Honestly, I think they're a step up from "I roll my poo into balls". God help you if they ever make you speak to one to explain what's wrong with something purchased there.
I took two semesters of Japanese at U. They used the "Japanese the Spoken Language" (JSL) text. It was pretty good, but you're not looking for a classroom environment.
Right now, I am studying Arabic using Rosetta Stone software. It is the closest thing to an immersive, english free learning tool I have seen. I am enjoying it quite a bit. I feel this sort of instruction is about the only way to learn any language where the grammar is significantly different from English.
That said, the things I learned while studying Japanese that most impressed Japanese people were simple things that most texts don't cover. I learned them from a magazine called "Mangajin", which took manga, translated them, and explained them. Correctly using one word that they don't teach gaijin goes a long way toward making you seem like you know what you're doing.
Mangajin is no longer in print, but you should be able to find used copies for sale on ebay, etc.
When I was there (Kuwait, actually, not Iraq), we all sort of wound up "going native", in that we just got used to the heat. When I realized it didnt find 115 degrees particularly hot any more, I was pretty surprised. When I was patrolling after a long summer and shivering at about 80 degrees, I was even more surprised.
That said, any of the natives that can stay out of the sun and out of the heat during the day. It is only the poorest people that had to work under those conditions.
I think you have an important point... the speed increase a user feels when using the keyboard vs. the mouse may be completely imaginary.
But, I have been in the position the original poster describes. I worked in a bank that rolled out a browser based front end for an AS400 terminal app. I could help a customer with a complex request using the terminal before a new person with the browser could even have the customer info pulled up.
The difference was that I was using a keyboard interface for a system that had been designed for keyboarding. The people in the apple study were using a keyboard interface that was available for a system that had been designed as a GUI.
... but you can still hold an MRE packet up in the jet exhaust and get it warm enough to be edible...
You sure about that? My military weight loss plan was "quit eating until the terrorist threat level goes back down and they let the TCN* cooks back on post". I found it much preferable to just eat peanuts and raisins, rather than MREs.
* TCN: Third Country Nationals. Not Kuwaitis, not US citizens, too big a risk to have cooking for us when we were on alert. The military sure does love their TLAs.
I worked at FNBO for a number of years - the thing that impressed me most about them was the consistent high quality of everything IT there.
I went through the rollout of a few software packages, and they always "just worked" right out of the gate. The uptime on all of the systems was just as impressive.
The only one I'm familiar with that is related to an actually well-known guitar player is http://www.zagerguitar.com/. Zager is half of Zager and Evans, a group that had an international hit ("In the Year 2525") a long time ago.
I especially like the fact that he refers to himself as the "world's greatest one hit wonder". There are plenty of videos on the website for you to decide what you think.
No, they don't. They just don't (and/or don't want to) understand all the inner workings of technology they use every day.
Considering that most of these people have to use computers at work on a daily basis, and probably use them at home at least every few days, isn't refusing to learn about the technology, by definition, lacking common sense?
The ISO 9660 drone where I last worked was a mouth breathing zombie. She would ask us to "put the intranet on a CD" about every three months. I love the way the parent post so eloquently nails the topic!
In the book, they detonate a dirty nuke at the Superbowl. They changed the story for the movie, before 9/11. The Superbowl must be too sacred to besmirch.
Call your credit card company and tell them you want to dispute the charge.
I worked in a credit card company for about 3 years. Tell them you've explained the situation to the merchant and they won't fix it, and that you want to dispute it. That should be about all it takes.
Hadn't thought of it that way, but you're right. The two guys shot earlier this year in Kuwait (on a route I used to travel twice a day) were civilians. I apologize for giving short shrift to those who still do their part on the outside.
At least I got my injury documented - I go in for another MRI in a few weeks, maybe more tampering with my spine after that.
Other than that, I understand you completely. I have spent exactly one of three wedding anniversaries with my wife, the others with the army. I have had even worse luck with other holidays. I was in Kuwait for what the said was the hottest, most humid summer they had had for 40 years. And still, I stay in.
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13F? Is that an FO? We love them!
Honestly, I think they're a step up from "I roll my poo into balls".
God help you if they ever make you speak to one to explain what's wrong with something purchased there.
I took two semesters of Japanese at U. They used the "Japanese the Spoken Language" (JSL) text. It was pretty good, but you're not looking for a classroom environment.
Right now, I am studying Arabic using Rosetta Stone software. It is the closest thing to an immersive, english free learning tool I have seen. I am enjoying it quite a bit. I feel this sort of instruction is about the only way to learn any language where the grammar is significantly different from English.
That said, the things I learned while studying Japanese that most impressed Japanese people were simple things that most texts don't cover. I learned them from a magazine called "Mangajin", which took manga, translated them, and explained them. Correctly using one word that they don't teach gaijin goes a long way toward making you seem like you know what you're doing.
Mangajin is no longer in print, but you should be able to find used copies for sale on ebay, etc.
All I can say to that is "Hell yeah"!
I have had palm pilots, WinCE machines, and laptops, and they are all so lacking when held up next to that little gem.
"1998 Law" places this in the Clinton presidency, doesn't it?
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
That's pretty off base, even for SCO.
When I was there (Kuwait, actually, not Iraq), we all sort of wound up "going native", in that we just got used to the heat. When I realized it didnt find 115 degrees particularly hot any more, I was pretty surprised. When I was patrolling after a long summer and shivering at about 80 degrees, I was even more surprised.
That said, any of the natives that can stay out of the sun and out of the heat during the day. It is only the poorest people that had to work under those conditions.
I think you have an important point ... the speed increase a user feels when using the keyboard vs. the mouse may be completely imaginary.
But, I have been in the position the original poster describes. I worked in a bank that rolled out a browser based front end for an AS400 terminal app. I could help a customer with a complex request using the terminal before a new person with the browser could even have the customer info pulled up.
The difference was that I was using a keyboard interface for a system that had been designed for keyboarding. The people in the apple study were using a keyboard interface that was available for a system that had been designed as a GUI.
"GAC" = "Good Army Chow"
We sure love our TLA's.
... but you can still hold an MRE packet up in the jet exhaust and get it warm enough to be edible ...
You sure about that? My military weight loss plan was "quit eating until the terrorist threat level goes back down and they let the TCN* cooks back on post". I found it much preferable to just eat peanuts and raisins, rather than MREs.
* TCN: Third Country Nationals. Not Kuwaitis, not US citizens, too big a risk to have cooking for us when we were on alert. The military sure does love their TLAs.
I worked at FNBO for a number of years - the thing that impressed me most about them was the consistent high quality of everything IT there.
I went through the rollout of a few software packages, and they always "just worked" right out of the gate. The uptime on all of the systems was just as impressive.
The only one I'm familiar with that is related to an actually well-known guitar player is http://www.zagerguitar.com/. Zager is half of Zager and Evans, a group that had an international hit ("In the Year 2525") a long time ago.
I especially like the fact that he refers to himself as the "world's greatest one hit wonder". There are plenty of videos on the website for you to decide what you think.
Which company did you work for?
"from now on."
Uh, you know this is slashdot, right? Most of us here are already on the "ignore reality" bandwagon.
First, the toad never developed a taste for cane beetles...
How can the cane not know it's supposed to eat the cane beetle?
Stupid toad.
Too many people lack common sense.
No, they don't. They just don't (and/or don't want to) understand all the inner workings of technology they use every day.
Considering that most of these people have to use computers at work on a daily basis, and probably use them at home at least every few days, isn't refusing to learn about the technology, by definition, lacking common sense?
The cast begs to differ.
... why on earth would you post that AC?
That was actually funny
Greenpeace members have spiked trees. I lived with one of them, before he became a fucktard.
The ISO 9660 drone where I last worked was a mouth breathing zombie. She would ask us to "put the intranet on a CD" about every three months. I love the way the parent post so eloquently nails the topic!
I thought of the dirty bomb/JJ's nipple connection about five seconds after I hit send. Damn.
In the book, they detonate a dirty nuke at the Superbowl. They changed the story for the movie, before 9/11. The Superbowl must be too sacred to besmirch.
Did he write a book about using aiplanes as bombs?
I worked in a credit card company for about 3 years. Tell them you've explained the situation to the merchant and they won't fix it, and that you want to dispute it. That should be about all it takes.
Hadn't thought of it that way, but you're right. The two guys shot earlier this year in Kuwait (on a route I used to travel twice a day) were civilians. I apologize for giving short shrift to those who still do their part on the outside.
At least I got my injury documented - I go in for another MRI in a few weeks, maybe more tampering with my spine after that.
Other than that, I understand you completely. I have spent exactly one of three wedding anniversaries with my wife, the others with the army. I have had even worse luck with other holidays. I was in Kuwait for what the said was the hottest, most humid summer they had had for 40 years. And still, I stay in.