Great, now I've just wasted 15 minutes of my morning pondering business cards.
So here's my 2 cents: I generally hate having business cards handed to me because this almost always occurs after we've already had an email or phone exchange. I'ts just massaging your ego at this point.
As for handing out cards, well... I'm not in sales and I don't usually appreciate (nearly) cold calls, so there. I still have boxes of cards from 3 jobs ago.
But then I'm the anti social, non-networking type. I just can't think of many instances where a business card would be preferable to a Google search, for me.
Switch to solitaire... that puts me to sleep every time:-)
Seriously.... I've found playing solitaire-like games (mahjong, bejeweled variants....) work as well as an Ambien for getting me to sleep on a regular basis. I play on a handheld with screen dimmed and lights out. It's been a godsend.
Now if I could figure out a way to stay a asleep all night.....
I fail to understand how even the average middle class is supposed to afford college nowadays except by incurring more debt. Community college perhaps...
How about RANCID? http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/
It doesn't give a shit how you edit your firewall config.
Version control does not preclude using a GUI.
While a CLI should always be there, I have no problem adding a GUI to just about anything.
One of the most common end user problems seems to be people not knowing where their files are or how to tell which program opens which kind(s) of files. Most of us here take this stuff for granted but it's amazing how many people, including young people who grew up with PCs, don't know where their files are or how to organize them. MS tried and FAILED to address with their ridiculous "My This" and "My That" system which just obfuscates things further.
... one of those little Atom based mini PCs on each end. They are truly tiny and you can get versions for under $300 each. Now they even have dual core models.
Stuff the PCs in a cabinet and hook them up to a wall mounted flat screen monitor with built-in speakers and a USB Camera(wide angle)/Mic attached. The bigger the monitor you use, the more "telepresence" you'll experience. You can get a 20" for $120 or less. Then just run Skype w/video, 24/7.
I'd recommend this setup over a netbook or laptop solution because a) Most laptops really can't handle running 24/7, b) netbooks probably can't either and the screens are too small, c) this is not that expensive... maybe six or seven hundred if you really shop around, and d) You will loose no (or very little) counter space.
If you plan to suspend/resume these PCs, make sure your camera & mic solution will work after resume. Sometimes they don't.
Yeah... that's good advice except that you still need to lag the cutting edge by a good 6 months to a year to figure out which phones are going to have the best support.
Also... some of us can't afford to switch carriers to get a certain model phone.
...my 6 month old phone will apparently never get 2.2. (Samsung Moment/Sprint)
This is exactly what I was expecting to avoid with an android based phone. Silly me. Not only does it suck to to have to renew my 2 year contract & shell out a few hundred bucks every 6 months to get a phone that has up-to-date software... it's just fucking wasteful.
Yeah, I know... Sprint sucks. As do they all, in one way or another.
Something doesn't become declassified because some idiots stole it and some other idiots published it.
To me that sounds like denial of reality. Kind of like saying "Something doesn't become red because it was painted red."
Please explain how the leaked documents can still be considered classified in any meaningful way. I will not accept "Because I (or they) said so" as an answer.
Regulations be damned. Information posted to a public website is automatically declassified whether they like it or not.
But then, this is the same military that is demanding the return of said documents and that the documents be expunged. They've really got a handle on this internet thing, don't they? No wonder they are scared shitless of a "cyberwar".
With regards to FPS games, I ONLY care about multi-player.
Other genres not so much.
That said, there are usually only a few FPS games per year that have multi-player worth playing. I generally pick one and stick with it until the next big thing comes along.
How anything containing the line "They hate us because we are free" can get modded +5 is beyond me.
Statements like "Regardless of the politics involved, this information was......disclosed illegally and the newspapers have a legal obligation to not print it", equate to statements like, "Regardless of morality, slavery is the law. You have a legal obligation not interfere."
Using mere legality to justify compliance seems the worst kind of fallacy.
Never mind that the original statement is factually incorrect regarding what's legal in the US.
there are plenty of users who dislike this even if you happen to be one of the loudmouths who claim it looks "just fine:
Oh come on.... there are millions more who are, as I write this, watching stretched out, upscaled, crap ass video on their 720P/1080P flat screens, connected to their HD cable box via the RCA video jack. This includes every non-techie iphone user I know.
Same thing with art & culture in general. That's how it works.
Every now and then, something really different will come along but mostly you get minor variations.
"Also, the flash only takes about a quarter of a second. How long does it take you to turn a page in a paper book? I guarantee it's not too different. Certainly not enough to make an appreciable difference in your reading speed"
I disagree. I love my e-paper reader but the slow page turn is annoying and does slow me down. Reading paper, I generally have a page half turned part way through the last paragraph. Page turns are much. much quicker.
Also I think I have more of a tendency to read every word on an e-book page as opposed to frequently skimming through words on paper. I often flip back a paper page if I realize I skipped something important but cost to do so on an e-paper device seems to high, time wise.
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Please don't post headlines which imply that ridiculous bills have already passed. I want my clicks back.
Great, now I've just wasted 15 minutes of my morning pondering business cards. So here's my 2 cents: I generally hate having business cards handed to me because this almost always occurs after we've already had an email or phone exchange. I'ts just massaging your ego at this point. As for handing out cards, well... I'm not in sales and I don't usually appreciate (nearly) cold calls, so there. I still have boxes of cards from 3 jobs ago. But then I'm the anti social, non-networking type. I just can't think of many instances where a business card would be preferable to a Google search, for me.
Switch to solitaire... that puts me to sleep every time :-)
Seriously.... I've found playing solitaire-like games (mahjong, bejeweled variants....) work as well as an Ambien for getting me to sleep on a regular basis. I play on a handheld with screen dimmed and lights out. It's been a godsend. Now if I could figure out a way to stay a asleep all night.....
I fail to understand how even the average middle class is supposed to afford college nowadays except by incurring more debt. Community college perhaps...
How about RANCID? http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/ It doesn't give a shit how you edit your firewall config. Version control does not preclude using a GUI. While a CLI should always be there, I have no problem adding a GUI to just about anything.
There's a first time for everything. Got anything useful to say? mod parent and nearly every other post so far -1 arrogant.
That's brilliant. We should force the .xxx domain to use ipv6 only.
You can thank Reddit for this.
Replace "oil" with "natural gas" in OP.
That's just sloppy.
WTF is NIPER? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIPRNet/
...Iraq didn't really have WMD.
At this point I'm pretty sure that one day geneticists will discover that there is a gene for irony which at least half of our population lacks. :(
One of the most common end user problems seems to be people not knowing where their files are or how to tell which program opens which kind(s) of files. Most of us here take this stuff for granted but it's amazing how many people, including young people who grew up with PCs, don't know where their files are or how to organize them. MS tried and FAILED to address with their ridiculous "My This" and "My That" system which just obfuscates things further.
... one of those little Atom based mini PCs on each end. They are truly tiny and you can get versions for under $300 each. Now they even have dual core models.
Stuff the PCs in a cabinet and hook them up to a wall mounted flat screen monitor with built-in speakers and a USB Camera(wide angle)/Mic attached. The bigger the monitor you use, the more "telepresence" you'll experience. You can get a 20" for $120 or less. Then just run Skype w/video, 24/7.
I'd recommend this setup over a netbook or laptop solution because a) Most laptops really can't handle running 24/7, b) netbooks probably can't either and the screens are too small, c) this is not that expensive... maybe six or seven hundred if you really shop around, and d) You will loose no (or very little) counter space.
If you plan to suspend/resume these PCs, make sure your camera & mic solution will work after resume. Sometimes they don't.
Yeah... that's good advice except that you still need to lag the cutting edge by a good 6 months to a year to figure out which phones are going to have the best support.
Also... some of us can't afford to switch carriers to get a certain model phone.
...my 6 month old phone will apparently never get 2.2. (Samsung Moment/Sprint)
This is exactly what I was expecting to avoid with an android based phone. Silly me.
Not only does it suck to to have to renew my 2 year contract & shell out a few hundred bucks every 6 months to get a phone that has up-to-date software... it's just fucking wasteful.
Yeah, I know... Sprint sucks. As do they all, in one way or another.
Something doesn't become declassified because some idiots stole it and some other idiots published it.
To me that sounds like denial of reality. Kind of like saying "Something doesn't become red because it was painted red." Please explain how the leaked documents can still be considered classified in any meaningful way. I will not accept "Because I (or they) said so" as an answer.
Regulations be damned. Information posted to a public website is automatically declassified whether they like it or not.
But then, this is the same military that is demanding the return of said documents and that the documents be expunged.
They've really got a handle on this internet thing, don't they? No wonder they are scared shitless of a "cyberwar".
... X10. Avoid them like the plague. Apart from being general douche bags, their equipment is crap.
Europe is on the metric system. 62miles is about 100km.
With regards to FPS games, I ONLY care about multi-player. Other genres not so much. That said, there are usually only a few FPS games per year that have multi-player worth playing. I generally pick one and stick with it until the next big thing comes along.
How anything containing the line "They hate us because we are free" can get modded +5 is beyond me.
Statements like "Regardless of the politics involved, this information was... ...disclosed illegally and the newspapers have a legal obligation to not print it", equate to statements like, "Regardless of morality, slavery is the law. You have a legal obligation not interfere."
Using mere legality to justify compliance seems the worst kind of fallacy.
Never mind that the original statement is factually incorrect regarding what's legal in the US.
there are plenty of users who dislike this even if you happen to be one of the loudmouths who claim it looks "just fine:
Oh come on.... there are millions more who are, as I write this, watching stretched out, upscaled, crap ass video on their 720P/1080P flat screens, connected to their HD cable box via the RCA video jack. This includes every non-techie iphone user I know.
Same thing with art & culture in general. That's how it works. Every now and then, something really different will come along but mostly you get minor variations.
"Also, the flash only takes about a quarter of a second. How long does it take you to turn a page in a paper book? I guarantee it's not too different. Certainly not enough to make an appreciable difference in your reading speed"
I disagree. I love my e-paper reader but the slow page turn is annoying and does slow me down. Reading paper, I generally have a page half turned part way through the last paragraph. Page turns are much. much quicker.
Also I think I have more of a tendency to read every word on an e-book page as opposed to frequently skimming through words on paper. I often flip back a paper page if I realize I skipped something important but cost to do so on an e-paper device seems to high, time wise.