One answer to this mystery: DUH! When will we learn that China is intent on stealing everything from us: our jobs, our technology, our secrets, our money?
I don't think MS is anything special here. This bullshit goes on at pretty much every company. You work at a cube farm, you get treated like an animal. Hell, my company sent out a company-wide email last week saying pay raises will be reflected in our next paycheck. There hasn't been one mention of reviews. In fact, reviews are sporadic at my co, apparently. Sometimes January, sometimes March. Eitehr that, or I'm getting fired next week since my boss hasn't mentioned one word about my review.
If you want control of your own pay, start your own gig. Plain and simple. That's what I'm in the middle of doing. I think it's absurd that millions of people bust their asses from 40-60 hours per week only to get a measly 2-4% annual raise. Why put in the effort for an extra $30 or so a week?
Yeah, it's called massive POLLUTION. Having been to India, there is a permanent layer of dark brown haze that blankets the country at roughly 5,000 feet or so. In fact, most of SE Asia is covered by this perma-smog. While this certainly would be interesting to have alien babies dropped in India, my guess it's just the result of pollution.
This announcement shouldn't even have been an event. New McMini? Yeah, that was inevitable. An iPod ghetto blaster? Kinda goes against the whole portable movement, doesn't it? And as far as "innovative" goes, well, it's a box of speakers. We've been able toconnect iPods to various speaker systems for 3 years now.
But, then again, Apple wasn't the only one who hyped this up. Didn't the rumor sites all predict a bigger video iPod?
Yes, I agree. However, this president (and his Dick) has done more to erode any respect his office deserves than anyone. Granted, Bill did his share, but at least he got shit done, didn't destroy our image across the globe and hand our country over to radical religious nuts.
Instead of investing untold millions in some fantasy war games, how about the US govt puts some muscle into protecting sharks, which are rapidly declining thanks to scumbag nations like China and Japan who routinely "fin" millions of sharks every year because they're stupid enought to think it's a sign of prosperity or an aphrodesiac. Meanwhile, they're destroying the oceans and are nearing a point where a top predator is going to be eliminated and unleashing who-knows-what on the oceans' ecosystems. Then we'll have to listen to these nations bitch about their declining fish catches and jellyfish swarms....
Sorry, but sensitive topic for me.
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How the f*ck can he even question this move??? Is he smoking too much weed? Motorola COULD NOT come up with a G5 (or better) that could power a notebook. They hit a wall with this processor. End of story. The Powerbooks have had G4s in the for more than two years now. The best thing Apple could do to "update" them was to add small gizmos or slightly improve the displays. That was it. Apple is now finally able to move forward with its notebooks again.
I guess it's good he's no longer with the company. We might still be using Performas....
What really sucks is that this partisanship has become incessant and is really creating problems in this country. What's worse is that the party leaders are exploiting this. All these useless debates about abortion, religion, etc. are, overall, irrelevant to our lives. These are PERSONAL issues that have no business being in government. But, since they are personal, they are highly emotional and cause people to take one side or the other. It's what gets a person to vote Republican, for example, if they disagree with abortion. Abortion has NO relation to how our country is governed. It affects a small minority of the population. Yet, politicians take advantage of the fact people will vote on that issue - regardless of the fact they will be horrible people in office.
Anyway, I'm a registered Independent and despise both parties (although the GOP disgusts me more than anythign else).
I can't tell you how many times I've been in the bathroom here at work when some other guy comes out of the shitter or steps away from the urinal and just walks out without washing his hands. My friends and I call this "dick door." I used to think my friends were paranoid when they would use paper towels to open the bathroom doors when leaving. Now, I do the same thing. People are plain disgusting. Period.
Not that I'm the cleanest person in the world, but I try. There's a package of anti-bacterial handi-wipes in my desk drawer I use to wipe down my keyboard, laptop and phone every once in a while.
Ditto. Even then, I still get a fair amount of junk mail from scumbag ISPs who want me to transfer my domain.
Also, a few years back, some guy who liked the band I do a web site for started calling me and really creeped me out. This lasted for about 3 or 4 months and I was finally able to get him to stop calling.
I had another client this week whose PC was infested with spyware and viruses. Took me HOURS just to get it working *somewhat* normal. (Of course, he was using a pirated version of XP, so I couldn't do the easy thing and just re-install.....) The idiot hooked his PC up to a cable modem with NO anti-virus or spyware protection. We all know that PCs are hit within minutes of connecting to a high speed line. I've never seen so many instances of a virus in my life. And the spyware he had was NASTY. I hope some day to meet the guy who developed SurfSideKick so I can kick him in the balls repeatedly. (if you are reading this you bastard, I hope you meet a painful death very soon)
Anyway, I'd say 95% of my PC clients have problems with spyware. They have no clue what it is or what to do about it. I think these ISPs should do a better job of educating these people when they sign up. They should also install spyware/virus firewalls. Hell, we have no problems at my office with that kind of thing.
Absolutely, 110% TRUE. I can't stand traditional radio anymore. The only reason I listen now is for Howard (who's going to Sirius and so am I) and the news. For years, we put up with repetitive bullshit. The same, generic playlists that no one did anything about. Even DJs lost their power to determine what got played. Well, you bastards in the radio industry, eat what you planted.
We were also force-fed these false talents left and right like Britney Spears (who should be a slutty porn star, not a lip-synching has-been). I'd like to know one band that has arrived on scene since 1995 that has half the talent or longevity as the Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Bruce Springsteen, The Who, etc. Any kid who HAS had this talent has been thrown by the wayside in favor of some loser who fit the flavor of the week profile for record execs. Again, eat what you planted you know-nothing suits!!
I wonder why Utah is even a part of the United States. Really, given they are backwards religiously and socially (kinda like the South, actually), they should cecede (sp?) and go on their own. That way, they can put up a REAL wall and block out all the dirty, naughty things in the world.
I don't think that scenario sounds all that appealing. This way, you'd have to pay for EVERY show you want to wait to download. Let's say you record 15 shows per week. Going by Apple's prices, that's roughly $30/wk. x 52, that's around $1500, no? My lifetime Tivo sub cost me $300. Oh and you wouldn't be able to pause live TV. Having to take my iPod and hook it up to the TV every time I wanted to watch one ofmy programs would be a major pain in the ass.
I'm not saying Apple won't contonue to push the envelope here, but your scenario makes no real sense.
I have TiVo (and now can't imagine life w/o it 11 months later) and I don't understand why this announcement is even remotely important. Why? Because when you have a TiVo and register your DVR through their web site you can do all the internet scheduling you want (https://www3.tivo.com/tivo-tco/index.do). This Yahoo deal just duplicates that. What am I missing?
I'm going to skip my diatribe on how low these fucking scum are. But I think the McCain Feingold Act doesn't go far enough. In order to completely eliminate the $ factor in politics, there should be a strict, equal limit on what a politician can spend on a race. State congressman? $20,000. Gongressman? $50,000. President? $1,000,000. That's it. No loopholes. No third party interest groups. Of course, this will never, eVAR happen, as these egomaniac dirtbags, like that fucker Tom DeLay who I pray goes to prison for life, will fight to the death over anything like this. Free Pr0n http://excaliburfilms.com/partner/mainaffiliate.cf m?ID=1765
I know there are thousands of NASA-defending geeks on here, but the amount of money wasted on space travel could do a lot better going back into the thousands of decrepit schools we have in this country.
Not to totally remove blame from the corps, but you do know their New Orleans buffer budget has been repeatedly cut for the past several years, don't you? Or have you fallen victim to the White House spin zone already?
I'm just hoping that common sene taks over and we do NOT rebuild New Orleans. It was a mistake to build and would be a mistake to rebuild. Considering the unfathomable environmental damage that has been done since NO was built and now that we're pumping BILLIONS of gallons of highly toxic water back into the lake and into the Gulf, we'd have to be fucking insane to allow billions or trillions of our tax dollars to go towards rebuilding this thing. Why waste decades of effort and billions of dollars to protect a city that technically should not exist? It's assinine. And, we do all that work, and a stronger huricane rolls through, what then? Re-rebuild? I don't think so.
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One answer to this mystery: DUH! When will we learn that China is intent on stealing everything from us: our jobs, our technology, our secrets, our money?
Anyone who wants Internet access pretty much has it. Besides, there are so many people in this coutnry anyway.
End of discussion. Really.
I don't think MS is anything special here. This bullshit goes on at pretty much every company. You work at a cube farm, you get treated like an animal. Hell, my company sent out a company-wide email last week saying pay raises will be reflected in our next paycheck. There hasn't been one mention of reviews. In fact, reviews are sporadic at my co, apparently. Sometimes January, sometimes March. Eitehr that, or I'm getting fired next week since my boss hasn't mentioned one word about my review.
If you want control of your own pay, start your own gig. Plain and simple. That's what I'm in the middle of doing. I think it's absurd that millions of people bust their asses from 40-60 hours per week only to get a measly 2-4% annual raise. Why put in the effort for an extra $30 or so a week?
Yeah, it's called massive POLLUTION. Having been to India, there is a permanent layer of dark brown haze that blankets the country at roughly 5,000 feet or so. In fact, most of SE Asia is covered by this perma-smog. While this certainly would be interesting to have alien babies dropped in India, my guess it's just the result of pollution.
This announcement shouldn't even have been an event. New McMini? Yeah, that was inevitable. An iPod ghetto blaster? Kinda goes against the whole portable movement, doesn't it? And as far as "innovative" goes, well, it's a box of speakers. We've been able toconnect iPods to various speaker systems for 3 years now.
But, then again, Apple wasn't the only one who hyped this up. Didn't the rumor sites all predict a bigger video iPod?
Yes, I agree. However, this president (and his Dick) has done more to erode any respect his office deserves than anyone. Granted, Bill did his share, but at least he got shit done, didn't destroy our image across the globe and hand our country over to radical religious nuts.
Right on, bro. That's the first thing I thought when I saw the exerpt on the home page.
Instead of investing untold millions in some fantasy war games, how about the US govt puts some muscle into protecting sharks, which are rapidly declining thanks to scumbag nations like China and Japan who routinely "fin" millions of sharks every year because they're stupid enought to think it's a sign of prosperity or an aphrodesiac. Meanwhile, they're destroying the oceans and are nearing a point where a top predator is going to be eliminated and unleashing who-knows-what on the oceans' ecosystems. Then we'll have to listen to these nations bitch about their declining fish catches and jellyfish swarms....
Sorry, but sensitive topic for me.
How the f*ck can he even question this move??? Is he smoking too much weed? Motorola COULD NOT come up with a G5 (or better) that could power a notebook. They hit a wall with this processor. End of story. The Powerbooks have had G4s in the for more than two years now. The best thing Apple could do to "update" them was to add small gizmos or slightly improve the displays. That was it. Apple is now finally able to move forward with its notebooks again.
I guess it's good he's no longer with the company. We might still be using Performas....
Great post.
What really sucks is that this partisanship has become incessant and is really creating problems in this country. What's worse is that the party leaders are exploiting this. All these useless debates about abortion, religion, etc. are, overall, irrelevant to our lives. These are PERSONAL issues that have no business being in government. But, since they are personal, they are highly emotional and cause people to take one side or the other. It's what gets a person to vote Republican, for example, if they disagree with abortion. Abortion has NO relation to how our country is governed. It affects a small minority of the population. Yet, politicians take advantage of the fact people will vote on that issue - regardless of the fact they will be horrible people in office.
Anyway, I'm a registered Independent and despise both parties (although the GOP disgusts me more than anythign else).
How much copper would we reclaim by eliminating pennies in the US? Let's start rounding out prices, etc. to the nearest 5 cents.
I can't tell you how many times I've been in the bathroom here at work when some other guy comes out of the shitter or steps away from the urinal and just walks out without washing his hands. My friends and I call this "dick door." I used to think my friends were paranoid when they would use paper towels to open the bathroom doors when leaving. Now, I do the same thing. People are plain disgusting. Period.
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Not that I'm the cleanest person in the world, but I try. There's a package of anti-bacterial handi-wipes in my desk drawer I use to wipe down my keyboard, laptop and phone every once in a while.
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I don't remember the last time I even fired up my PS2 to play GT4. My Doom 3 CD is still unopened and I bought it nearly a year ago.
Don't get married.
Ditto. Even then, I still get a fair amount of junk mail from scumbag ISPs who want me to transfer my domain.
Also, a few years back, some guy who liked the band I do a web site for started calling me and really creeped me out. This lasted for about 3 or 4 months and I was finally able to get him to stop calling.
I had another client this week whose PC was infested with spyware and viruses. Took me HOURS just to get it working *somewhat* normal. (Of course, he was using a pirated version of XP, so I couldn't do the easy thing and just re-install.....) The idiot hooked his PC up to a cable modem with NO anti-virus or spyware protection. We all know that PCs are hit within minutes of connecting to a high speed line. I've never seen so many instances of a virus in my life. And the spyware he had was NASTY. I hope some day to meet the guy who developed SurfSideKick so I can kick him in the balls repeatedly. (if you are reading this you bastard, I hope you meet a painful death very soon)
Anyway, I'd say 95% of my PC clients have problems with spyware. They have no clue what it is or what to do about it. I think these ISPs should do a better job of educating these people when they sign up. They should also install spyware/virus firewalls. Hell, we have no problems at my office with that kind of thing.
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Absolutely, 110% TRUE. I can't stand traditional radio anymore. The only reason I listen now is for Howard (who's going to Sirius and so am I) and the news. For years, we put up with repetitive bullshit. The same, generic playlists that no one did anything about. Even DJs lost their power to determine what got played. Well, you bastards in the radio industry, eat what you planted.
We were also force-fed these false talents left and right like Britney Spears (who should be a slutty porn star, not a lip-synching has-been). I'd like to know one band that has arrived on scene since 1995 that has half the talent or longevity as the Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Bruce Springsteen, The Who, etc. Any kid who HAS had this talent has been thrown by the wayside in favor of some loser who fit the flavor of the week profile for record execs. Again, eat what you planted you know-nothing suits!!
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I wonder why Utah is even a part of the United States. Really, given they are backwards religiously and socially (kinda like the South, actually), they should cecede (sp?) and go on their own. That way, they can put up a REAL wall and block out all the dirty, naughty things in the world.
Isn't this the same state that allows polygamy?
I don't think that scenario sounds all that appealing. This way, you'd have to pay for EVERY show you want to wait to download. Let's say you record 15 shows per week. Going by Apple's prices, that's roughly $30/wk. x 52, that's around $1500, no? My lifetime Tivo sub cost me $300. Oh and you wouldn't be able to pause live TV. Having to take my iPod and hook it up to the TV every time I wanted to watch one ofmy programs would be a major pain in the ass.
I'm not saying Apple won't contonue to push the envelope here, but your scenario makes no real sense.
I have TiVo (and now can't imagine life w/o it 11 months later) and I don't understand why this announcement is even remotely important. Why? Because when you have a TiVo and register your DVR through their web site you can do all the internet scheduling you want (https://www3.tivo.com/tivo-tco/index.do). This Yahoo deal just duplicates that. What am I missing?
Sad thing is, you're correct. I've been on Usenet since 1993. I love it and no one seems to know about it...until now. :-(
I'm going to skip my diatribe on how low these fucking scum are. But I think the McCain Feingold Act doesn't go far enough. In order to completely eliminate the $ factor in politics, there should be a strict, equal limit on what a politician can spend on a race. State congressman? $20,000. Gongressman? $50,000. President? $1,000,000. That's it. No loopholes. No third party interest groups.f m?ID=1765
Of course, this will never, eVAR happen, as these egomaniac dirtbags, like that fucker Tom DeLay who I pray goes to prison for life, will fight to the death over anything like this.
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I know there are thousands of NASA-defending geeks on here, but the amount of money wasted on space travel could do a lot better going back into the thousands of decrepit schools we have in this country.
I'm sure it's probably available already, but wonder how many iPorn Podcasts will be available by the end of the year.
"Hello, Apple? Yes, I'd like the new Jenna Jameson iPod Nano, please."
Not to totally remove blame from the corps, but you do know their New Orleans buffer budget has been repeatedly cut for the past several years, don't you? Or have you fallen victim to the White House spin zone already?
I'm just hoping that common sene taks over and we do NOT rebuild New Orleans. It was a mistake to build and would be a mistake to rebuild. Considering the unfathomable environmental damage that has been done since NO was built and now that we're pumping BILLIONS of gallons of highly toxic water back into the lake and into the Gulf, we'd have to be fucking insane to allow billions or trillions of our tax dollars to go towards rebuilding this thing. Why waste decades of effort and billions of dollars to protect a city that technically should not exist? It's assinine.
And, we do all that work, and a stronger huricane rolls through, what then? Re-rebuild? I don't think so.