That wouldn't really work for a site like slashdot. I mean, you'd put the CD in and load the front page and all the stories would be dupli..... oh wait, nevermind.
This is a reason I hear a lot for people having cell phones.
Well, what did you and everyone else before you do before they had cell phones? If you car breaks down you can use someone's phone in their house or a phone in a business to call a wrecker. Most people drive in the city or suburbs so it's not like you are miles away from civilization.
If you get in an accident you can use the same strategy. You can also use someone else's cell phone (maybe even the person you hit) to call whoever.
I've found that a lot of the people that have cell phones also have decent cars that aren't going to break down. Usually when you car 'breaks down' it won't start. Usually when you stop you car it is at a place of business or a friends house. For the times when you car is slowly breaking down you can limp it into town or to someones house. There aren't many times when you are driving in the middle of the night, miles from civilization, when you car breaks down (unless it is a horror movie:)).
If your car does break down in the middle of nowhere the it will usually be at least an hour or two before a wrecker will get there.
I drove to from Michigan to Alaska then down to California and back (12,000 miles) without a cell phone. No one had a cell phone, the car did not break down. We were not worried if it did. BTW, the car was about 5-7 years old, were were considering taking my 89 VW Fox before we got the other car.
I have a similar desk. I found a large wood door in the trash that I rescued. It is about 9 feet long. Instead of bookcases I have a minifridge holding up one end and another smaller fridge and old computer as the other end.
It is the best desk I have ever had. I have room for my two monitors, ample space to do schoolwork, and still more space for stoarge or whatever. It's a bit weird cause I have nor shelves or drawers.
All of the good desk I have seen have been the do it yourself variety, usually done pretty cheap using second hand parts.
Store bought desk tend to be cheap and not sturdy. They are constructed from particle board and held together by pegs or some other crappy means. A _good_ store bought desk will cost you a lot. Try going to a used office supply store and see if they have any real old desk, those are always the best. If there are any colleges in your area go to their surplus stores/sales, you can always find an old desk or material to build one yourself.
Acutally, I don't think he ever said that, but it did produce some funny stuff....
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart,in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought "CarNT," but then you would have to buy more seats.
6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but it would only run on five percent of the roads.
7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "general protection fault" warning light.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt.
9. The airbag system would ask "are you sure?" before deploying.
10. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, you car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the antenna.
11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the cars performance to diminish by 50 percent or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Department.
12. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
13. You'd have to press the "start" button to turn the engine off.
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day. 2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car. 3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this. 4. Occasionally, executing maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart,in which case you would have to reinstall the engine. 5. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought "CarNT," but then you would have to buy more seats. 6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but it would only run on five percent of the roads. 7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "general protection fault" warning light. 8. New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt. 9. The airbag system would ask "are you sure?" before deploying. 10. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, you car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the antenna. 11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the cars performance to diminish by 50 percent or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Department. 12. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car. 13. You'd have to press the "start" button to turn the engine off.
internet access email cell phone constantly ringing laptop (unless for storing pictures)
Seriously, you don't need to be connected 24/7. Go a few days or weeks without checking your email. It is more gear you don't need. Depending on what kind of a vehicle you have and how many people are going all this stuff will take up to much room and mess the car up.
Earlier this year I drove from Ann Arbor, MI to Mexico with 3 friends. I survived and enjoyed not checking my email for a while. If you must I'm sure there are public libraries you can stop at and use their net access for a few minutes. Next week me and a friend are going on a roadtrip starting in Ann Arbor, MI, driving to Alaska, then down the west coast to Tiajuana and back to Ann Arbor. We have no plans for net access, the only use for a computer I could see would be to upload pics from a digital camera.
Do not drive on the highways, if you want to see America and see how other people live the highway won't help. All you generally see is other cars and a bunch of concrete. Occasionaly you sneak a peek of the country side but not that often. Drive on state highways, it may be slower but you'll enjoy it more. Also try and go to some non-touristy places.
I used to do cabling for a few years around Michigan. I mostly did faily large schools and businesses.
When you are pulling the wire, pull as much as possible. If youre going upstairs or something past two rooms taht need wire pull it for them. Get a bundle taped together and when you reach one roomcut one wire and continue to pull the rest.
Conduit is not necesary. The only thing we ever used conduit for was for fiber or if a Cat5 would be exposed somewhere. We never used it anywhere that had a drop celing, there are special things you can get to hang the wire on.
When you pull put some pull string in there. If you ever wanna add some more you simply have to tape a cable to the end of the string, go upstairs and pull.
Always pull more cable than you will need. Even put one in the bathroom. Who hasnt wanted to surf the net while on the john:)?
Slashdot Mirror
That wouldn't really work for a site like slashdot. I mean, you'd put the CD in and load the front page and all the stories would be dupli..... oh wait, nevermind.
Well, what did you and everyone else before you do before they had cell phones? If you car breaks down you can use someone's phone in their house or a phone in a business to call a wrecker. Most people drive in the city or suburbs so it's not like you are miles away from civilization.
If you get in an accident you can use the same strategy. You can also use someone else's cell phone (maybe even the person you hit) to call whoever.
I've found that a lot of the people that have cell phones also have decent cars that aren't going to break down. Usually when you car 'breaks down' it won't start. Usually when you stop you car it is at a place of business or a friends house. For the times when you car is slowly breaking down you can limp it into town or to someones house. There aren't many times when you are driving in the middle of the night, miles from civilization, when you car breaks down (unless it is a horror movie
If your car does break down in the middle of nowhere the it will usually be at least an hour or two before a wrecker will get there.
I drove to from Michigan to Alaska then down to California and back (12,000 miles) without a cell phone. No one had a cell phone, the car did not break down. We were not worried if it did. BTW, the car was about 5-7 years old, were were considering taking my 89 VW Fox before we got the other car.
It is the best desk I have ever had. I have room for my two monitors, ample space to do schoolwork, and still more space for stoarge or whatever. It's a bit weird cause I have nor shelves or drawers.
All of the good desk I have seen have been the do it yourself variety, usually done pretty cheap using second hand parts.
Store bought desk tend to be cheap and not sturdy. They are constructed from particle board and held together by pegs or some other crappy means. A _good_ store bought desk will cost you a lot. Try going to a used office supply store and see if they have any real old desk, those are always the best. If there are any colleges in your area go to their surplus stores/sales, you can always find an old desk or material to build one yourself.
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart,in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought "CarNT," but then you would have to buy more seats.
6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but it would only run on five percent of the roads.
7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "general protection fault" warning light.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt.
9. The airbag system would ask "are you sure?" before deploying.
10. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, you car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the antenna.
11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the cars performance to diminish by 50 percent or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Department.
12. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
13. You'd have to press the "start" button to turn the engine off.
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart,in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought "CarNT," but then you would have to buy more seats.
6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but it would only run on five percent of the roads.
7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "general protection fault" warning light.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt.
9. The airbag system would ask "are you sure?" before deploying.
10. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, you car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the antenna.
11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the cars performance to diminish by 50 percent or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Department.
12. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
13. You'd have to press the "start" button to turn the engine off.
internet access
email
cell phone constantly ringing
laptop (unless for storing pictures)
Seriously, you don't need to be connected 24/7. Go a few days or weeks without checking your email. It is more gear you don't need. Depending on what kind of a vehicle you have and how many people are going all this stuff will take up to much room and mess the car up.
Earlier this year I drove from Ann Arbor, MI to Mexico with 3 friends. I survived and enjoyed not checking my email for a while. If you must I'm sure there are public libraries you can stop at and use their net access for a few minutes. Next week me and a friend are going on a roadtrip starting in Ann Arbor, MI, driving to Alaska, then down the west coast to Tiajuana and back to Ann Arbor. We have no plans for net access, the only use for a computer I could see would be to upload pics from a digital camera.
Do not drive on the highways, if you want to see America and see how other people live the highway won't help. All you generally see is other cars and a bunch of concrete. Occasionaly you sneak a peek of the country side but not that often. Drive on state highways, it may be slower but you'll enjoy it more. Also try and go to some non-touristy places.
you sure about that one?
I used to do cabling for a few years around Michigan. I mostly did faily large schools and businesses.
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When you are pulling the wire, pull as much as possible. If youre going upstairs or something past two rooms taht need wire pull it for them. Get a bundle taped together and when you reach one roomcut one wire and continue to pull the rest.
Conduit is not necesary. The only thing we ever used conduit for was for fiber or if a Cat5 would be exposed somewhere. We never used it anywhere that had a drop celing, there are special things you can get to hang the wire on.
When you pull put some pull string in there. If you ever wanna add some more you simply have to tape a cable to the end of the string, go upstairs and pull.
Always pull more cable than you will need. Even put one in the bathroom. Who hasnt wanted to surf the net while on the john