After the debate last night, Bush is making that announcement now.
"My fellow Americans, thankfully, Poland was here to help us because the volcano, much like Kerry, flip-flopped on if this was a good, honest eruption or just some venting".
If you're friends with anyone who's trapped in that hell-hole, advise them to call the labor board.
The best way I quit a job (in high school at Taco Bell) was working one night closing the place. They'd have us work unpaid overtime because they figured it would take 30 minutes to shut down so they'd clock us out after 30 minutes. Sometimes on bad nights we'd be there 3 hours. So I'm working the closing shift, and I'm on my break. The supervisor said, "Breaks over" and I say, "Okay, I quit" and peeled off my uniform. One of the co-workers said the boss cried after I left because it really screwed up the night.
It wasn't until after this that I realized the power of calling the Labor Board. If only I could go back in time...
Of course several of the employees knowing they were getting screwed would spit in food, re-use meat dumped on the ground, and do even more horrible stuff to food. Word of experience: always be extra polite when going through the drive-thru. It's been nearly 20 years since then, and I still don't trust high school aged fast food employees.
Once in a repo-while, we'd run across gated communities like that. There's still plenty of ways of getting in without being noticed. And if I can get in and take your car, leaving a note isn't going to be a problem. You get fearless repoing. If someone freaks out (I'm just a little guy) and pulls out a bat, answering with something like, "Hit me, then. The cops will take my word as I'm legal enforcement and that jail sentence and lawsuit will cost you more money" hasn't failed me. I didn't try that sort of answer when I had a gun pulled on me though.
But your conclusion, "gated communities are more about appearing secure and catching people after the fact, than being secure and preventing the crime in the first place" is 100% correct. Appearance. That's why people lock things -- it keeps honest people honest.
Sadly, MC Hammer didn't come out and the unpaid Range Rovers weren't there, but "don't touch this" jokes were going around. And repoing cars, while listening to the Repo Man soundtrack is the best.
I think my half-assed posts on slashdot has gotten me one offer of a place to stay, but I've gotten a few good emails.
The guy lives in a gated community and a person managed to stick a note on his door and escaped unnoticed? I don't think so.
Ho, ho, ho. People who believe they're safe because they're in a gated community just aren't thinking. When I'd help my friend repo cars, gated communities didn't even get a 2nd thought. Not even the fancy-pants ones like when we went to MC Hammer's house.
And when we'd drive into a gated community in an obvious repo truck past the guard, well, that's the risk at hiring guards for 8 bucks an hour. You don't get the brightest guards out there and you don't lie to them to get in.
But I think this guy is just trying to make a quick buck and sell his business. If you're doing something shady, you have to deal with shady people.
Is there another decent PDA that runs off AA batteries? The Psion runs Opera so there's RSS feeds and it has email. With a 30-40 hour life-span on 2 AA batteries, that's hard to beat.
That's the first thing I thought of. Tubgirl came in a close 2nd. She came up in conversation earlier this week. A panicked boss scared she might run across it sometime. So far she's been lucky.
If I was more of an a-hole, I'd make it her wallpaper because she's out sick today. I think she'd sneak up and punch me.
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I just posted this and didn't see an email on your site, so I'll repost this hoping you have/. set to notify you.
The flexi problem has been fixed for the Psion so it might fix the Ericson. I spent a lot of time hunting down a PDA that runs off AA batteries. Tom the Pom, another geek read my slashdot question about this, and recommended the Psion 5mx. I found a place that repairs them.
Paul at Psion Flexi Home fixes that problem. You should send yours to him. He sold me a one cheap for my upcoming round the world trip. I think he charges 55 pounds - $100 (USD) for fixing it. If you pick one up from him, please mention Dave Smith.
I got my PDA a few days ago and I'm happy. It's another thing I don't have to worry about.
The flexi problem has been fixed. I spent a lot of time hunting down a PDA that runs off AA batteries. Another geek read my slashdot question about this, and recommended the Psion 5mx. I found a place that repairs them.
Paul at Psion Flexi Home fixes that problem. You should send yours to him. He sold me a one cheap for my upcoming round the world trip. I think he charges 55 pounds - $100 (USD) for fixing it. If you pick one up from him, please mention Dave Smith.
I got my PDA a few days ago and I'm happy. I'm so glad that's another thing I don't have to worry about.
I know 2 people with masters from the Yale Divinity School. One is the guy I sometimes reposses cars with. I've got a picture of us standing in front of MC Hammer's house when we were looking for a couple of Hammer cars. I also went to cockfights with him after we bought a cock to enter. He's ordained from ULC and is getting his doctorate to be a professor.
The other person I know with a Masters from the Yale Divinity School is his wife. Yesterday was their 2nd anniversary (hi Brad and Stacey!)
Now why would I take a religious degree with a God-sized grain of salt again?
I don't know AKMA, but if he's an ordained minister, it's probably from the UCF. Want to be ordained? Okay, you're ordained. I paid the extra 5 bucks to become an archbishop.
I do this all the time. If you give 'em something quick they assume everything is easy. Advance notice gets cut back and people bitch when it's not done in an afternoon. Wait and it makes everyone's life easier.
Keep working IT longer, you'll figure out that Scotty is correct here too.
I watched Wrath of Khan Sunday night, and I explained to my non-geek girlfriend, how Scotty was dying. That was before seeing something on the news about his sidewalk star. She, of course, couldn't care less about my love of specific sci-fi characters (Sulu is my favorite).
In Trekkies 2, I asked how many of the original actors would be in the movie, but they said most weren't participating because the first Trekkies made enough money that original actors wanted more money for an appearance. Man, I love that show.
He's wrong -- a video camera is a great way to make money.
Blackmail is a horrible word, just think to yourself, I'm doing a favor selling this tape back.
Keep those tapes because in the future, Grown Ups don't want to be reminded of the time they drank a fifth of whiskey and ran around nekkid screaming "The South Shall Rise Again!!" while throwing puke at people. Not that I have that on tape, but if there was a camera around...
Yeah, I know about synthetic oils like that. This oil acts like a solid when cast as a thin film the article says. It'd be nice if there was a stable coating that could be used on parts in internal combustion engines. Synthetic oils are just better performing oils, and it'd be nice to get away from that. Not sure if that sentence makes much sense.
It'll be sad when gasoline engines aren't affordable, but if they develop a method of coating parts it'd postpone that from happening. A few more years of driving old cars and riding old motorcycles instead of watching as they disappear.
Oils are more than anti-friction and if they can figure out a way of using a solid oil film like the one in the article with some sort of cooling aspect, maybe I'll save up enough money to buy a Vincent while gas is still affordable
Could this be used on engines? I know that oil carries away heat, as well as lubricates, in internal combustion engines.
If they find a way of coating parts and use some kind of anti-freeze in vehicles, maybe internal combustion engines will last longer. Two strokes could make a come back.
The video shows Joshua Kinberg, the bike guy, sitting by his bike while the cops are waiting for the call back from their superiors. MSNBC is asking Mr. Kinberg questions.
They arrest him and he asks why he's being arrested a couple times with no answer. He's in the police van and the MSNBC guy asks if he can get his mic back. They pull Mr. Kinberg back out of the van and realize they haven't tossed him. Tossed = search. They give MSNBC back the mic.
Oh yeah, there's a whiny guy who tries to get involved. He identifies himself as press and tries to ask Mr. Kinberg his name. But he's whiny so a cop escorts him back. Mr. Whiny starts squawking about being an American citizen and wants to charge with officer with harrassment.
But who are the governments wielding power for? Certainly not the likes of me.
Corporations already use their own military. Halliburton leases mercenaries to the US government, and under Cheney they worked for the US and Iran. It'll get bigger which should be fun.
In one section, they talk to the people that work in those conditions.
Since corporations are legally treated as a person, they need to start sending board members to prison for things like Union Carbide's Bhopal Adventure and the Ford Pinto "cheaper to pay off deaths then recall a car" trick.
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After the debate last night, Bush is making that announcement now.
"My fellow Americans, thankfully, Poland was here to help us because the volcano, much like Kerry, flip-flopped on if this was a good, honest eruption or just some venting".
Just remember, behind every dupe article is a submitter who didn't see it posted the first time.
Sometimes stories are marked "pending" for days, so it's not always the submitters fault.
You're just very very lucky that you didn't get that. Pity us who laughed at the horrors of the Goatse cover.
If you're friends with anyone who's trapped in that hell-hole, advise them to call the labor board.
The best way I quit a job (in high school at Taco Bell) was working one night closing the place. They'd have us work unpaid overtime because they figured it would take 30 minutes to shut down so they'd clock us out after 30 minutes. Sometimes on bad nights we'd be there 3 hours. So I'm working the closing shift, and I'm on my break. The supervisor said, "Breaks over" and I say, "Okay, I quit" and peeled off my uniform. One of the co-workers said the boss cried after I left because it really screwed up the night.
It wasn't until after this that I realized the power of calling the Labor Board. If only I could go back in time...
Of course several of the employees knowing they were getting screwed would spit in food, re-use meat dumped on the ground, and do even more horrible stuff to food. Word of experience: always be extra polite when going through the drive-thru. It's been nearly 20 years since then, and I still don't trust high school aged fast food employees.
How long before someone hacks gmail for the storage for this? It's probably already happened though.
I've got invites to give away too, only mine come with strings attached. Hopefully you'll live nearby so the string will reach you.
Once in a repo-while, we'd run across gated communities like that. There's still plenty of ways of getting in without being noticed. And if I can get in and take your car, leaving a note isn't going to be a problem. You get fearless repoing. If someone freaks out (I'm just a little guy) and pulls out a bat, answering with something like, "Hit me, then. The cops will take my word as I'm legal enforcement and that jail sentence and lawsuit will cost you more money" hasn't failed me. I didn't try that sort of answer when I had a gun pulled on me though.
But your conclusion, "gated communities are more about appearing secure and catching people after the fact, than being secure and preventing the crime in the first place" is 100% correct. Appearance. That's why people lock things -- it keeps honest people honest.
Sadly, MC Hammer didn't come out and the unpaid Range Rovers weren't there, but "don't touch this" jokes were going around. And repoing cars, while listening to the Repo Man soundtrack is the best.
I think my half-assed posts on slashdot has gotten me one offer of a place to stay, but I've gotten a few good emails.
The guy lives in a gated community and a person managed to stick a note on his door and escaped unnoticed? I don't think so.
Ho, ho, ho. People who believe they're safe because they're in a gated community just aren't thinking. When I'd help my friend repo cars, gated communities didn't even get a 2nd thought. Not even the fancy-pants ones like when we went to MC Hammer's house.
And when we'd drive into a gated community in an obvious repo truck past the guard, well, that's the risk at hiring guards for 8 bucks an hour. You don't get the brightest guards out there and you don't lie to them to get in.
But I think this guy is just trying to make a quick buck and sell his business. If you're doing something shady, you have to deal with shady people.
And where are these mysterious screengrabs? I needs to see 'em.
Is there another decent PDA that runs off AA batteries? The Psion runs Opera so there's RSS feeds and it has email. With a 30-40 hour life-span on 2 AA batteries, that's hard to beat.
That's the first thing I thought of. Tubgirl came in a close 2nd. She came up in conversation earlier this week. A panicked boss scared she might run across it sometime. So far she's been lucky.
If I was more of an a-hole, I'd make it her wallpaper because she's out sick today. I think she'd sneak up and punch me.
I just posted this and didn't see an email on your site, so I'll repost this hoping you have /. set to notify you.
The flexi problem has been fixed for the Psion so it might fix the Ericson. I spent a lot of time hunting down a PDA that runs off AA batteries. Tom the Pom, another geek read my slashdot question about this, and recommended the Psion 5mx. I found a place that repairs them.
Paul at Psion Flexi Home fixes that problem. You should send yours to him. He sold me a one cheap for my upcoming round the world trip. I think he charges 55 pounds - $100 (USD) for fixing it. If you pick one up from him, please mention Dave Smith.
I got my PDA a few days ago and I'm happy. It's another thing I don't have to worry about.
The flexi problem has been fixed. I spent a lot of time hunting down a PDA that runs off AA batteries. Another geek read my slashdot question about this, and recommended the Psion 5mx. I found a place that repairs them.
Paul at Psion Flexi Home fixes that problem. You should send yours to him. He sold me a one cheap for my upcoming round the world trip. I think he charges 55 pounds - $100 (USD) for fixing it. If you pick one up from him, please mention Dave Smith.
I got my PDA a few days ago and I'm happy. I'm so glad that's another thing I don't have to worry about.
Yup, I RTFA.
I know 2 people with masters from the Yale Divinity School. One is the guy I sometimes reposses cars with. I've got a picture of us standing in front of MC Hammer's house when we were looking for a couple of Hammer cars. I also went to cockfights with him after we bought a cock to enter. He's ordained from ULC and is getting his doctorate to be a professor.
The other person I know with a Masters from the Yale Divinity School is his wife. Yesterday was their 2nd anniversary (hi Brad and Stacey!)
Now why would I take a religious degree with a God-sized grain of salt again?
churches are usually given tax breaks.
I don't know AKMA, but if he's an ordained minister, it's probably from the UCF. Want to be ordained? Okay, you're ordained. I paid the extra 5 bucks to become an archbishop.
Archbishopfully,
--Dave Smith
I do this all the time. If you give 'em something quick they assume everything is easy. Advance notice gets cut back and people bitch when it's not done in an afternoon. Wait and it makes everyone's life easier.
Keep working IT longer, you'll figure out that Scotty is correct here too.
I watched Wrath of Khan Sunday night, and I explained to my non-geek girlfriend, how Scotty was dying. That was before seeing something on the news about his sidewalk star. She, of course, couldn't care less about my love of specific sci-fi characters (Sulu is my favorite).
In Trekkies 2, I asked how many of the original actors would be in the movie, but they said most weren't participating because the first Trekkies made enough money that original actors wanted more money for an appearance. Man, I love that show.
He's wrong -- a video camera is a great way to make money.
Blackmail is a horrible word, just think to yourself, I'm doing a favor selling this tape back.
Keep those tapes because in the future, Grown Ups don't want to be reminded of the time they drank a fifth of whiskey and ran around nekkid screaming "The South Shall Rise Again!!" while throwing puke at people. Not that I have that on tape, but if there was a camera around...
Yeah, I know about synthetic oils like that. This oil acts like a solid when cast as a thin film the article says. It'd be nice if there was a stable coating that could be used on parts in internal combustion engines. Synthetic oils are just better performing oils, and it'd be nice to get away from that. Not sure if that sentence makes much sense.
It'll be sad when gasoline engines aren't affordable, but if they develop a method of coating parts it'd postpone that from happening. A few more years of driving old cars and riding old motorcycles instead of watching as they disappear.
Oils are more than anti-friction and if they can figure out a way of using a solid oil film like the one in the article with some sort of cooling aspect, maybe I'll save up enough money to buy a Vincent while gas is still affordable
Could this be used on engines? I know that oil carries away heat, as well as lubricates, in internal combustion engines.
If they find a way of coating parts and use some kind of anti-freeze in vehicles, maybe internal combustion engines will last longer. Two strokes could make a come back.
This IS NOT the msnbc video, it's a private feed.
The video shows Joshua Kinberg, the bike guy, sitting by his bike while the cops are waiting for the call back from their superiors. MSNBC is asking Mr. Kinberg questions.
They arrest him and he asks why he's being arrested a couple times with no answer. He's in the police van and the MSNBC guy asks if he can get his mic back. They pull Mr. Kinberg back out of the van and realize they haven't tossed him. Tossed = search. They give MSNBC back the mic.
Oh yeah, there's a whiny guy who tries to get involved. He identifies himself as press and tries to ask Mr. Kinberg his name. But he's whiny so a cop escorts him back. Mr. Whiny starts squawking about being an American citizen and wants to charge with officer with harrassment.
He's not as entertaining as Hatebeak.
Okay, so government and corporations aren't really in power. It's the Secret Elite that controls them?
But who are the governments wielding power for? Certainly not the likes of me.
Corporations already use their own military. Halliburton leases mercenaries to the US government, and under Cheney they worked for the US and Iran. It'll get bigger which should be fun.
One Giant Corporation Shall Rule Us All.
Have you seen the movie The Corporation?
In one section, they talk to the people that work in those conditions.
Since corporations are legally treated as a person, they need to start sending board members to prison for things like Union Carbide's Bhopal Adventure and the Ford Pinto "cheaper to pay off deaths then recall a car" trick.
Hey, if that's a jab at the USA, we haven't done anything in Iraq that we don't do in our own country.
Off-topic:
Man, is pair.com pissing me off. Read my journal and let me know if you have a good server provider.