Those of us outside the US are just hoping America doesn't vote in another religious fanatic nutcase. Well, most of us anyway. It's easier to rally your religious nutcase followers when your enemy are religious nutcases of a different faith.
Dude, if it takes you 45+ minutes of going down on a girl to, ahem, please her so to speak... you must be doing something wrong.
Then again, this is Slashdot so you're probably talking about your Real Doll or a dream you had some time. In which case, it doesn't matter what your technique is like.:)
I got in trouble from a co-worker the other day for speaking too loudly on my phone, causing her to miss the code word for the radio competition she had spent all week trying to win. It's been quite funny (sad?) to hear all her excuses this week why she can't leave her desk. She really wanted those tickets.
Also, it seems that she and her husband are going through some difficult financial times and her kid was bitten at school the other day by some other kid. I rarely talk to this lady, but I feel so involved in her life just from listening to her in the desk next to me in the open plan office. Oh, and radio's are allowed, but headphones are not because "You might not hear the phone ring. Yes, the one right in front of you with the big red flashing lights.".
I showed your post to my wife. I don't mean to be harsh, but her response was "Has this guy ever had a girlfriend?".
Dude, women are strange beasts. They can be irrational at times. They are usually very competitive towards other women. They love feeling more special than other women.
These are just things us mere males need to accept.
I hear what you saying. But women are very competitive against other women. While a woman can be happy with a cheap ring, they don't want other women knowing they have a cheap ring. Unless they know that they also have a cheap ring, or at least share their view on cheap rings.
Women are funny beasts. But you can't help but love them.
I should add that if anyone's future fiance is so picky about what is on their ring rather than who gave it to them, they probably aren't worth marrying. Of course that's just my opinion, but if they insist on a natural diamond for thousands of dollars, you probably will be shelling out money to her for ever more.
The engagement ring is supposed to be a symbol of your love and devotion. Again, to my wife and I it is at least. I bloody piece of string should be sufficient.:)
At the end of the day, if it looks like a diamond, it's good enough. Well, for my wife and I anyway.
Not to mention the added bonus of no-one having to die for my wife to have it.
I mentioned your comments to my wife (putting my life on the line mind you) and her response was "So what! It looks like a diamond, people think it's a diamond, and it came from you (me). I wouldn't want anything else.". That's probably one of the reasons I married her.:)
I don't know the details of how they're made or any other technical details. All I know is my wife loves her ring and no-one can tell the difference with a naked eye. Even jewlers comment on how lovely it is when she window shops.
Occasionally someone will ask if it's real, to which she responds "of course it's real. It's certainly not imaginary.". People tend not to ask any more questions after that.:)
My wife wanted a diamond ring as an engagement ring. I asked how she would feel wearing a ring that a child may have died for. I explained how man made diamonds last longer and are flawless. I showed her the price difference. She got a 1crt man made diamond solitaire for under AU$1000. I could not have afforded a natural 1crt diamond, and honestly, I would have hated myself for buying it.
Every person who sees the ring loves it. It's amazing to see the looks on the faces of other women when they see it. You can feel the jealousy and see it in their faces. Brilliant.
I've just recently bought my wife a 2nd hand natural diamond ring for about AU$150. I would definately recommend man-made or 2nd hand natural diamonds. I figure the damage has already been done by the original purchaser of real natural diamonds, so buying 2nd hand isn't really a moral issue for me, or my wife.
Women, well at least my wife, don't necessarily want natural diamonds. They want to feel special and see the look of jealousy on the faces of other women. Having said that, there are always the snooty girls who won't wear anything other than a natural diamond. The're usually the ones who will leave you because their new man has a bigger house, better car, and bigger bank ballance than you.
Very true.
Users also love a pretty gui. I took a copy of Mandriva One 2007 with XGL to work yesterday and had 5 people take copies of the CD to play with at home. None of those people had ever played with linux before but were impressed enough with the 3d gui effects to give it a go.
I'm not a regular linux user but I've been playing around with distro's for a few years, usually with a dual boot to Windows. I enjoy playing under the hood, so to speak, but am very much a beginner. Ubuntu was the first distro I played with that I thought I may be able to use full time. Now I'm thinking that about Mandriva 2007. All in all, the community is moving in the right direction and I love it.
Shitdrummer.
What weight? Remember, 2 million at *peak* out of the now 300 million people in the country. The fact that they actually have so little viewership compared to the traditional media, but have people like you are so afraid of every little thing they say, is amazing.
I don't know about you, but I think it's a tragedy that 2 million people (peak or no peak) are receiving opinions (often reported as news) that are simply not supported by any evidence/facts. That's what has me so afraid. If truthfulness (or truthiness) is not a requirement of reporting, what ends up happening is that the media isn't trusted any more and people are less informed.
Is it not a function of this Representative Republic that we live in, that we have the ability and right to have opinions that differ from the establishment?
But the point is that opinions should be supported by facts. An opinion that isn't supported by facts shouldn't be given anywhere near the same weight as an opinion that is supported by facts.
But then again, as has been said before, facts tend to have a strong liberal bias.
My big concern is that the current US Administration thinks it's their duty to actually bring about Armageddon and the second coming of Christ. If not the current administration, then at least some of the people who vote for them. After all, the main reason for supporting Israel is due to the belief that if the "Holy Land" is not controlled by the Jews at the time of Rapture, all humans will go to hell or Christ won't return or some other nonsense.
FTFA: One solution would be to make health care less labor-intensive by investing a lot more in information technology. "Low productivity in health is mostly a product of low investment," says Harvard University economist Dale Jorgenson.
Well the only way I can think of making health care less labor-intensive is to use robots. Lots of 'em. Or some kind of super robot that can do everything like cleaning bedpans, checking blood pressure, bathing patients, flirting with the X-ray machines etc. We could call it Super Robot, or maybe Frank. I think I prefer Frank.
Assurances that you won't be invaded are just words on paper after all.
Exactly.
Is there anyone left on Earth who trusts anything the US Government has to say? You're more likely to get the truth from a damp sock. And usually more intelligent reasoning.
Actually it was the the Royal Navy as reperesentatives of the Queen of England who founded Australia*. (After the Dutch and Macassans (and others) had been trading with the locals for decades, if not centuries.)
It took the convicts to make it the greatest country on Earth. Yeah... you heard me... the Greatest Country on Earth!:)
How about that! England sends all their undesirables off to far away Van Diemen's land (as Australia was known then) as punnishment for minor crimes (e.g. stealing a loaf of bread to feed a starving family) and in retaliation the convicts (and their decendents) help to establish the greatest country on Earth and in time manage to best their historical gaol masters at almost every sport known to man. As final retaliation, Australia sends their brightest and fittest young men and women "home" each year to drink the bars dry, bed the local women and men, and take all the good spots in their County cricket teams, leaving nothing but chaos, broken hearts and smashed records along the way.
Not to mention the weather.:)
*Although it was the British who founded Australia, upon arrival the they discovered some curious locals who later turned out to have probably settled in some 20,000 - 40,000 thousand years earlier. They weren't considered important at the time though, mostly because they had the unfortunate misfortune to have been born black. Sadly, they're still not generally considered important, mostly due to the fact that they are still mostly black.
P.S. Sorry. You will know what I mean if this is meant for you.
Also in the "not quite a movie" category, because I choose to forget there ever was one made, thank you very much Canada.
Doctor Who.
I mean he built a robot dog (well, many), travels through time and never "actually" gets the girl... Scientist!
Also for some strange reason I quite like the bumbling scientist from Stargate SG-1. Can't remember his name, bald guy. Mostly screws up but sometimes comes through. Oh you know who I mean. This is Slashdot after all.:)
150ms is only the network delay time between the two devices.
Don't forget that the audio needs to be encoded, packetised and transmitted. Then received, the packets re-assembled in the right order and then decoded back to an audio stream. So it's incorrect to equate 150ms network delay time with 150ms speech delay time on a mobile or standard telephone.
150ms is the recommended maximum network delay for VoIP traffic as any more than that and you start to get noticably annoying delays. You might be happy to put up with delay on your phone calls but a lot of people aren't (i.e. managers, salesmen, me etc).
Also, I doubt a call from California to Tennessee would travel mostly over POTS. I'd say the call would be over more advanced infrastructure than 2 copper wires, and in fact you're probably going over a VoIP WAN link at some stage.
Additionally (in reference to another post by someone else), you shouldn't get a delay of anywhere near 1 to 2 seconds on any (well, to be honest, most) telephone call to anywhere in the world. That is extremely unacceptable delay and carriers would want to know if you're routinely getting this sort of delay. I agree it does happen occasionally but usually only when the default routes are down or fully used and you end up getting routed around the world a couple of times or over a poorly configured IP trunk. If you do get a call with this much delay, hang up and call again. You'll probably find the default routes have freed up by then and you will usually get a better quality line. Usually.:)
I was testing an E&M voice tie line from Sydney to NY. One of the tests we performed was to loop the NY end so I could hear my speech in the receiver. The delay was at worst 1 second. Sydney to NY and Back, around 1 second delay over 4 copper wires and various other network infrastructure in between.
Are you kidding? BSG started off brilliantly but, in my opinion, has been going down hill ever since.
The second season has been a massive joke. It's turned into a soap opera set in space (mostly). The last episode before the mid season break got me slightly interested again though.
Most the sci-fi fans I know have been getting very bored with season 2 and some have given up completely on the series. I'm willing to give it a little longer though, mainly due to the small number of quality alternatives.
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Those of us outside the US are just hoping America doesn't vote in another religious fanatic nutcase. Well, most of us anyway. It's easier to rally your religious nutcase followers when your enemy are religious nutcases of a different faith.
Shitdrummer.
Dude, if it takes you 45+ minutes of going down on a girl to, ahem, please her so to speak... you must be doing something wrong.
:)
Then again, this is Slashdot so you're probably talking about your Real Doll or a dream you had some time. In which case, it doesn't matter what your technique is like.
Shitdrummer.
While you are right, the biggest problem I have with BSG is that it's a Drama that used to be Sci-Fi.
Shitdrummer.
I got in trouble from a co-worker the other day for speaking too loudly on my phone, causing her to miss the code word for the radio competition she had spent all week trying to win. It's been quite funny (sad?) to hear all her excuses this week why she can't leave her desk. She really wanted those tickets.
Also, it seems that she and her husband are going through some difficult financial times and her kid was bitten at school the other day by some other kid. I rarely talk to this lady, but I feel so involved in her life just from listening to her in the desk next to me in the open plan office. Oh, and radio's are allowed, but headphones are not because "You might not hear the phone ring. Yes, the one right in front of you with the big red flashing lights.".
Shitdrummer.
And I bet it's the most precious gift she has ever received. Congrats dude.
Shitdrummer.
Thanks dude. She definately is a great woman.
And if your reading darling, I'll do the dishes tomorrow. OK?
Shitdrummer.
I showed your post to my wife. I don't mean to be harsh, but her response was "Has this guy ever had a girlfriend?".
Dude, women are strange beasts. They can be irrational at times. They are usually very competitive towards other women. They love feeling more special than other women.
These are just things us mere males need to accept.
Shitdrummer.
I hear what you saying. But women are very competitive against other women. While a woman can be happy with a cheap ring, they don't want other women knowing they have a cheap ring. Unless they know that they also have a cheap ring, or at least share their view on cheap rings.
Women are funny beasts. But you can't help but love them.
Shitdrummer.
I should add that if anyone's future fiance is so picky about what is on their ring rather than who gave it to them, they probably aren't worth marrying. Of course that's just my opinion, but if they insist on a natural diamond for thousands of dollars, you probably will be shelling out money to her for ever more.
:)
The engagement ring is supposed to be a symbol of your love and devotion. Again, to my wife and I it is at least. I bloody piece of string should be sufficient.
Shitdrummer.
At the end of the day, if it looks like a diamond, it's good enough. Well, for my wife and I anyway.
:)
Not to mention the added bonus of no-one having to die for my wife to have it.
I mentioned your comments to my wife (putting my life on the line mind you) and her response was "So what! It looks like a diamond, people think it's a diamond, and it came from you (me). I wouldn't want anything else.". That's probably one of the reasons I married her.
Shitdrummer.
http://www.gemolite.com.au/
:)
I don't know the details of how they're made or any other technical details. All I know is my wife loves her ring and no-one can tell the difference with a naked eye. Even jewlers comment on how lovely it is when she window shops.
Occasionally someone will ask if it's real, to which she responds "of course it's real. It's certainly not imaginary.". People tend not to ask any more questions after that.
Shitdrummer.
My wife wanted a diamond ring as an engagement ring. I asked how she would feel wearing a ring that a child may have died for. I explained how man made diamonds last longer and are flawless. I showed her the price difference. She got a 1crt man made diamond solitaire for under AU$1000. I could not have afforded a natural 1crt diamond, and honestly, I would have hated myself for buying it.
Every person who sees the ring loves it. It's amazing to see the looks on the faces of other women when they see it. You can feel the jealousy and see it in their faces. Brilliant.
I've just recently bought my wife a 2nd hand natural diamond ring for about AU$150. I would definately recommend man-made or 2nd hand natural diamonds. I figure the damage has already been done by the original purchaser of real natural diamonds, so buying 2nd hand isn't really a moral issue for me, or my wife.
Women, well at least my wife, don't necessarily want natural diamonds. They want to feel special and see the look of jealousy on the faces of other women. Having said that, there are always the snooty girls who won't wear anything other than a natural diamond. The're usually the ones who will leave you because their new man has a bigger house, better car, and bigger bank ballance than you.
Shitdrummer.
Very true. Users also love a pretty gui. I took a copy of Mandriva One 2007 with XGL to work yesterday and had 5 people take copies of the CD to play with at home. None of those people had ever played with linux before but were impressed enough with the 3d gui effects to give it a go. I'm not a regular linux user but I've been playing around with distro's for a few years, usually with a dual boot to Windows. I enjoy playing under the hood, so to speak, but am very much a beginner. Ubuntu was the first distro I played with that I thought I may be able to use full time. Now I'm thinking that about Mandriva 2007. All in all, the community is moving in the right direction and I love it. Shitdrummer.
But Google have a plan.
.com boom?
1. Buy Youtube
2. ????
3. Profit
Just how can they make a profit from youtube? That's an awful lot of advertising google are going to need to sell to recoup their investment.
Could this be a sign of a new
Shitdrummer.
I don't know about you, but I think it's a tragedy that 2 million people (peak or no peak) are receiving opinions (often reported as news) that are simply not supported by any evidence/facts. That's what has me so afraid. If truthfulness (or truthiness) is not a requirement of reporting, what ends up happening is that the media isn't trusted any more and people are less informed.
Shitdrummer.
But the point is that opinions should be supported by facts. An opinion that isn't supported by facts shouldn't be given anywhere near the same weight as an opinion that is supported by facts.
But then again, as has been said before, facts tend to have a strong liberal bias.
Shitdrummer.
My big concern is that the current US Administration thinks it's their duty to actually bring about Armageddon and the second coming of Christ. If not the current administration, then at least some of the people who vote for them. After all, the main reason for supporting Israel is due to the belief that if the "Holy Land" is not controlled by the Jews at the time of Rapture, all humans will go to hell or Christ won't return or some other nonsense.
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Shitdrummer.
FTFA: One solution would be to make health care less labor-intensive by investing a lot more in information technology. "Low productivity in health is mostly a product of low investment," says Harvard University economist Dale Jorgenson.
:p
Well the only way I can think of making health care less labor-intensive is to use robots. Lots of 'em. Or some kind of super robot that can do everything like cleaning bedpans, checking blood pressure, bathing patients, flirting with the X-ray machines etc. We could call it Super Robot, or maybe Frank. I think I prefer Frank.
Assurances that you won't be invaded are just words on paper after all.
Exactly.
Is there anyone left on Earth who trusts anything the US Government has to say? You're more likely to get the truth from a damp sock. And usually more intelligent reasoning.
Shitdrummer.
FTFPatent ... "A second point-to-point Internet protocol includes the steps of (a) transmitting an E-mail signal, ..."
So if you don't use SMTP to connect the remote clients together, you're not infringing, I guess.
Shitdrummer.
Actually it was the the Royal Navy as reperesentatives of the Queen of England who founded Australia*. (After the Dutch and Macassans (and others) had been trading with the locals for decades, if not centuries.)
:)
:)
It took the convicts to make it the greatest country on Earth. Yeah... you heard me... the Greatest Country on Earth!
How about that! England sends all their undesirables off to far away Van Diemen's land (as Australia was known then) as punnishment for minor crimes (e.g. stealing a loaf of bread to feed a starving family) and in retaliation the convicts (and their decendents) help to establish the greatest country on Earth and in time manage to best their historical gaol masters at almost every sport known to man. As final retaliation, Australia sends their brightest and fittest young men and women "home" each year to drink the bars dry, bed the local women and men, and take all the good spots in their County cricket teams, leaving nothing but chaos, broken hearts and smashed records along the way.
Not to mention the weather.
*Although it was the British who founded Australia, upon arrival the they discovered some curious locals who later turned out to have probably settled in some 20,000 - 40,000 thousand years earlier. They weren't considered important at the time though, mostly because they had the unfortunate misfortune to have been born black. Sadly, they're still not generally considered important, mostly due to the fact that they are still mostly black.
P.S. Sorry. You will know what I mean if this is meant for you.
Shitdrummer.
Also in the "not quite a movie" category, because I choose to forget there ever was one made, thank you very much Canada.
:)
Doctor Who.
I mean he built a robot dog (well, many), travels through time and never "actually" gets the girl... Scientist!
Also for some strange reason I quite like the bumbling scientist from Stargate SG-1. Can't remember his name, bald guy. Mostly screws up but sometimes comes through. Oh you know who I mean. This is Slashdot after all.
Speaking of Stargate...
mmmm Samantha Carter *drool*
I...
Sorry, where was I?
Shitdrummer.
Yay Yay DMCA,
Giving us copying rights today.
Hey, hang on, WTF?!?
Shitdrummer.
150ms is only the network delay time between the two devices.
:)
Don't forget that the audio needs to be encoded, packetised and transmitted. Then received, the packets re-assembled in the right order and then decoded back to an audio stream. So it's incorrect to equate 150ms network delay time with 150ms speech delay time on a mobile or standard telephone.
150ms is the recommended maximum network delay for VoIP traffic as any more than that and you start to get noticably annoying delays. You might be happy to put up with delay on your phone calls but a lot of people aren't (i.e. managers, salesmen, me etc).
Also, I doubt a call from California to Tennessee would travel mostly over POTS. I'd say the call would be over more advanced infrastructure than 2 copper wires, and in fact you're probably going over a VoIP WAN link at some stage.
Additionally (in reference to another post by someone else), you shouldn't get a delay of anywhere near 1 to 2 seconds on any (well, to be honest, most) telephone call to anywhere in the world. That is extremely unacceptable delay and carriers would want to know if you're routinely getting this sort of delay. I agree it does happen occasionally but usually only when the default routes are down or fully used and you end up getting routed around the world a couple of times or over a poorly configured IP trunk. If you do get a call with this much delay, hang up and call again. You'll probably find the default routes have freed up by then and you will usually get a better quality line. Usually.
I was testing an E&M voice tie line from Sydney to NY. One of the tests we performed was to loop the NY end so I could hear my speech in the receiver. The delay was at worst 1 second. Sydney to NY and Back, around 1 second delay over 4 copper wires and various other network infrastructure in between.
Shitdrummer.
Are you kidding? BSG started off brilliantly but, in my opinion, has been going down hill ever since.
The second season has been a massive joke. It's turned into a soap opera set in space (mostly). The last episode before the mid season break got me slightly interested again though.
Most the sci-fi fans I know have been getting very bored with season 2 and some have given up completely on the series. I'm willing to give it a little longer though, mainly due to the small number of quality alternatives.
Shitdrummer.