Having *just* in the past few weeks gotten a Blu-Ray player, these are the movies I've gotten:
* Original Star Trek movie collection (daily deal on Amazon, and what spurred me) * Next Gen Star Trek movie collection * Galaxy Quest (to be inserted in the above rotation at the proper point) * Ghostbusters (it was less than $10) * Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, My Name is Bruce
I'm pretty sure that's all I have. I usually just use Netflix as well, but those are movies that I either enjoy watching over, will do a marathon of, or are great for putting on for background noise. We're planning to marathon the Star Trek this summer while pigging out on steamed crabs, which is easily a 8-10 hour activity for us.
I prefer, despite the stupid idiotic artificial blockages, to be on the up-and-up, totally legal... FSVO, and I'm sure importing hardware could be construed as not, but much less so than those people you "know"...
It's like this every year. I really and truly hate the internet on April 1. The saddest part is that so many of my (former) go-to sites seem to think that it's fun to do this for 24+ hours at a stretch, instead of carefully interspersing things throughout the day. After the first hour or two, it really makes me question why I bother reloading the pages, then I remember that I'd have to do work otherwise.
Given there was a published code of conduct that specifically stated not to do these kinds of things, there's no "entitlement", it was clearly a violation of said conduct codes. Unfortunately, it wasn't until *after* this incident that the wording to contact the staff privately was added. I'd argue that for reasonable adults, that wording shouldn't be needed, but alas...
This isn't a PyCon problem at all. By all accounts, the staff and management of PyCon did everything correctly and by the book. It was an *attendee* problem.
Should the jokes have been made? No. Should someone have said something? Yes. Should PyCon staff have been alerted? Should a picture have been taken, published to the public internet? No. Should anyone have been fired? No. Should this have been handled privately? Yes.
I'd never heard of any of the parties involved until 2-3 days ago. But I agree that we all lost. And if the reported interactions in there are true (and, honestly, I can't see why someone would fabricate that when it's so easily verifiable), then the first party seems to have a history of *not* dealing with things with the people in question, but instead screaming to the rest of the world to incite massive action. It just seems to have eventually backfired this time.
Frankly, I don't care either way. I don't think the word "dongle" was ever even uttered in my workplace until this week. Forking was, but that's what happens with developers and public repos. If I were a Python developer, I'd consider going to PyCon. Just like if I were an active Ruby developer, I'd consider RubyCon despite similar issues in the past. I think I recall a PHP one, too. It's not the con, the organizers, or the sponsors who are to be blamed for these things, especially when they have publish codes of conduct.
You're a professional, so there's really only one way to approach it: professionally. As a contractor, there's always the possibility that your services will no longer be required anyway. Show them they're making the wrong choice by approaching it as you would any other work. No holding back any tricks, no keeping secrets, no letting the new guy flounder (much... he needs to get his wings). Answer as fully and thoroughly as you can when asked about anything. Your actions with this will be one of the last things this customer may see for some time. If at a future date they realize they need someone with your skills, you want them to remember that good impression you left them with, and not someone who spent the last few weeks/months in a snit acting like a child.
Yeah, this is the lower intake manifold gasket. The labor alone would total the car, and once the engine's warmed up, it's not an issue. I'd do it myself, but I don't have a week & a spare car to get parts/tools. Or, really, anywhere to actually _do_ the work.
My car stalls in the cold. It also had a part fail that would ensure enough air at idle/near idle (got that replaced). I've gotten *really* good at shifting to neutral while moving and restarting the engine. I hate winter.
There are also regulations on guns. But you can go to any hardware/convenience store or mega-mart and get as many 15lb propane tanks as you want, without so much as showing ID, let alone any sort of background check. The last time I was exchanging a tank, there was a guy there exchanging *six*. Why he needs such high capacity propane, I don't know. Maybe he's a grill nut, maybe he's just an enthusiast. Or maybe he's planning to use them illegally.
What I do know is we should limit the tanks to 7lb and restrict the number that any person can get in a month... for the children.
That's great, except a lot of time this is an outpatient procedure. I wasn't even _at_ a hospital, just a medical office where the doc worked most of the time. I can't even imagine the increased costs of hospitalizing someone for a couple days for what's essentially just a the preliminary stages of a diagnosis.
You poor bastard. My experience was just a single barium milkshake, preceded by a pill-cup full of flavorless pop rocks to inflate my stomach. Considering the after-effects of just one (I foolishly thought I could go to work that afternoon), I can only imagine the effects of multiple barium milkshakes.
For those who've yet to experience this miracle of modern medicine: when asked what flavor you want added, choose a flavor you won't care if you never taste again, for you'll probably never want to taste it again... Coworker several jobs back can no longer drink strawberry milkshakes for this reason.
...assuming they quadruple enrollment every year. By the 7th year, if my math is correct (and it likely isn't), over four *thousand* people will be enrolled, and even at $1400/class, that's over $5.5M. So they'll be able to pay back the loan no problem!
I rooted mine 2 years ago, while at a conference. What's been stopping you? CM10 is out for it, and I installed that last week. Of course, Friday my Nexus 4 arrived, so I don't need to touch my SGS1 ever again...
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Having *just* in the past few weeks gotten a Blu-Ray player, these are the movies I've gotten:
* Original Star Trek movie collection (daily deal on Amazon, and what spurred me)
* Next Gen Star Trek movie collection
* Galaxy Quest (to be inserted in the above rotation at the proper point)
* Ghostbusters (it was less than $10)
* Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, My Name is Bruce
I'm pretty sure that's all I have. I usually just use Netflix as well, but those are movies that I either enjoy watching over, will do a marathon of, or are great for putting on for background noise. We're planning to marathon the Star Trek this summer while pigging out on steamed crabs, which is easily a 8-10 hour activity for us.
Sandy sure rocked my world...
So you're saying it doesn't pass the sniff test?
It's been done before... The question is, is this implementation better?
I prefer, despite the stupid idiotic artificial blockages, to be on the up-and-up, totally legal... FSVO, and I'm sure importing hardware could be construed as not, but much less so than those people you "know"...
And special guest stars that happen to be wrestlers... who'll have more acting talent than some of the main cast...
Classic BBC Sci-fi Series Blake's 7 To Return
*gasp!* *overwhelming joy*
On Syfy Channel
*neutral* "Oh...."
is to be remade
*anger* "... fuck!"
by Heroes writer
*rage* "NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!"
Maybe I should just import a Region 2 DVD player and the discs from the UK, since it looks like it never got released here in the US.
It's like this every year. I really and truly hate the internet on April 1. The saddest part is that so many of my (former) go-to sites seem to think that it's fun to do this for 24+ hours at a stretch, instead of carefully interspersing things throughout the day. After the first hour or two, it really makes me question why I bother reloading the pages, then I remember that I'd have to do work otherwise.
Given there was a published code of conduct that specifically stated not to do these kinds of things, there's no "entitlement", it was clearly a violation of said conduct codes. Unfortunately, it wasn't until *after* this incident that the wording to contact the staff privately was added. I'd argue that for reasonable adults, that wording shouldn't be needed, but alas...
This isn't a PyCon problem at all. By all accounts, the staff and management of PyCon did everything correctly and by the book. It was an *attendee* problem.
Should the jokes have been made? No. Should someone have said something? Yes. Should PyCon staff have been alerted? Should a picture have been taken, published to the public internet? No. Should anyone have been fired? No. Should this have been handled privately? Yes.
I'd never heard of any of the parties involved until 2-3 days ago. But I agree that we all lost. And if the reported interactions in there are true (and, honestly, I can't see why someone would fabricate that when it's so easily verifiable), then the first party seems to have a history of *not* dealing with things with the people in question, but instead screaming to the rest of the world to incite massive action. It just seems to have eventually backfired this time.
Frankly, I don't care either way. I don't think the word "dongle" was ever even uttered in my workplace until this week. Forking was, but that's what happens with developers and public repos. If I were a Python developer, I'd consider going to PyCon. Just like if I were an active Ruby developer, I'd consider RubyCon despite similar issues in the past. I think I recall a PHP one, too. It's not the con, the organizers, or the sponsors who are to be blamed for these things, especially when they have publish codes of conduct.
You're a professional, so there's really only one way to approach it: professionally. As a contractor, there's always the possibility that your services will no longer be required anyway. Show them they're making the wrong choice by approaching it as you would any other work. No holding back any tricks, no keeping secrets, no letting the new guy flounder (much... he needs to get his wings). Answer as fully and thoroughly as you can when asked about anything. Your actions with this will be one of the last things this customer may see for some time. If at a future date they realize they need someone with your skills, you want them to remember that good impression you left them with, and not someone who spent the last few weeks/months in a snit acting like a child.
It's not really down, it's just hungover from too much St Patrick's celebrating this weekend...
This is what happens when I try to multitask. You're right, I was thinking Baby Pac Man...
Sounds sort of like Jr. Pac-Man, except in reverse, along with "touch". I think I'll reserve judgement for now...
Yeah, this is the lower intake manifold gasket. The labor alone would total the car, and once the engine's warmed up, it's not an issue. I'd do it myself, but I don't have a week & a spare car to get parts/tools. Or, really, anywhere to actually _do_ the work.
My car stalls in the cold. It also had a part fail that would ensure enough air at idle/near idle (got that replaced). I've gotten *really* good at shifting to neutral while moving and restarting the engine. I hate winter.
(Plus, the thing's 13 years old)
Right from TFA:
Indeed, he says he was told he "should be happy for the exposure."
I guess everyone now has the perfect response, provided by the studios themselves...
There are also regulations on guns. But you can go to any hardware/convenience store or mega-mart and get as many 15lb propane tanks as you want, without so much as showing ID, let alone any sort of background check. The last time I was exchanging a tank, there was a guy there exchanging *six*. Why he needs such high capacity propane, I don't know. Maybe he's a grill nut, maybe he's just an enthusiast. Or maybe he's planning to use them illegally.
What I do know is we should limit the tanks to 7lb and restrict the number that any person can get in a month... for the children.
That's great, except a lot of time this is an outpatient procedure. I wasn't even _at_ a hospital, just a medical office where the doc worked most of the time. I can't even imagine the increased costs of hospitalizing someone for a couple days for what's essentially just a the preliminary stages of a diagnosis.
You poor bastard. My experience was just a single barium milkshake, preceded by a pill-cup full of flavorless pop rocks to inflate my stomach. Considering the after-effects of just one (I foolishly thought I could go to work that afternoon), I can only imagine the effects of multiple barium milkshakes.
For those who've yet to experience this miracle of modern medicine: when asked what flavor you want added, choose a flavor you won't care if you never taste again, for you'll probably never want to taste it again... Coworker several jobs back can no longer drink strawberry milkshakes for this reason.
...assuming they quadruple enrollment every year. By the 7th year, if my math is correct (and it likely isn't), over four *thousand* people will be enrolled, and even at $1400/class, that's over $5.5M. So they'll be able to pay back the loan no problem!
Sounds like emacs' spook will be getting an update with more keywords and phrases!
Came here to find this. Was not disappointed.
I rooted mine 2 years ago, while at a conference. What's been stopping you? CM10 is out for it, and I installed that last week. Of course, Friday my Nexus 4 arrived, so I don't need to touch my SGS1 ever again...
It'll need more ghosts in it too, and people screaming in the dark.