When I was in high school, I went to Safeway to buy a bunch of eggs for the Honor Society breakfast, and Safeway wouldn't sell me the eggs, cause they thought I was going to egg somebody's house or something...
Guess it was my own bad, for trying to buy the eggs the night before, cause I forgot about it, and waltzed into the Safeway with a buddy of mine at midnight:)
When southern OR wanted to join Northern California, and form the state of Jefferson? Remember when eastern OR wanted to form the state of East Oregon? Me thinks theses ideas may rekindle...
(I grew up in Corvallis. There's real traffic during home OSU games, for the 4th of July fireworks, and when the Jehovah's Witness convention is in town. That's it. And that's the 4th largest city in the State.)
Tho I must give them this, they are getting sneaky. I've seen cops take an exit off the freeway, so naturally everyone speeds up, for the waiting cop hiding at the on-ramp.
I've also noticed the police driving tricked out cars. A little while ago, I saw a new Subaru WRX, that was lowered, had rims, exhaust, tinted windows (which looked tinted darker than state law allows!), etc. And it was on theside of the freeway, with hidden police lights, and pulled somebody over, presumably for speeding...
In southern OR, I have also seen beater cars, that were police cars pulling people over.
This is the same state where they pulled the red-light cams because the state code, said the guilty party is the DRIVER not the REGISTERED OWNER? oh well... I never drive on the toll roads anyways:)
Is this why you passed the 3 year 3% County-wide income tax?:):):) They forgot to tell you they don't need voter approval to extend it, and you can be damn sure they will probably raise the rate too while they're at it. I heard the fed income tax was only supposed to be instituted for one year, to pay for war expenses.
I got a laugh yesterday, when kids at the elementary school that getting shut down due to cuts, opened up a time-capsule from 1981, and inside, contained letters from students begging not to shut down their school from budget cuts.
Anyways, all kidding aside, isn't this GPS thing only supposed to be for commercial truckers, not the everyday soccer-mom?
At the CA side of the OR/CA border, I've seen people with OR plates pull up, sit around for a few minutes, than honk at the poor soul manning the cash register.
Likewise, when on the OR side I don't know how many times I've seen the attendent come running out of the office yelling you can't pump your own gas:)
I live in vancouver and work in Portland. I make sure I never buy gas in OR. (I heard OR doesn't have quality control laws and regular inspections like other states) Besides, gas in WA is usually a dime cheaper, and don't oxygenate their gas.
In fact when desperate, I drive on fumes in OR, just so I can make it to a pump in WA. One time when I was really screwed, I pulled into a 76 station in Beaverton, and the stupid attendent was standing by the pump smoking a cigarrete. Needless to say, I got the hell out of there, on got my 5 bucks of gas at the texaco across the street:)
Am I that old? I was doing 3D graphics in my upper div CS class, which included wire-frame rendering, and I was doing this on a 486-66!
As a side note, I was showing my 3D dinosaur to my GF (now wife), in college. It took ten minutes to compile. A little while ago for fun, I brought the beast out, and compiled it on my 1Ghz PIII, and it compiled in like 10 seconds! Where was this puppy when I was in college?
that worked for me. We wanted to get to Sony also, but the locals pointed us down the wrong way. we finally found it, and the receptionist there had no idea where the conference room was we were looking for....
But I had LOTS of fun while I was there. I wanted to see the samurai sword museum.
We hop on the subway, to find out it DOESN'T STOP at the station we needed to get to. (darn express lines;) So we hop on a subway in the other direction.
We spent like 2 hours walking around looking for the place, and we couldn't find it. We asked police officers, local passer-bys,etc, but those numbers did not increment in any particular pattern! grumble grumble. When we did finally find it, THEY WERE CLOSED!
So we decide to go shopping. We head to Shinjuku. I buy a big bag for the wife;) , and head back into the subway. So many people crammed in there, I got knocked into the pole. My friend says to hold my bag to my chest. I ask him why, he said otherwise I won't be leaving with it. When the door opens, I find myself shoved out of the car, and my arm is stuck in the car. After some hard tugging, and a bunch of "so sorry", I got my stuff. Next stop, gotta run to catch the other subway. The doors are open, and I'm running. Ding Ding, the doors close, on my chest. I force the door open, then my leg gets stuck. One tug, and ahhh, I'm in, but OH NO! My shoe didn't make it!
Oh and, looking at the maps did wonders for you when you can't read kanji very well. At least I knew the kanji for the subway station I needed to get to.
The only question I had when I was in Tokyo, was why the hell were the food portions so damn small? Am I just a fscking sloth or something?
I know a bunch of literature majors, that only majored in literature, because they got rejected from the med school, and they wanted to keep their grades up, so they could reapply later:)
When I took chemistry in high school, the teacher kept getting pissed at how much I used the bunson burners. But at least I didn't catch the wall on fire. One of the guys in our class connected the tubes wrong, and his test-tube exploded, and the poster on the wall caught on fire. I'll never forget that particular day, it was the only time people actually yelled, "HIT THE DECK!", during class, and it was actually followed by an explosion, (albeit small)...
But anyways, damn... Twice? In my AP Bio class, we always used those things. We even had times when they carted in Spectral analysers and such. Was your bio class hands on? Cause I'd say mine was half half, between textbook and labs.
You should try taking classes that are tought by senile old people that are about to retire. I had the misfortune for one of those. We had two chalk board in this particular class, that were perpendicular to each other. The prof was so senile, multiple times throughout the semester he'd write our assignment on one board, then about 20 minutes later, he'd write it again on the other, and proceed to repeat his lecture for the NEXT 20 minutes.
There were times, when he'd give the same test multiple times. So me, being dumb, I thought I register for the next class in the sequence, which he was assigned as the professor, thinking it would be easy. Lo and behold, he retired and I got a fresh full of energy professor. However, I actually liked that professor, and I actually learned all the stuff I shouldve learned from the previous class, so it worked out:)
You should try taking an upper division math class, that is taught by a mathematician. Oh my fscking god, that was rediculous. If it wasn't bad enough that the assignments were frieking impossible, the prof constantly told jokes that nobody understood...
He claimed he can tell the difference between 110 and 220, by "touch"...
One of the projects, involved building a house in a nearby neighborhood. I don't remember how, (was a long time ago), but he tried proving it one time.
By the way, if you are ever in Portland, I'll point out which house it was, so you'll be sure to NEVER buy it! I remember looking at the joists while we were building it, and seeing mathematical calculations that poeple did, that were WRONG!
I stuck two metal chop sticks into the AC outlet. And I used the chopsticks to touch the appropriate portions of my dad's flashbulb. (he was a camera hobbiest) I really scared the crap out of my parents!
Don't think I learned my lesson, cause I stuck a penny into a lighbulb socket:)
Though I was never manly enough to try the same tricks to the 220v outlet in the garage:)
Some of the guys that were interviewing me were shocked, that we designed a 32 bit 5 stage pipelined processor, then simulate and test it. Some of the other parts we actually built and used a spectrum analyser. And I was a CS student! (the part that shocked them)
But I know what you're talking about. There is no way in hell I would've figured out all those timing glitches without the simulation testing. And if I didn't know how to interpret the waveform outputs, I'd have been screwed. And as a side benafit, I have no qualms with going into my Playstation, take it apart, and soldering in a mod chip:)
I graduated with a CS degree from USC, and thought it was normal to be required to take so many EE classes, until I found out it was just us:) And our EE classes were hands on, and such. Come to think of it, so were our CS classes. We've had architects from local firms come by to teach electives or guest lecture and such.
I remember I was shocked, when I talked to friends from UCLA that were never required to take anything other than a 101 EE class, and even more shocked that their "theory" classes did not involve any hands-on activities or coding, like ours did. I remember making fun of a few friends whose upper-div classes they were taking their senior year, were classes I took as a freshmen. Though, I do have friends from UC-Berkeley, that had similar curriculum, but that didn't surprise since a lot of our material came from berkeley:)
Anyways, this has always shown itself come interview time, as we have noticed that college grads from different schools exhibit much different and yet consistent levels of understanding.
Most software publishers don't make you aware of these terms until AFTER you bought the thing. So one would think that sales doctrine would apply, and say that since no contract was presented AT TIME OF PURCHASE, than the purchase is NOT bound by any contract.
I've seen wording in an NCA that said that "continued employment" is the benafit provided. Sounds like BS to me... I'm just glad I don't work there anymore...
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When I was in high school, I went to Safeway to buy a bunch of eggs for the Honor Society breakfast, and Safeway wouldn't sell me the eggs, cause they thought I was going to egg somebody's house or something...
:)
Guess it was my own bad, for trying to buy the eggs the night before, cause I forgot about it, and waltzed into the Safeway with a buddy of mine at midnight
When southern OR wanted to join Northern California, and form the state of Jefferson? Remember when eastern OR wanted to form the state of East Oregon? Me thinks theses ideas may rekindle...
(I grew up in Corvallis. There's real traffic during home OSU games, for the 4th of July fireworks, and when the Jehovah's Witness convention is in town. That's it. And that's the 4th largest city in the State.)
Bzzzt. Try again:
1.) Portland 529,121
2.) Eugene 137,893
3.) Salem 136,924
4.) Gresham 90,205
5.) Beaverton 76,129
6.) Hillsboro 70,126
7.) Medford 63,154
8.) Springfile 52,864
Corvalis = 49,322
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They already have photo-radar here.
Tho I must give them this, they are getting sneaky. I've seen cops take an exit off the freeway, so naturally everyone speeds up, for the waiting cop hiding at the on-ramp.
I've also noticed the police driving tricked out cars. A little while ago, I saw a new Subaru WRX, that was lowered, had rims, exhaust, tinted windows (which looked tinted darker than state law allows!), etc. And it was on theside of the freeway, with hidden police lights, and pulled somebody over, presumably for speeding...
In southern OR, I have also seen beater cars, that were police cars pulling people over.
This is the same state where they pulled the red-light cams because the state code, said the guilty party is the DRIVER not the REGISTERED OWNER? oh well... I never drive on the toll roads anyways :)
What about when your car is being towed somewhere?
We tend to be progressive here, but not idiotic
:) :) :)
Is this why you passed the 3 year 3% County-wide income tax?
They forgot to tell you they don't need voter approval to extend it, and you can be damn sure they will probably raise the rate too while they're at it. I heard the fed income tax was only supposed to be instituted for one year, to pay for war expenses.
I got a laugh yesterday, when kids at the elementary school that getting shut down due to cuts, opened up a time-capsule from 1981, and inside, contained letters from students begging not to shut down their school from budget cuts.
Anyways, all kidding aside, isn't this GPS thing only supposed to be for commercial truckers, not the everyday soccer-mom?
precisely why the OR gooberment doubled the registration costs for ZLEV cars, because they don't "pay their fair share" or gas taxes...
At the CA side of the OR/CA border, I've seen people with OR plates pull up, sit around for a few minutes, than honk at the poor soul manning the cash register.
:)
Likewise, when on the OR side I don't know how many times I've seen the attendent come running out of the office yelling you can't pump your own gas
I live in vancouver and work in Portland. I make sure I never buy gas in OR. (I heard OR doesn't have quality control laws and regular inspections like other states) Besides, gas in WA is usually a dime cheaper, and don't oxygenate their gas.
:)
In fact when desperate, I drive on fumes in OR, just so I can make it to a pump in WA. One time when I was really screwed, I pulled into a 76 station in Beaverton, and the stupid attendent was standing by the pump smoking a cigarrete. Needless to say, I got the hell out of there, on got my 5 bucks of gas at the texaco across the street
Am I that old? I was doing 3D graphics in my upper div CS class, which included wire-frame rendering, and I was doing this on a 486-66!
As a side note, I was showing my 3D dinosaur to my GF (now wife), in college. It took ten minutes to compile. A little while ago for fun, I brought the beast out, and compiled it on my 1Ghz PIII, and it compiled in like 10 seconds! Where was this puppy when I was in college?
that worked for me. We wanted to get to Sony also, but the locals pointed us down the wrong way. we finally found it, and the receptionist there had no idea where the conference room was we were looking for....
;) So we hop on a subway in the other direction.
;) , and head back into the subway. So many people crammed in there, I got knocked into the pole. My friend says to hold my bag to my chest. I ask him why, he said otherwise I won't be leaving with it. When the door opens, I find myself shoved out of the car, and my arm is stuck in the car. After some hard tugging, and a bunch of "so sorry", I got my stuff. Next stop, gotta run to catch the other subway. The doors are open, and I'm running. Ding Ding, the doors close, on my chest. I force the door open, then my leg gets stuck. One tug, and ahhh, I'm in, but OH NO! My shoe didn't make it!
But I had LOTS of fun while I was there. I wanted to see the samurai sword museum.
We hop on the subway, to find out it DOESN'T STOP at the station we needed to get to. (darn express lines
We spent like 2 hours walking around looking for the place, and we couldn't find it. We asked police officers, local passer-bys,etc, but those numbers did not increment in any particular pattern! grumble grumble. When we did finally find it, THEY WERE CLOSED!
So we decide to go shopping. We head to Shinjuku. I buy a big bag for the wife
Oh and, looking at the maps did wonders for you when you can't read kanji very well. At least I knew the kanji for the subway station I needed to get to.
The only question I had when I was in Tokyo, was why the hell were the food portions so damn small? Am I just a fscking sloth or something?
I know a bunch of literature majors, that only majored in literature, because they got rejected from the med school, and they wanted to keep their grades up, so they could reapply later :)
When I took chemistry in high school, the teacher kept getting pissed at how much I used the bunson burners. But at least I didn't catch the wall on fire. One of the guys in our class connected the tubes wrong, and his test-tube exploded, and the poster on the wall caught on fire. I'll never forget that particular day, it was the only time people actually yelled, "HIT THE DECK!", during class, and it was actually followed by an explosion, (albeit small)...
But anyways, damn... Twice? In my AP Bio class, we always used those things. We even had times when they carted in Spectral analysers and such. Was your bio class hands on? Cause I'd say mine was half half, between textbook and labs.
You should try taking classes that are tought by senile old people that are about to retire. I had the misfortune for one of those. We had two chalk board in this particular class, that were perpendicular to each other. The prof was so senile, multiple times throughout the semester he'd write our assignment on one board, then about 20 minutes later, he'd write it again on the other, and proceed to repeat his lecture for the NEXT 20 minutes.
:)
There were times, when he'd give the same test multiple times. So me, being dumb, I thought I register for the next class in the sequence, which he was assigned as the professor, thinking it would be easy. Lo and behold, he retired and I got a fresh full of energy professor. However, I actually liked that professor, and I actually learned all the stuff I shouldve learned from the previous class, so it worked out
You should try taking an upper division math class, that is taught by a mathematician. Oh my fscking god, that was rediculous. If it wasn't bad enough that the assignments were frieking impossible, the prof constantly told jokes that nobody understood...
He claimed he can tell the difference between 110 and 220, by "touch"...
One of the projects, involved building a house in a nearby neighborhood. I don't remember how, (was a long time ago), but he tried proving it one time.
By the way, if you are ever in Portland, I'll point out which house it was, so you'll be sure to NEVER buy it! I remember looking at the joists while we were building it, and seeing mathematical calculations that poeple did, that were WRONG!
I stuck two metal chop sticks into the AC outlet. And I used the chopsticks to touch the appropriate portions of my dad's flashbulb. (he was a camera hobbiest) I really scared the crap out of my parents!
:)
:)
Don't think I learned my lesson, cause I stuck a penny into a lighbulb socket
Though I was never manly enough to try the same tricks to the 220v outlet in the garage
Some of the guys that were interviewing me were shocked, that we designed a 32 bit 5 stage pipelined processor, then simulate and test it. Some of the other parts we actually built and used a spectrum analyser. And I was a CS student! (the part that shocked them)
:)
But I know what you're talking about. There is no way in hell I would've figured out all those timing glitches without the simulation testing. And if I didn't know how to interpret the waveform outputs, I'd have been screwed. And as a side benafit, I have no qualms with going into my Playstation, take it apart, and soldering in a mod chip
I graduated with a CS degree from USC, and thought it was normal to be required to take so many EE classes, until I found out it was just us :) And our EE classes were hands on, and such. Come to think of it, so were our CS classes. We've had architects from local firms come by to teach electives or guest lecture and such.
:)
I remember I was shocked, when I talked to friends from UCLA that were never required to take anything other than a 101 EE class, and even more shocked that their "theory" classes did not involve any hands-on activities or coding, like ours did. I remember making fun of a few friends whose upper-div classes they were taking their senior year, were classes I took as a freshmen. Though, I do have friends from UC-Berkeley, that had similar curriculum, but that didn't surprise since a lot of our material came from berkeley
Anyways, this has always shown itself come interview time, as we have noticed that college grads from different schools exhibit much different and yet consistent levels of understanding.
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Most software publishers don't make you aware of these terms until AFTER you bought the thing. So one would think that sales doctrine would apply, and say that since no contract was presented AT TIME OF PURCHASE, than the purchase is NOT bound by any contract.
I've seen wording in an NCA that said that "continued employment" is the benafit provided. Sounds like BS to me... I'm just glad I don't work there anymore...