Cleary you have no concept or experience of working with drywall.
For starters, I don't think I'd ever cut sheetrock with a sawzall. what a mess. If sheetrock is cut, they use a rotary saw, a common brand being rotozip.
Sheetrock can be scored with a knife and then snapped, but good luck actually cutting through it with a knife.
You conveniently ignore the fact that mortgage interest is tax-deductible. This is a huge and often overlooked factor. Rent is only deductible on local taxes and generally has a pitifully low cap.
Actually, I thought this was known as "Cat" coffee (although the animal it comes from -- the Civet Cat -- is probably more closely related to a weasel), and contrary to the link provided above, is not actually regurgitated, but rather travels the length of the digestive tract...
article on Civet Cat coffee -- purportedly from WSJ: http://www.wright.edu/~tdung/vn-coffee.html
This is an excellent tip. While I still tend to dislike Starbucks lidless or otherwise, taking the lid off almost any coffee will improve the taste remarkably. Don't forget that smell is a key component to taste.
You criticize him for wanting instant coffee and then turn around and advise him to get a _percolator_? Honestly -- what's the difference? Nothing will make good coffee suck more than running it through a pecolator. You might as well have him filter it through an old sock. It would probably taste better.
ahh yes, the VicModem! I had one as well, though for a C-64. Don't know how many times my family got clotheslined by the handset cord while it stretched halfway across the basement from the wallphone to the computer.
Another sticking point on SFF stuff is the _height_ of the PCI slot (or AGP, for that matter). I was looking building a PVR and many nice-looking SFF boxes didn't allow a full-height card -- a necessity if you want to use a Hauppage WinTV card... In many cases, it was extremely hard to find this info explicitly stated, and I only figured it out by poring over poor-quality images.
I agree -- appears you should fix the basic stuff first before adding nifty gadgets to the mix. Clearly there's something wrong with your swtich/thermostat.
If I recall, it was the 'other' bounty hunter (who's name I can't recall and was not in the movie, unless Olmos' character was an adaptation) who was the android. The thing that sticks with me most from the book was the secret parallel society that the androids had created, which Deckard only gradually uncovers. Some plot to the effect that the androids are secretly taking over the planet as the humans flee for the off-world colonies. Wasn't there even a duplicate police headquarters where the other bounty hunter worked, who after meeting Deckard then realizes that he is the android?
That, and the fascination with animals which somehow 'proved' your karma (or whatever it was) to everyone else -- and Deckard had only an android sheep since the real one had died years ago due to his poor caretaking..
I think King of the Hill is hilarious, and I've only spent a few miserable hours in Texas.
However, I will say being from New England makes the Family Guy that much funnier (or should I say, makes it wicked funny). The vernacular and numerous cheap shots at Rhode Islanders were great.
This is the ramp from 93 South where you then try to turn left under the expressway, dodging both the traffic coming from Southie on the left and over the rise from Dorchester on the right? A nasty piece of work. My wife used to work at UMass Boston and I can recall having to navigate that intersection a few times.
Still, having since moved to DC, I feel like driving anywhere in Boston was a milk run. At least in Boston, there was never an expectation that the street layout made any sense. In DC, everything was planned from the start, and it's still the worst place to get around (and that's without considering the drivers...).
anyway, to get completely off-topic, I really miss cruising down Mem. Drive late at night....
Sadly, my mod points expired yesterday, or you'd have gotten some. I'm so sick of the never-ending "NPR leeches your tax dollars" FUD. Thanks for correcting the flamebaiting parent post.
While perhaps not the most exciting stuff out there, one of the few online simulcasts I know of is the Annenberg/CPB Satellite channel -- which largely broadcasts educational programs (eg: telecourses for distance learning initiatives and teacher professional development):
This is somewhat off-topic, but while Circuit City is certainly one of the most consumer-unfriendly places (in fact, I hate CC and haven't been to one in over 6 or 7 years), I suspect it was the demise of Lechmere that had more to do with the relative ease in which BestBuy suddenly appeared in the northeast (or at least, New England).
Is SuperCard still around? My grad school program in Educational Software Design got saddled with that -- about 1 year before Director really hit it big. (And predictably, the program switched to Director the next year....)
I suppose for using it to learn some basic concepts it was fine (again, consider many of the folks in my program were not programmers or techies, but teachers trying to boost their own tech skills), but talk about learning a lot of stuff I'll never use again.
I used to work with guys who rigged up College Physics demos. One was the classic 'shoot the monkey' trajectory demo where they fired a pneumatic cannon at a falling Curious George doll. Just for a change, or maybe because someone complained of animal cruelty, George was summarily replaced with a talking plush Barney doll....
While I'm sure everyone has a horror story about one carrier or another, I can attest that Airborne is your bargain-basement, half-assed delivery service. I used to work as an office manager and we used Airborne only because the owner was cheap. Stuff was late all the time, and occasionally lost, usually with no reason/explanation. Anytime we shipped something to a client with a tight deadline, I used FedEx. Airborne was entirely unreliable. One reason for this maybe that they contract out a lot of their local stuff. Look closely at an Airborne van the next time you see one. You may notice it actually says something to the effect of "Joe's Delivery Service: Agent of Airborne Express," as opposed to FedEx and UPS, where I assume everyone is actually a real employee, and have more at stake.
I'll second (or third) the NewEgg User Reviews. I found enough semi-objective info to base my purchases on. It's easy enough to filter through the "MSI Rocks -- buy this MB today! THNX NEWEGG!!!" garbage reviews and find the useful stuff. There seem to be numerous repeat customers, so I'd say the info base is pretty experienced.
Another poster above cautions that negative reviews could be removed, but I've always found enough clusters of them scattered through to be satisified that there's not too much censoring going on.
It would seem whenever anyone (Frenchie, Alton Brown, etc..) goes up against an Iron Chef they lose. Somehow I suspect the "judges" are less than impartial.
Since your problem is with Samba (which I assume is just on the LAN side), this might not really help, but I also run CC and I've had some problems with my public connection dying. I found a few suggestions on the CC forums which mostly focus on doing some bandwidth limiting to keep things from overloading. Someone there frequently suggests using a bandwidth-managing app called Wondershaper (not included with CC). Maybe that could be configured to just manage the LAN-side NIC.
Anyway, there are a few gurus on the forums there who seem willing to help -- you might just post your problem and any relevent log files (if you haven't already).
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Same here. We've never had any of our units plugged into the phone line and have on been charged $5 extra for the second receiver.
Someone needs to mod the grandparent down.
Cleary you have no concept or experience of working with drywall.
For starters, I don't think I'd ever cut sheetrock with a sawzall. what a mess. If sheetrock is cut, they use a rotary saw, a common brand being rotozip.
Sheetrock can be scored with a knife and then snapped, but good luck actually cutting through it with a knife.
You conveniently ignore the fact that mortgage interest is tax-deductible. This is a huge and often overlooked factor. Rent is only deductible on local taxes and generally has a pitifully low cap.
Actually, I thought this was known as "Cat" coffee (although the animal it comes from -- the Civet Cat -- is probably more closely related to a weasel), and contrary to the link provided above, is not actually regurgitated, but rather travels the length of the digestive tract...
article on Civet Cat coffee -- purportedly from WSJ: http://www.wright.edu/~tdung/vn-coffee.html
This is an excellent tip. While I still tend to dislike Starbucks lidless or otherwise, taking the lid off almost any coffee will improve the taste remarkably. Don't forget that smell is a key component to taste.
You criticize him for wanting instant coffee and then turn around and advise him to get a _percolator_? Honestly -- what's the difference? Nothing will make good coffee suck more than running it through a pecolator. You might as well have him filter it through an old sock. It would probably taste better.
ahh yes, the VicModem! I had one as well, though for a C-64. Don't know how many times my family got clotheslined by the handset cord while it stretched halfway across the basement from the wallphone to the computer.
Better yet, try Pop Copy!
"... and if they have Apple and PC disks, tell them muthaf*ckers we use Linux!"
Another sticking point on SFF stuff is the _height_ of the PCI slot (or AGP, for that matter). I was looking building a PVR and many nice-looking SFF boxes didn't allow a full-height card -- a necessity if you want to use a Hauppage WinTV card... In many cases, it was extremely hard to find this info explicitly stated, and I only figured it out by poring over poor-quality images.
Ponderous? Wow -- 200 pages passes for ponderous these days? I must have read that book in about 3 hours on a saturday afternoon.
Maybe the 'book' medium isn't really for you...
Someone has -- it's called KnoppMyth
I had some trouble using it so went with a traditional RH 9/MythTV install, but I expect it's improved since then.
I agree -- appears you should fix the basic stuff first before adding nifty gadgets to the mix. Clearly there's something wrong with your swtich/thermostat.
If I recall, it was the 'other' bounty hunter (who's name I can't recall and was not in the movie, unless Olmos' character was an adaptation) who was the android. The thing that sticks with me most from the book was the secret parallel society that the androids had created, which Deckard only gradually uncovers. Some plot to the effect that the androids are secretly taking over the planet as the humans flee for the off-world colonies. Wasn't there even a duplicate police headquarters where the other bounty hunter worked, who after meeting Deckard then realizes that he is the android?
That, and the fascination with animals which somehow 'proved' your karma (or whatever it was) to everyone else -- and Deckard had only an android sheep since the real one had died years ago due to his poor caretaking..
anyway, a while since read it...
I think you mean 'wicked awesome'
I think King of the Hill is hilarious, and I've only spent a few miserable hours in Texas.
However, I will say being from New England makes the Family Guy that much funnier (or should I say, makes it wicked funny). The vernacular and numerous cheap shots at Rhode Islanders were great.
This is the ramp from 93 South where you then try to turn left under the expressway, dodging both the traffic coming from Southie on the left and over the rise from Dorchester on the right? A nasty piece of work. My wife used to work at UMass Boston and I can recall having to navigate that intersection a few times.
Still, having since moved to DC, I feel like driving anywhere in Boston was a milk run. At least in Boston, there was never an expectation that the street layout made any sense. In DC, everything was planned from the start, and it's still the worst place to get around (and that's without considering the drivers...).
anyway, to get completely off-topic, I really miss cruising down Mem. Drive late at night....
Sadly, my mod points expired yesterday, or you'd have gotten some. I'm so sick of the never-ending "NPR leeches your tax dollars" FUD. Thanks for correcting the flamebaiting parent post.
While perhaps not the most exciting stuff out there, one of the few online simulcasts I know of is the Annenberg/CPB Satellite channel -- which largely broadcasts educational programs (eg: telecourses for distance learning initiatives and teacher professional development):
channel info: http://learner.org/channel/channel.html
simulcast link: http://learner.org/channel/broadband/video.html
This is somewhat off-topic, but while Circuit City is certainly one of the most consumer-unfriendly places (in fact, I hate CC and haven't been to one in over 6 or 7 years), I suspect it was the demise of Lechmere that had more to do with the relative ease in which BestBuy suddenly appeared in the northeast (or at least, New England).
Is SuperCard still around? My grad school program in Educational Software Design got saddled with that -- about 1 year before Director really hit it big. (And predictably, the program switched to Director the next year....)
I suppose for using it to learn some basic concepts it was fine (again, consider many of the folks in my program were not programmers or techies, but teachers trying to boost their own tech skills), but talk about learning a lot of stuff I'll never use again.
I used to work with guys who rigged up College Physics demos. One was the classic 'shoot the monkey' trajectory demo where they fired a pneumatic cannon at a falling Curious George doll. Just for a change, or maybe because someone complained of animal cruelty, George was summarily replaced with a talking plush Barney doll....
While I'm sure everyone has a horror story about one carrier or another, I can attest that Airborne is your bargain-basement, half-assed delivery service. I used to work as an office manager and we used Airborne only because the owner was cheap. Stuff was late all the time, and occasionally lost, usually with no reason/explanation. Anytime we shipped something to a client with a tight deadline, I used FedEx. Airborne was entirely unreliable. One reason for this maybe that they contract out a lot of their local stuff. Look closely at an Airborne van the next time you see one. You may notice it actually says something to the effect of "Joe's Delivery Service: Agent of Airborne Express," as opposed to FedEx and UPS, where I assume everyone is actually a real employee, and have more at stake.
I'll second (or third) the NewEgg User Reviews. I found enough semi-objective info to base my purchases on. It's easy enough to filter through the "MSI Rocks -- buy this MB today! THNX NEWEGG!!!" garbage reviews and find the useful stuff. There seem to be numerous repeat customers, so I'd say the info base is pretty experienced.
Another poster above cautions that negative reviews could be removed, but I've always found enough clusters of them scattered through to be satisified that there's not too much censoring going on.
It would seem whenever anyone (Frenchie, Alton Brown, etc..) goes up against an Iron Chef they lose. Somehow I suspect the "judges" are less than impartial.
Since your problem is with Samba (which I assume is just on the LAN side), this might not really help, but I also run CC and I've had some problems with my public connection dying. I found a few suggestions on the CC forums which mostly focus on doing some bandwidth limiting to keep things from overloading. Someone there frequently suggests using a bandwidth-managing app called Wondershaper (not included with CC). Maybe that could be configured to just manage the LAN-side NIC.
Anyway, there are a few gurus on the forums there who seem willing to help -- you might just post your problem and any relevent log files (if you haven't already).