Not to mention buying hydroponic supplies. Doesn't matter that you're growing tomatoes. When they bust your door down and trash your house, confiscate your belongings and refuse to give them back, then issue a half-assed apology, I guarantee you'll think twice before trying to grow your own food again.
Mom: "No, no. I think he's trying to watch some illegal channels!" Son: "Illegal - illegal channels?" Dad: "This is just bad reception, honey." TV: "Ohh, spank my hairy ass." Dad: "What's that?"
Second, your manager's boss will already be on a personal level with your manager.
And the first thing he will do when you walk out the door is call your manager up and say, "Hey, Joe came in and bitched about something. What's the deal with that guy?" Now you're on everybody's shit-list.
I once upgraded a user to a 17" monitor (back when 17" CRTs were expensive). She complained that it was "blurry" and "hard to see". I saw nothing wrong, but replaced the monitor anyway. Same complaint. A coworker, not knowing I'd already replaced her monitor, replaced it again. Same complaint.
We finally figured out the problem: We had switched her from 640x480 resolution on a 15" monitor to 800x600 on a 17". She couldn't see anything at 800x600. (!) How this woman drove to work every morning without killing everyone else on the road is beyond me.
We gently suggested she get her eyes checked. In the end, her screen resolution was set back to 640x480 and she was happy.
No joke. I've got a pair of 19" Dell flatpanels that only run @ 1280x1024. Everything is still too big. I'd like to run them @ 1600x1200. A 29" monitor should run something even higher than that...
If you're only running it @ 1024, or even 1280, it's a waste.
That's why you use standard rechargable batteries. Take my FRS radios: Four AAA's each. Drop it into the cradle and it recharges. Batteries run out and you don't have an outlet? Remove the rechargable batteries and put in some plain old alkalines.
Just don't drop it into the charging cradle with said alkalines...
I always wondered why more companies didn't do this with their products, and I think I just figured it out: People are idiots and would attempt to charge normal batteries if given the opportunity.
Theres something like that for Shoutcast internet radio streams. I can't think of the name off hand, but it starts recording to a file based on the id3 info, when the id3 changes it starts a new file.
Portable devices rarely get decent reception. And of course there's the whole space issue. I want to see a device that isn't portable and has an external antenna input. It should also have a LAN port and standard line level outputs.
With network connectivity, you would simply stream it any hard drive on your network. Or stream it to/control from work, or any other PC. Or simply throw the MP3s on a real MP3 player once the show has been recorded if you want to take it with you.
I can't imagine a device like this would be very expensive. All you need is a digital tuner, network card, TCP/IP stack and some basic software.
I'm not sure what college you went to but this wasn't the case at either of the 2 colleges I attended
This seems to be a running theme. Looks like I just had a horrible college. We had very little available to us.
It was a local community college where I attended my last two years of high school. They had this program where, if you passed a series of tests, they'd let you into college at the start of your sophomore year and the school district paid all of the fees. It got me into classes that were much more challenging and gave me a nice base of college credits to transfer elsewhere. (Of course, I then entered the workforce instead of going straight to college; 8 years later I decided I might as well finish what I started, so here I am @ UOP Online.)
I'm also curious what format the forums use, for submitting homework assignments as well as discussion.
Two methods, 1: We were given software for editing equations, and 2: We simply posted a lot of it as text. I didn't get into any deep math, only basic and advanced Algebra courses, so I didn't use the software much. We re-wrote the equations and answers in text to post, replacing traditional formats with modified ones suitable for typing out with a keyboard. Kind of like emoticons for math.
I type fast, so I preferred this method. Other students didn't want to bother with the conversion and just used the equation editor that was provided.
I'm curious how much time it took to answer (or even ask) your questions.
Much of the time, my questions had already been asked and answered by other students, so I just had to search the newsgroup. However, it was typically less than an hour to get a response when I did have to ask, assuming I didn't ask in the middle of the night. Homework was assigned a week in advance, so we had plenty of time to ask any questions we had.
I am also attending UOP online, and will finish my BS early next year. I have had both good and bad instructors, just like anywhere else.
Overall, however, online education has given me much more than a classroom ever has. For instance, I'm horrible with math:
Traditional classroom: Instructor works through some problems during class, talks about theory, etc. Assigns homework. You turn it in. Little to no conversation with your fellow students on these assignments, as it's considered to be cheating.
UOP: All homework was posted, publically, in the main classroom folder. Yes, this means everyone got to see everyone else's homework, and we were encouraged to discuss it. The homework accounted for a small % of the total grade. Several days after each homework assignment was turned in, a quiz covering the same material was due, which was posted privately. The quizzes impacted our grades in a major manner. And, of course, there was a final.
I was able to look at other student's homework assignments while doing my own, and actually post public questions when I had problems (which was often) and I'd receive half a dozen replies every time. The end result? I learned enough during the homework phase each week to ace the quizzes, and received a 3.9 in the first class and a 4.0 in the second. I barely passed Algebra classes at our local community college.
Overall, my experience with UOP has been great. Expensive - I wouldn't be attending if my employer wasn't footing the bill, as it will have cost around $50k when I'm done - but if someone else is paying for it, there's no better way to fly.
The problem is that you've already got up from what you are doing to go and answer the bloody phone only to find that it is not worth answering.
What sort of low-tech world do you live in? I've got incoming caller ID info broadcast to touchpanels throughout my home. A glance at the panel (I'm always close to one) tells me if it's worth my time to go in search of the phone. With a small mic embedded in the panels (next feature) I could answer right from there.
Before I had the touch panels, I had a text to speech engine broadcasting the number throughout the house. Download some freeware and fire up that old called ID capable modem...
Until then, it's circumvent, circumvent, circumvent. I don't like it. I don't like breaking the law to enjoy my movies anywhere I want to play them.
You care too much. Break the stupid law without thinking about it. It's not worth the paper it's printed on, so why should you waste any of your energy disliking it?
Democans, Republicrats. They're just a different breed of evil.
I have a coworker who changes his vote to the party that has less power at polling time. He says, "If we can keep the power balance as close to 50/50 as possible, nobody will get anything done, thus, they won't be able to screw with my life."
After downloading the Jolly Roger's Cookbook from a local BBS, some friends and I promptly whipped up a batch of napalm with some styrofoam and gasoline. We put it on the ground and watched it burn for quite some time.
I see a lot of "I have the right" comments everywhere. But where do you think you have these rights? I'd like to see people start backing up comments "I have the right" with the actual legal statute defining it.
Here's one for you: I have the right because I say I do. So there.
Laugh all you want, but this is what's beautiful about life: My rights don't have to be defined anywhere. I get to decide for myself what they are. If I feel I have the right to watch my DVD in any manner I please, then I do, and fuck anyone who doesn't like it.
Now, if something I feel is my right also happens to be illegal, I do have to face possible consequences for my actions. I believe I have the right to grow and smoke pot if I so choose - it's nobody else's damn business if I want to get high in my own home. But it's highly illegal and employers test your piss for this sort of thing, so I don't do it. The consequences are too great.
In this case (watching my DVD with DeCSS in the privacy of my own home), there really aren't any consequences. Therefore, I can safely exercise my self-given right to do this.
Download a couple of these thinking they're legit and you'll realize how fucking worthless DC is.
Boy, you've been hanging out on the wrong hubs. I've found plenty of heavily moderated hubs, and people who pull this shit are banned quickly. I accidentally left my download folder shared, and was kicked for sharing incomplete files (because I was in the process of downloading them!). I unshared the folder and logged back on. No harm done. In fact, I enjoy that hub even more now that I know I won't spend several hours downloading a broken file.
Imagine AOL users with secure communications, a real email client and the ability to share anything with a trusted node. Hell, imagine if AOL/TimeWarner would open up there content so users could browse the catalog and download for a small fee (just like itunes, but not just music).
The enforced ratios (e.g. you must be sharing 10gb of Dave Matthews sets) are what makes DC so annoying and elitist.
Not to mention cool. DC hubs generally have high quality goods. If they let any ass connect, they'd be no different than Kazaa.
I get my Enterprise episodes from DC hubs. Sure, it took awhile to build up a decent collection elsewhere before I could connect to the better hubs, but that's a sacrifice I was willing to make for high quality, early releases of new episodes.
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Not to mention buying hydroponic supplies. Doesn't matter that you're growing tomatoes. When they bust your door down and trash your house, confiscate your belongings and refuse to give them back, then issue a half-assed apology, I guarantee you'll think twice before trying to grow your own food again.
Mom: "No, no. I think he's trying to watch some illegal channels!"
Son: "Illegal - illegal channels?"
Dad: "This is just bad reception, honey."
TV: "Ohh, spank my hairy ass."
Dad: "What's that?"
And fuck anyone who thinks they're right because they hide behind the thin veil of what passes for truth in any large society.
Amen, brother.
+poptones to friends list...
But if you spend your money elsewhere, they can't do anything about it.
Yet.
Second, your manager's boss will already be on a personal level with your manager.
And the first thing he will do when you walk out the door is call your manager up and say, "Hey, Joe came in and bitched about something. What's the deal with that guy?" Now you're on everybody's shit-list.
I once upgraded a user to a 17" monitor (back when 17" CRTs were expensive). She complained that it was "blurry" and "hard to see". I saw nothing wrong, but replaced the monitor anyway. Same complaint. A coworker, not knowing I'd already replaced her monitor, replaced it again. Same complaint.
We finally figured out the problem: We had switched her from 640x480 resolution on a 15" monitor to 800x600 on a 17". She couldn't see anything at 800x600. (!) How this woman drove to work every morning without killing everyone else on the road is beyond me.
We gently suggested she get her eyes checked. In the end, her screen resolution was set back to 640x480 and she was happy.
No joke. I've got a pair of 19" Dell flatpanels that only run @ 1280x1024. Everything is still too big. I'd like to run them @ 1600x1200. A 29" monitor should run something even higher than that...
If you're only running it @ 1024, or even 1280, it's a waste.
That's why you use standard rechargable batteries. Take my FRS radios: Four AAA's each. Drop it into the cradle and it recharges. Batteries run out and you don't have an outlet? Remove the rechargable batteries and put in some plain old alkalines.
Just don't drop it into the charging cradle with said alkalines...
I always wondered why more companies didn't do this with their products, and I think I just figured it out: People are idiots and would attempt to charge normal batteries if given the opportunity.
Theres something like that for Shoutcast internet radio streams. I can't think of the name off hand, but it starts recording to a file based on the id3 info, when the id3 changes it starts a new file.
Streamripper.
Portable devices rarely get decent reception. And of course there's the whole space issue. I want to see a device that isn't portable and has an external antenna input. It should also have a LAN port and standard line level outputs.
With network connectivity, you would simply stream it any hard drive on your network. Or stream it to/control from work, or any other PC. Or simply throw the MP3s on a real MP3 player once the show has been recorded if you want to take it with you.
I can't imagine a device like this would be very expensive. All you need is a digital tuner, network card, TCP/IP stack and some basic software.
I'm not sure what college you went to but this wasn't the case at either of the 2 colleges I attended
This seems to be a running theme. Looks like I just had a horrible college. We had very little available to us.
It was a local community college where I attended my last two years of high school. They had this program where, if you passed a series of tests, they'd let you into college at the start of your sophomore year and the school district paid all of the fees. It got me into classes that were much more challenging and gave me a nice base of college credits to transfer elsewhere. (Of course, I then entered the workforce instead of going straight to college; 8 years later I decided I might as well finish what I started, so here I am @ UOP Online.)
I'm also curious what format the forums use, for submitting homework assignments as well as discussion.
Two methods, 1: We were given software for editing equations, and 2: We simply posted a lot of it as text. I didn't get into any deep math, only basic and advanced Algebra courses, so I didn't use the software much. We re-wrote the equations and answers in text to post, replacing traditional formats with modified ones suitable for typing out with a keyboard. Kind of like emoticons for math.
I type fast, so I preferred this method. Other students didn't want to bother with the conversion and just used the equation editor that was provided.
I'm curious how much time it took to answer (or even ask) your questions.
Much of the time, my questions had already been asked and answered by other students, so I just had to search the newsgroup. However, it was typically less than an hour to get a response when I did have to ask, assuming I didn't ask in the middle of the night. Homework was assigned a week in advance, so we had plenty of time to ask any questions we had.
I am also attending UOP online, and will finish my BS early next year. I have had both good and bad instructors, just like anywhere else.
Overall, however, online education has given me much more than a classroom ever has. For instance, I'm horrible with math:
Traditional classroom: Instructor works through some problems during class, talks about theory, etc. Assigns homework. You turn it in. Little to no conversation with your fellow students on these assignments, as it's considered to be cheating.
UOP: All homework was posted, publically, in the main classroom folder. Yes, this means everyone got to see everyone else's homework, and we were encouraged to discuss it. The homework accounted for a small % of the total grade. Several days after each homework assignment was turned in, a quiz covering the same material was due, which was posted privately. The quizzes impacted our grades in a major manner. And, of course, there was a final.
I was able to look at other student's homework assignments while doing my own, and actually post public questions when I had problems (which was often) and I'd receive half a dozen replies every time. The end result? I learned enough during the homework phase each week to ace the quizzes, and received a 3.9 in the first class and a 4.0 in the second. I barely passed Algebra classes at our local community college.
Overall, my experience with UOP has been great. Expensive - I wouldn't be attending if my employer wasn't footing the bill, as it will have cost around $50k when I'm done - but if someone else is paying for it, there's no better way to fly.
The problem is that you've already got up from what you are doing to go and answer the bloody phone only to find that it is not worth answering.
What sort of low-tech world do you live in? I've got incoming caller ID info broadcast to touchpanels throughout my home. A glance at the panel (I'm always close to one) tells me if it's worth my time to go in search of the phone. With a small mic embedded in the panels (next feature) I could answer right from there.
Before I had the touch panels, I had a text to speech engine broadcasting the number throughout the house. Download some freeware and fire up that old called ID capable modem...
I wonder if the AUP could be interpreted to forbid online gambling? I'm playing for fun as well as money
Nasdaq or Dow?
In Soviet Russia, Kazaa trades YOU.
Yes, but we can expect SOME of the shows to be made for our tastes.
They've had Britney on MTV for some time now. Not to mention all those cola ads. What more do you want?!
Until then, it's circumvent, circumvent, circumvent. I don't like it. I don't like breaking the law to enjoy my movies anywhere I want to play them.
You care too much. Break the stupid law without thinking about it. It's not worth the paper it's printed on, so why should you waste any of your energy disliking it?
Democans, Republicrats. They're just a different breed of evil.
I have a coworker who changes his vote to the party that has less power at polling time. He says, "If we can keep the power balance as close to 50/50 as possible, nobody will get anything done, thus, they won't be able to screw with my life."
He has a good point.
After downloading the Jolly Roger's Cookbook from a local BBS, some friends and I promptly whipped up a batch of napalm with some styrofoam and gasoline. We put it on the ground and watched it burn for quite some time.
I see a lot of "I have the right" comments everywhere. But where do you think you have these rights? I'd like to see people start backing up comments "I have the right" with the actual legal statute defining it.
Here's one for you: I have the right because I say I do. So there.
Laugh all you want, but this is what's beautiful about life: My rights don't have to be defined anywhere. I get to decide for myself what they are. If I feel I have the right to watch my DVD in any manner I please, then I do, and fuck anyone who doesn't like it.
Now, if something I feel is my right also happens to be illegal, I do have to face possible consequences for my actions. I believe I have the right to grow and smoke pot if I so choose - it's nobody else's damn business if I want to get high in my own home. But it's highly illegal and employers test your piss for this sort of thing, so I don't do it. The consequences are too great.
In this case (watching my DVD with DeCSS in the privacy of my own home), there really aren't any consequences. Therefore, I can safely exercise my self-given right to do this.
Download a couple of these thinking they're legit and you'll realize how fucking worthless DC is.
Boy, you've been hanging out on the wrong hubs. I've found plenty of heavily moderated hubs, and people who pull this shit are banned quickly. I accidentally left my download folder shared, and was kicked for sharing incomplete files (because I was in the process of downloading them!). I unshared the folder and logged back on. No harm done. In fact, I enjoy that hub even more now that I know I won't spend several hours downloading a broken file.
Cool FAQ. Thank you for posting it.
Imagine AOL users with secure communications, a real email client and the ability to share anything with a trusted node. Hell, imagine if AOL/TimeWarner would open up there content so users could browse the catalog and download for a small fee (just like itunes, but not just music).
BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAAA!!!!!
Dude, pass the bowl. I'm hurtin' over here...
The enforced ratios (e.g. you must be sharing 10gb of Dave Matthews sets) are what makes DC so annoying and elitist.
Not to mention cool. DC hubs generally have high quality goods. If they let any ass connect, they'd be no different than Kazaa.
I get my Enterprise episodes from DC hubs. Sure, it took awhile to build up a decent collection elsewhere before I could connect to the better hubs, but that's a sacrifice I was willing to make for high quality, early releases of new episodes.