Tell us how you really feel. I thought I was the only one full of angst for the monthly ass-raping by my cell phone provider (Verizon). What makes me laugh/cry is how they charge more for texting than talking, when a text message is background noise in terms of data costs for them.
My sister keeps laughing at my flip-phone, but I am the one laughing at her data costs.
Also I want you to know I went to the toilet. I want you to know that too. I mean, no. I don't want you to know, but I did it and you said you wanted to know.
Sounds like a typical facebook post. People are giving this information away willingly. Some of us want privacy, while others want to tell us every last detail of their lives. I would like to not have to read about peoples every move, which is why I unfriend those that share too much.
I agree. The ease of watching a long series with multiple seasons is extremely valuable. Combine that with the ease of watching on multiple devices. My kids watch their favorite shows on the PC, Wii, Wii-U, and Kindle. The ability to pick up where you left off on any device is well worth the monthly cost.
I generally agreed with his reviews much more than his partner Siskel. Roger recognized that not all movies have to have a greater purpose. Sometimes it is ok to just have fun.
I have real world proof that fail-overs almost never work. We have a clustered oracle database with expensive hardware and software for supposed seamless failover. In 10+ years I have never seen it actually work as designed. Likewise, we have redundant load-balancers. The backup was unknowingly dead, so when the primary failed we were dead. We had to find a spare device in the junk pile.
Bottom line: Cold spares are a cheaper and more reliable alternative than these expensive hot failover solutions.
I just bought a new refrigerator. I had the option of getting the model with the touchscreen interface above the icemaker. However, the equivalent model without the touchscreen was on sale for $700 less. For that money, I can buy a couple Kindle Fire's with money to spare. I just can't justify the added cost, along with the contradictory long-life appliance, short life tech device.
I realized this about halfway through my career, after watching so many layoffs. I realized that the company could care less about it's employees and will "squeeze as much blood from a stone" as they can. Sometimes I wish I lived in Europe where a 2 week vacation is not considered a bad thing.
The bad news is robots can do your job now. The good news is we're now hiring robot repair technicians. The worse news is we're working on robot-fixing robots- and we do not anticipate any further good news.
IBM had PL/1 with syntax worse than JOSS, and everywhere the language went, it was a total loss...
Aw! Give PL/1 a break. I used it extensively at Wang - the IBM knock-off. We programmed all the non-kernel OS software with it. It wasn't much worse than Ada.
NIMBY is definitely a big problem. Our small town (population 600) is nearing completion of a 28 turbine, 40MW wind farm. Our town loves it partly for the clean energy and partly for the added revenue. However, all the surrounding towns fought it tooth and nail claiming it would ruin their views.
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Tell us how you really feel. I thought I was the only one full of angst for the monthly ass-raping by my cell phone provider (Verizon). What makes me laugh/cry is how they charge more for texting than talking, when a text message is background noise in terms of data costs for them.
My sister keeps laughing at my flip-phone, but I am the one laughing at her data costs.
Obvious. They can work for ThinkGeek.
Also I want you to know I went to the toilet. I want you to know that too. I mean, no. I don't want you to know, but I did it and you said you wanted to know.
Sounds like a typical facebook post. People are giving this information away willingly. Some of us want privacy, while others want to tell us every last detail of their lives. I would like to not have to read about peoples every move, which is why I unfriend those that share too much.
I'm a doctor, not an investor.
I agree. The ease of watching a long series with multiple seasons is extremely valuable. Combine that with the ease of watching on multiple devices. My kids watch their favorite shows on the PC, Wii, Wii-U, and Kindle. The ability to pick up where you left off on any device is well worth the monthly cost.
Right. We had similar problems in DC during the Rally for Sanity.
Agreed! My daughters spent more time voting and drawing Miis than they did playing the games.
Hey - I heard the iPhone 6 is coming out. Hurry up and buy it. It's more iPhony.
Now if only we can gain access to Proteus IV and stop the "Demon Seed" from spawning.
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders was my fave from them.
I generally agreed with his reviews much more than his partner Siskel. Roger recognized that not all movies have to have a greater purpose. Sometimes it is ok to just have fun.
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I have real world proof that fail-overs almost never work. We have a clustered oracle database with expensive hardware and software for supposed seamless failover. In 10+ years I have never seen it actually work as designed. Likewise, we have redundant load-balancers. The backup was unknowingly dead, so when the primary failed we were dead. We had to find a spare device in the junk pile.
Bottom line: Cold spares are a cheaper and more reliable alternative than these expensive hot failover solutions.
Thanks a LOT! Now I have to gouge out my small eyes in a vain attempt to forget that image.
I just bought a new refrigerator. I had the option of getting the model with the touchscreen interface above the icemaker. However, the equivalent model without the touchscreen was on sale for $700 less. For that money, I can buy a couple Kindle Fire's with money to spare. I just can't justify the added cost, along with the contradictory long-life appliance, short life tech device.
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I realized this about halfway through my career, after watching so many layoffs. I realized that the company could care less about it's employees and will "squeeze as much blood from a stone" as they can. Sometimes I wish I lived in Europe where a 2 week vacation is not considered a bad thing.
Refer to December 2012 Despair calendar.
Adaptation
The bad news is robots can do your job now. The good news is we're now hiring robot repair technicians. The worse news is we're working on robot-fixing robots- and we do not anticipate any further good news.
LOL! LOL! LOL!
IBM had PL/1 with syntax worse than JOSS,
and everywhere the language went, it was a total loss...
Aw! Give PL/1 a break. I used it extensively at Wang - the IBM knock-off. We programmed all the non-kernel OS software with it. It wasn't much worse than Ada.
My testosterone-addled mind obviously thought about naked women.
How about asymptotic to 0%? (I may have replaced a bad CPU)
I can't recall upgrading a CPU while keeping the same mobo, and I've been building PCs since 1997.
I absolutely agree. I have never upgraded my CPU on the same motherboard. I am more likely to add RAM, swap out an HD, or upgrade my graphics card.
Indeed. This quote from Ike was insightful 50 years ago:
"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security."
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Inconceivable!
NIMBY is definitely a big problem. Our small town (population 600) is nearing completion of a 28 turbine, 40MW wind farm. Our town loves it partly for the clean energy and partly for the added revenue. However, all the surrounding towns fought it tooth and nail claiming it would ruin their views.