dim. I attributed it to me just being very sleepy, but after a few minutes, it had warmed up to full brightness. Although that effect can be annoying most of the time, I have to say in that situation it was great because it let my eyes adjust gradually. :)
I close the lid, mostly to make sure my cat doesn't get in there. But I'm the only person I know that does it. I'm not sure why manufacturers even bother making seats with lids, come to think of it.
It worked for species 8472!
Example: a couple rail enthusiasts were arrested for taking pictures of a Chicago Metra train (or the L, I forget which) from the station platform. They were released and received an apology, and Metra clarified that pictures from the platforms are permissable, but it's still scary.
Trains magazine did an article on this issue a couple years back - definitely worth the read if you can find it.
We had to say "deucedly" because the Kaiser stole the word "decidedly"! :)
If you're accusing me of astroturfing for Best Buy, let me say that no one pays me money or any other compensation for any comment I make on Slashdot or anywhere else on the internet. (Just because someone says something you disagree with doesn't mean they're astroturfing.)
My experience has been that I've have good luck with rebates, from Best Buy as well as plenty of other retailers, both online and off. I'm not a huge fan of Best Buy; as I mentioned I avoid buying computer parts there, and after the people in appliances totally ignored me when I wanted to buy a dishwasher, I go elsewhere for appliances, too. I did buy a PS2 controller there recently, though.
Where will I be if I start not getting rebates? I'll be fine. As I mentioned, I don't buy stuff based on the rebate price; I consider it a bonus.
It'd be interesting to see how many people really do get rebates. Naturally the people most vocal about it are the ones that haven't received them; but I wonder what percentage of people that apply for the rebates don't get them.
I'm not sure I buy that logic. Most people on Slashdot are probably IT or related, right? IT requires an attention to detail, so I find it hard to believe they wouldn't be filling those forms correctly. Maybe we've just been lucky... I view it as a small gamble, and I don't buy stuff based on the after-rebate price. I figure if I get the rebate, great, if I don't then I haven't lost much.
It's funny - I always hear these stories about people never getting their rebate, but I've probably done 50 of them over the last 8 years and have always received the rebate. Large or small amount, it doesn't matter who the vendor was, etc. I've always gotten them.
:)
The one time I had a problem was a free computer game offer, but even that arrived eventually (it might've been 6 months, but I did eventually receive it, and when I called to check on it after waiting 6-8 weeks, they explained the delay and gave me a new expected ship date).
Personally I don't have a major problem with Best Buy. I generally don't go to them for computer hardware, though; I've got a Microcenter nearby for that.
A company that wants to do business in the US has to follow US laws. It makes total sense to me, actually. Same thing with Yahoo's troubles in France and Google's restrictions in China - businesses based in the US have to follow laws of the local jurisdictions they want to do business in.
I have a friend from college that I met through a mistakenly delivered email. She was trying to send to someone with the email address like "rjm987@someotherschool.edu", but she accidentally put a space between the "m" and the "9", so the system delived it to one of my class accounts with the username "rjm". We became good friends and still email each other now and then, a decade later.
So, it can be a great way to meet new people!
No, Metro's SmarTrip cards are not tied to a credit card - you have to manually "reload" them at a machine, and you may (I'm not sure about this) be able to do it online, but it's not automatic.
So, the most risk you run is losing what's on your card now. And, in fact, I'm not sure the balance info is even stored on the card, since Metro claims they can transfer your balance to a new card if you lose yours (i.e., it must be stored in a server somewhere).
Don't forget the auxiliary power sidecar... If you had too many sidecars for the primary power supply, you'd use this to power them, I guess.
I also had one that seems to be some kind of network adaptor, but I have no idea what it is...
dhcpcd will gladly overwrite your configuration files unless you turn the option off. It took me a long time to find out why I kept getting bad configuration files for ntpd.
Am I the only one that thinks dhcpcd overwriting files by default is a bad thing? There are a couple others it'll zap too, if you aren't paying attention:
From the man page:
-N - disables overwriting of ntp.conf
-R - disables overwriting resolv.conf
-Y - disables overwriting yp.conf
Please mod this guy up. Before Fedora, Red Hat was free too, but plenty of organizations PAID for it, and they didn't get this kind of bashing.
I think I have a couple of those laying around somewhere. This isn't really the same thing, though - as far as I know those were ROMs, whereas the USB drive can be changed. So, when you find a bug and it's fixed in a later version, it's easy to correct it without finding a new cartridge or something. Also your USB drive can store data.
I see the connection you're making but I don't agree it's the same thing. It's FAR better.
Shatner! How could anyone forget the Shatner interview?
I had an ST238R fail years ago! Seagate is the suxxor!
Just kidding. I've had quite a few brands of hard drives and that Seagate is the only one that's failed for me (and I even own a Quantum Bigfoot!), but I wouldn't have a problem buying another Seagate or other brand.
I've discovered the way to keep a hard drive working is to back up regularly. Drives only fail when you don't have backups.
(For any readers that don't know what an ST238 drive is...it was a 32 megabyte drive produced by Seagate back when 32 megs was the DOS upper limit. The R stood for RLL encoding, and they were also available in MFM encoding I think. Oh what a mess we weave when we amiss interleave! Or something like that.)
What makes you think they'd be more likely to check the posts than they would their own email?
Yes, but you're a robot, Short Circuit! :)
Journalists don't hire or fire the guy, nor do we (the general public). That power is reserved for the board. The guy doesn't have to answer to me; he has to answer to his employer - the board of directors.
That's how. Why on earth would you think that he should explain it to the general public?
How do you know he didn't? This could be, and likely is, a quote to a journalist, not to the board.
That turns off the GPS tracking. However the cell company can still figure out roughly where you are, because they know which tower your phone is talking to. It's less accurate, but still possible.
I miss lyrics.ch. I wish they'd made the entire database available for download - that site was probably the most complete site on the web by far.
Or why didn't they at least make copies of it for a thousand other uses?
They didn't want to get into the ethical issues behind cloning.