After 'misunderstanding' the consequences of "Do you wish to open this attatchment? It may contain viruses", or whatever, the only consequence is a slightly slower computer, with possibly 'interesting' new features.
Or yelling at your kid/brother-in-law/buddy at work to come and pull your head out of your ass for you.
I think you're onto something. People I've known who have been hit by identity theft are paranoid as hell about security, because they've had to face real consequences.
Same here. We have a kid in our group at work that is an alpha nerd type, he's no leader but his social skills are so lacking that it's just painful to listen to him talk sometimes.
He feels the need to hold forth on such subjects as marriage by reciting misogynistic shit his dad has told him, and sometimes you just look at him and think, "where the fuck did that come from?" Then you think about the brainwashing that must have taken place at his house, then it's just depressing. I wish he'd quit.
Bzzzt! Wrong again! Depreciation is part of the valuation of a business. It's an expense that you have to balance against the asset in question. Depreciation for tax purposes is just the writing off of this asset depreciation.
Plus, since many gov't agencies have to show $0 profit, spending money on ongoing leases is preferable because it burns more budget.
IANACPA and it's been a while since I had my accounting classes, but I remember how much I and everyone else despised working up depreciation.
I grew up in Kentucky near Ashland and OH is a much cheaper place to live, if for no other reason than the cost of keeping a car legal. Kentucky's personal property tax is outrageous.
I am a very happy DirecTV customer, and had planned on getting one of their $99 DVRs in the next couple of weeks and switching my service over to use it. Should I put that off in light of this?
It's not my first, but this year's April Fools Day seemed worse than in years past. They'd get a lot more laughs if they'd mix the BS stories in with real ones.
If you have debt issues (as I do) then that should definitely be priority #1. Other than that, you're just an overly cautious miser. Though that's not necessarily a bad thing in this day and age.
Paris Hilton is, like it or not, a household name. Even her fans know how dumb she is. If they can associate someone that stupid with FOSS, then the stigma of "Linux is only for geeks" would get blown out of the water.
Plus, she WAS the victim of a hacker, and rather publicly so. If they worked the "Linux protects my address book" angle (whether it's factual or not) they'd have a slam dunk.
I disagree. I'm a totally different person than I was at age 13-17. My parents had me so fucked up and backwards back then that I barely qualified as human in the first place.
I got the same thing when I shaved my beard around the time I was 20-21 or so. I was out of work and had been applying for jobs and nobody was interested. I shaved my beard and I had a job within a couple of weeks.
Also, I have bad eyesight, so I wear contacts. When I was in college, I worked as a computer lab assistant. We had regulars that would come in, the usual college lab scene. One day I wore my glasses (with the classic coke-bottle lenses) to work as an experiment and the exact same people that were friendly and used to joke around and never gave me shit about anything were rude, obnoxious, uppity dickheads. And these weren't 19 year old freshmen, either, this was a branch campus full of non-traditional (i.e. older) students.
That pointed out one of the many ways in which adults lied to me as a kid. People are just as shallow when they get older as they are as children.
The are no more Priests of the Temples of Syrinx (obscure Rush reference). That's not obscure. If you called us all Narpets, or said that Rocinante finally made it through the other side, THOSE are obscure Rush references.
You are stating that respect is a zero-sum thing where there is a finite amount of respect to go around. If I am respected by 0% of my customers, and you are respected by 100%, I don't need to diminish your level of respect to increase mine.
Also, regarding your comments about backstabbers: there is nothing wrong with looking out for yourself. You never really know who the backstabbers are until they 'strike' and when they do, those who are expecting it and have a counter are the ones who survive.
Your 'egoless programming' groups worked because you all respected each other, not because you gave up on the concept of respect.
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After 'misunderstanding' the consequences of "Do you wish to open this attatchment? It may contain viruses", or whatever, the only consequence is a slightly slower computer, with possibly 'interesting' new features.
Or yelling at your kid/brother-in-law/buddy at work to come and pull your head out of your ass for you.
I think you're onto something. People I've known who have been hit by identity theft are paranoid as hell about security, because they've had to face real consequences.
I thought Natalie's decoy was now Giada de Laurentiis from the Food Network?
Same here. We have a kid in our group at work that is an alpha nerd type, he's no leader but his social skills are so lacking that it's just painful to listen to him talk sometimes.
He feels the need to hold forth on such subjects as marriage by reciting misogynistic shit his dad has told him, and sometimes you just look at him and think, "where the fuck did that come from?" Then you think about the brainwashing that must have taken place at his house, then it's just depressing. I wish he'd quit.
you just gave me an idea for a bumper sticker:
"Fix reality and I'll stop smoking pot"
I'm Kin Korn Karn, and my anti-drug is heroin.
Bzzzt! Wrong again! Depreciation is part of the valuation of a business. It's an expense that you have to balance against the asset in question. Depreciation for tax purposes is just the writing off of this asset depreciation.
Plus, since many gov't agencies have to show $0 profit, spending money on ongoing leases is preferable because it burns more budget.
IANACPA and it's been a while since I had my accounting classes, but I remember how much I and everyone else despised working up depreciation.
Because the accounting for depreciation is very labor-intensive and difficult. The government doesn't do any work it doesn't want to.
I was closer to South Shore, so I had the stench of the Portsmouth coke plant instead.
Ahh, ok, I guess I didn't realize this was about HDTV only. Thanks.
and pay 3x the taxes?
I grew up in Kentucky near Ashland and OH is a much cheaper place to live, if for no other reason than the cost of keeping a car legal. Kentucky's personal property tax is outrageous.
ahh, I never knew that, thanks
I am a very happy DirecTV customer, and had planned on getting one of their $99 DVRs in the next couple of weeks and switching my service over to use it. Should I put that off in light of this?
I thought they just used compressed air in the tubes to launch them, not to propel them after launch. After launch they were electrically powered.
It's not my first, but this year's April Fools Day seemed worse than in years past. They'd get a lot more laughs if they'd mix the BS stories in with real ones.
see? that April Fool's Day shit rots the brain!
Please stop. This isn't funny anymore.
If you have debt issues (as I do) then that should definitely be priority #1. Other than that, you're just an overly cautious miser. Though that's not necessarily a bad thing in this day and age.
..but it would be a damn smart move, IMO.
Paris Hilton is, like it or not, a household name. Even her fans know how dumb she is. If they can associate someone that stupid with FOSS, then the stigma of "Linux is only for geeks" would get blown out of the water.
Plus, she WAS the victim of a hacker, and rather publicly so. If they worked the "Linux protects my address book" angle (whether it's factual or not) they'd have a slam dunk.
I disagree. I'm a totally different person than I was at age 13-17. My parents had me so fucked up and backwards back then that I barely qualified as human in the first place.
I got the same thing when I shaved my beard around the time I was 20-21 or so. I was out of work and had been applying for jobs and nobody was interested. I shaved my beard and I had a job within a couple of weeks.
Also, I have bad eyesight, so I wear contacts. When I was in college, I worked as a computer lab assistant. We had regulars that would come in, the usual college lab scene. One day I wore my glasses (with the classic coke-bottle lenses) to work as an experiment and the exact same people that were friendly and used to joke around and never gave me shit about anything were rude, obnoxious, uppity dickheads. And these weren't 19 year old freshmen, either, this was a branch campus full of non-traditional (i.e. older) students.
That pointed out one of the many ways in which adults lied to me as a kid. People are just as shallow when they get older as they are as children.
yeah, well, I'm not on the train to Bangkok yet, give me time :D
The are no more Priests of the Temples of Syrinx (obscure Rush reference).
That's not obscure. If you called us all Narpets, or said that Rocinante finally made it through the other side, THOSE are obscure Rush references.
sorry for the nitpick, please carry on...
You are stating that respect is a zero-sum thing where there is a finite amount of respect to go around. If I am respected by 0% of my customers, and you are respected by 100%, I don't need to diminish your level of respect to increase mine.
Also, regarding your comments about backstabbers: there is nothing wrong with looking out for yourself. You never really know who the backstabbers are until they 'strike' and when they do, those who are expecting it and have a counter are the ones who survive.
Your 'egoless programming' groups worked because you all respected each other, not because you gave up on the concept of respect.
do people still play Quake 2 online? I really liked the weapons and the game's style, I thought it was underrated, in fact.
what's the point of things like this? Is this really news?
I'm not a paying subscriber and I'm not one to bitch about the stories but "Someone posted the FireFox changelog" is not news.
someone's been playing some Alpha Centauri.