Judging from the images, they could have benefitted from use of evacuated glass bulbs containing resistance-heated tungsten filaments, arrayed in quantity such that the pictures aren't so *damned dark*. (They can afford 52 CMOS sensors, but where's the friggin lighting?)
Now, let's say the rock hits in the North Atlantic, kinda like in 'Deep Impact'. Or farther up Asia's east coast, near large population centers. That would cause bigger problems than a 'hole in the ground'.
The new E300 EVolt thing looks interesting... will check it out, esp. since I'm now interested in a cam that isn't from one of the 'big 2'. Thanks for replying!
DSLR users, raise your hands if you've had problems with keeping dust off of the CCD. This seems to be a significant bugaboo among online reviews of these cameras, and before I buy one, I'd like to know how big a problem it really is.
I have two P&S digitals, neither of which work. One is on a slow boat back to its maker for warranty repairs. Thus, I'm looking at alternatives.
At a previous job, the security admin ran a cracker against the passwords periodically, to see if people were using 'easy' passwords. Certain patterns emerged:
Kid, wife and pet names were widely used. Nothing new there.
The entire company used f*ck and s*ck in combination with the company's name.
The employees at the Dutch subsidiary included 'sex' in their password so frequently that the 'sex' count became a running gag with this procedure.
And there are just some things you don't want to put in your password. A husband and wife worked at the main location, and while the hubbie's pwd didn't say much, the wife's basically read "123byebyehubby". Wonder if they're still together, hehe.
Loaded along with this article was an ad near the top of the screen for Doom 3... with a murderous, red-faced zombie scowling out at me. Great timing! Are the dead from Bhopal coming back to get us or something?
If they've said they'll hire you full-time, get a firm timeline from them, and book out of there if they don't meet it (assuming that full-time is still what you want). The place I work at has bullshitted me time and again about 'hiring on'... been there 18 months now, on a contract that was priced at 'get-in-the-door' rates. I'll be moving on, soon enough, but it's a lesson learned.
The idea was to create toys that wouldn't get anybody hurt or break stuff... hah! Those Nerf footballs could leave a mark if you threw them hard enough.
How many different Nerf things were there, anyway?
Those of us who are old enough may recall Ashcroft's counterpart in the Reagan Administration, Edwin Meese.
Meese went on a crusade to eliminate pr0n from the American landscape (didn't work, of course), among other issues he pursued. In general, I would count Meese as equally, if not a shade more, conservative than Ashcroft.
Now, if Best Buy's Service Plans really meant SERVICE (nudge nudge wink wink say no more!) from a Hooters-type chick, well then, I might sign up. Maybe.
Problem is, Fry's doesn't exist everywhere. Best Buy is more of a national chain than Fry's.
Since everyone else is piling on, I'll just add that I haven't been to Best Buy in 3 years. Back then, inadequate surge protection lead to a dead stereo receiver, so I went to Best Buy to get a replacement. Compared the ones on the shelf, on my own, found a winner, grabbed it, and started for the door. Halfway to the front, this skinny little blue-shirted BB weasel starts gabbing at me, and it's clear that not only is he trying to get the extended warranty sale, he's trying to get his employee code (or whatever it is) onto my purchase. I told him I didn't need his help, pushed past the little fucker, got to the front, bought my item, and never went back.
Mean-spirited? "Bad customer?" Hey, I went there to BUY ONE ITEM, no more, no less. If BB's sales model requires that salespeople annoy me, then screw BB.
Your post reminds me of the scene in 'Men in Black' where Tommy Lee Jones holds up some new mini-uber-format disc and says "Guess I'll have to buy the White Album again." (referring to an old Beatles collection). I have a ton of stuff on vinyl that, while I'd like to update some of it, I either don't have that big an urge to, or the music is too old to show up on CD.
And aside from the time spent in my car, I don't have time to sit around and listen to music during the day. Either work, play or other modes of entertainment compete for that time, and music ain't holding up well in that battle. p.s. having been born in 1963, I'm a borderline Boomer, even if I don't relate to that demographic much.
Boundin' was cute, but it was, maybe, an over-obvious attempt to go back to the old days of film-as-allround-entertainment, whereas now we all seem to go for the visual spectacle alone.
No ROTS trailer at the Arena Grand in Columbus, OH, and if anyplace in town would have it, that would be the place. Please tell me it's not attached to the Bridget Jones flick....
Well since the TV stations in town are all within pissing distance of those areas, I'm sure they'll do their usual (cue sarcasm) stellar job of reporting what is going on.
I'm betting it's all a smoke-screen and that the challenges, if any, will be an insignificant fraction of the final vote total.
Update: 65 minutes from entering the waiting line to completion of voting. 40-50 people in front of me; 34 elective offices and 3 ballot issues to vote on. I'm sure it could have been worse; some people had to wait outside, and its raining here today.
Not sure which is slower, the poll line or Slashdot.
Lots of discussion here at work this AM (Northwest Columbus, OH area). All polling places very busy, few challengers visisble or evident, and no one I talked to had actually seen a challenge. One fistfight broke out, supposedly, so maybe that'll get a mention on the local news. Otherwise, sounds like an active vote. I will be going to the poll shortly; will repost if there's anything interesting going on.
Here in Ohio, my coworkers have related pretty much the same story (I plan to go vote later in the day). Long lines and a story of at least one fistfight... but none of that "voter challenge" stuff that is making the media headlines. That's all BS.
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Judging from the images, they could have benefitted from use of evacuated glass bulbs containing resistance-heated tungsten filaments, arrayed in quantity such that the pictures aren't so *damned dark*. (They can afford 52 CMOS sensors, but where's the friggin lighting?)
Tsunami hits SE Asia, India, thousands dead.
Now, let's say the rock hits in the North Atlantic, kinda like in 'Deep Impact'. Or farther up Asia's east coast, near large population centers. That would cause bigger problems than a 'hole in the ground'.
Ah, the Santa from Futurama... guess NORAD stopped tracking him after awhile... or Santa destroyed NORAD. That's one Angry Old Elf.
I go to my local sports bar and watch them there.
The new E300 EVolt thing looks interesting... will check it out, esp. since I'm now interested in a cam that isn't from one of the 'big 2'. Thanks for replying!
I have two P&S digitals, neither of which work. One is on a slow boat back to its maker for warranty repairs. Thus, I'm looking at alternatives.
Kid, wife and pet names were widely used. Nothing new there.
The entire company used f*ck and s*ck in combination with the company's name.
The employees at the Dutch subsidiary included 'sex' in their password so frequently that the 'sex' count became a running gag with this procedure.
And there are just some things you don't want to put in your password. A husband and wife worked at the main location, and while the hubbie's pwd didn't say much, the wife's basically read "123byebyehubby". Wonder if they're still together, hehe.
Loaded along with this article was an ad near the top of the screen for Doom 3... with a murderous, red-faced zombie scowling out at me. Great timing! Are the dead from Bhopal coming back to get us or something?
If they've said they'll hire you full-time, get a firm timeline from them, and book out of there if they don't meet it (assuming that full-time is still what you want). The place I work at has bullshitted me time and again about 'hiring on'... been there 18 months now, on a contract that was priced at 'get-in-the-door' rates. I'll be moving on, soon enough, but it's a lesson learned.
Evil Dead, by The Reduced Shakespeare Company
Do the three movies in 10 minutes? These guys could.
p.s. the Will Smith idea would be a Hollywood darling, but only if you included Martin Lawrence... ouch. The new tagline: "You so evil!"
How many different Nerf things were there, anyway?
All that ended when one or two of the pieces were broken and glued back together. Kinda tough to hide what they are after that.
Meese went on a crusade to eliminate pr0n from the American landscape (didn't work, of course), among other issues he pursued. In general, I would count Meese as equally, if not a shade more, conservative than Ashcroft.
Here's a pic of the dirty old bastard.
...it'll do those poor people stuck in the Cube.
Now, if Best Buy's Service Plans really meant SERVICE (nudge nudge wink wink say no more!) from a Hooters-type chick, well then, I might sign up. Maybe.
Since everyone else is piling on, I'll just add that I haven't been to Best Buy in 3 years. Back then, inadequate surge protection lead to a dead stereo receiver, so I went to Best Buy to get a replacement. Compared the ones on the shelf, on my own, found a winner, grabbed it, and started for the door. Halfway to the front, this skinny little blue-shirted BB weasel starts gabbing at me, and it's clear that not only is he trying to get the extended warranty sale, he's trying to get his employee code (or whatever it is) onto my purchase. I told him I didn't need his help, pushed past the little fucker, got to the front, bought my item, and never went back.
Mean-spirited? "Bad customer?" Hey, I went there to BUY ONE ITEM, no more, no less. If BB's sales model requires that salespeople annoy me, then screw BB.
Your post reminds me of the scene in 'Men in Black' where Tommy Lee Jones holds up some new mini-uber-format disc and says "Guess I'll have to buy the White Album again." (referring to an old Beatles collection). I have a ton of stuff on vinyl that, while I'd like to update some of it, I either don't have that big an urge to, or the music is too old to show up on CD.
And aside from the time spent in my car, I don't have time to sit around and listen to music during the day. Either work, play or other modes of entertainment compete for that time, and music ain't holding up well in that battle. p.s. having been born in 1963, I'm a borderline Boomer, even if I don't relate to that demographic much.
No ROTS trailer at the Arena Grand in Columbus, OH, and if anyplace in town would have it, that would be the place. Please tell me it's not attached to the Bridget Jones flick....
I'm betting it's all a smoke-screen and that the challenges, if any, will be an insignificant fraction of the final vote total.
Update: 65 minutes from entering the waiting line to completion of voting. 40-50 people in front of me; 34 elective offices and 3 ballot issues to vote on. I'm sure it could have been worse; some people had to wait outside, and its raining here today.
Lots of discussion here at work this AM (Northwest Columbus, OH area). All polling places very busy, few challengers visisble or evident, and no one I talked to had actually seen a challenge. One fistfight broke out, supposedly, so maybe that'll get a mention on the local news. Otherwise, sounds like an active vote. I will be going to the poll shortly; will repost if there's anything interesting going on.
Here in Ohio, my coworkers have related pretty much the same story (I plan to go vote later in the day). Long lines and a story of at least one fistfight... but none of that "voter challenge" stuff that is making the media headlines. That's all BS.
Was the system in question still running BSD? ;)
It appears that you'll have time to get that 500-Error screen printed out... as of 4pm Eastern, they're still down. Anybody smell smoke?
Now if you think that having a deep fryer which sends SNMP traps is cool, then you'd love being an IT manager.