There may be a couple workarounds if *gasp* Congress doesn't do anything.
1. Don't have a landline. It's even harder to get your cell phone number than a landline.
2. If you do need a fixed phone, use Skype or VOIP.
3. Use asterisk. It's open source VOIP software that you can make your phone act like a local PBX or switch. You can also program it to send annoying sounds to unwanted callers.
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How many companies are really driven by passion? Yes there are some but they are very rare. Most live quarter-by-quarter trying to pump up their share price. They do this by following the latest Wall St fashions. Right-sizing, diversifying, refocussing, out sourcing... In that context, passion is a meaningless emotion.
Looks like someone's never started their own business.
Schools have been going to the career path idea for earlier ages, but it just hasn't been implied.
Case in point: my dad has taught middle school for close to 20 years now. He was always the technology elective. That's fine, but here's the kicker: they've changed the curriculum to pre-engineering. They're trying to make a middle school into a magnet for engineering kids. All this while PE and art go down the drain.
he sad reality is that most of life is boring -- and the sooner people recognize this, accept it, move on and learn the necessary material anyway, the better off we'll all be.
The infinite possibilities each day holds should stagger the mind. The sheer number of experiences I could have is uncountable, breathtaking, and I'm sitting here refreshing my inbox. We live trapped in loops, reliving a few days over and over, and we envision only a handful of paths laid out ahead of us. We see the same things each day, we respond the same way, we think the same thoughts, each day a slight variation on the last, every moment smoothly following the gentle curves of societal norms. We act like if we just get through today, tomorrow our dreams will come back to us.
And no, I don't have all the answers. I don't know how to jolt myself into seeing what each moment could become. But I do know one thing: the solution doesn't involve watering down my every little idea and creative impulse for the sake of someday easing my fit into a mold. It doesn't involve constantly holding back for fear of shaking things up.
This is very important, so I want to say it as clearly as I can: Fuck. That. Shit.
Verizon's market capitalization is just over 100 billion dollars, so 200k is a drop in the ocean in comparison with the company as a whole. I speculate that the company was trying to run SPaMaH out of business rather than trying to turn a profit.
I can provide some insight into this. The article is pretty outdated. This "superbaby" has been around for a couple of years and has gained attention in the bodybuilding communitiy. There is currently a market for myostatin inhibitors http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/myostat.html.
Most people know that these products are scams, but it shows that the news has been around.
Reading the comments posted before me, it seems that many have a guru-like insight into how a business runs and operates. To me, that seems like the pointy-haired boss telling you how to code. There are very few people out there that can adequately bridge the tech-business gap.
It's been my humble observation that well-run business are independent of the technology they have. That's doesn't mean that technology is important; however, if you start a business with only a revolutionary technology as your asset, most times it won't work (think: dot-com). As cliche as it is, company's assets are the people. If you have the right people in the right place when the technology becomes available, then your company can accelerate much faster regardless of what beaurecratic measures lay in front of you.
Bring this idea back to the case study: Microsoft, although still in a strong growth phase, is most likely approaching a saturation point. If the talent available in the company is strong enough, it will find ways to work around this plateau; however, if the pool has become diluted and all the talent is being taken from the company (Google?) then the profit centers will stagnate.
Most of this has to do with horrible advisors in my opinion. They don't give or offer much direction in 4 year state schools. Instead students are left to figure it out on their own and that means they don't always pick exactly what gets them out of there the fastest. Keep in mind people are switching majors a lot more these days too.
Not True
It seems that college students, as well as the media, tend to fix the blame of their own problems onto the administration, etc. I am a junior at a major public university. There is no horrible advising problem; rather, undergraduates choose not to take the initiative to find their advisors (freshmen are required to see their advisors the first year). Students are not left to figure it out on their own. If they want help, they can go find it. The same applies with financial aid, residency, and any sort of paperwork. The help is there -- kids are lazy.
There was a couple that won the car about a week ago around where I live. They also live close to: Eglin AFB, Hurlburt AFB, Pensacola NAS, Duke Field, 6th Ranger training batallion, etc.
Speculating, but this may have been in response to a "security threat" that had already taken place and they are trying to prevent any other events like this.
Well if we were to go in the context of a program, it would be along the lines of a TransAtlantic Ocean liner crashing into the port and a mass exodus of people rushing off the site so they can hop back on the ocean liner to be one of the first to say something witty or informative.
Associated Press writes: "With the final pieces put together for Japan's new fusion reactor, the opening ceremony will take place in one week."
"In other news, President Bush III has asked congress to consider Japan to be put on the list of the Axes of Evil, and maybe sending some occupational troops to maintain order until the disastrous regime of [insert japanese leader] is put to an end."::Snicker::
My dad works for the local middle school back home. Used computers come to him all the time, mostly through the government and defense contractors.
They've come in very useful, and with the new Dells the school bought, the computer to classroom ratio is about 7:1.
That school is lucky due to the location. If you want a decent write-off go dump your computer off at some public school, maybe one that isn't so well off. The tech will trickle down and we'll all be better off for it.
My friend's girlfriend's dad (hearsay?) lived in Kuwait City for a couple of months. In this city there is such an influx of wealth from the oil, that the idea of "disposable cars" isn't that much of a farce.
There would be almost new vehicles abandoned on the side of the road because the car's battery died or it got a flat tire or it was low on oil. They have enough money that they can do that.
So one day he goes to a junkyard, finds two identical Mercedez, one with a flat tire and one with a dead battery. He replaces the battery from the flat tire car and drives off.::shudder::
::ahem::
i don't know if this is so innovative. at my university they have had these gyro-mice (sp?) for quite some time. I had them in my tech speech class and were entertaining when trying to play online ping-pong on ebaum's.
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If I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty sure that all official and mainstream media was expelled from the country recently.
There may be a couple workarounds if *gasp* Congress doesn't do anything.
1. Don't have a landline. It's even harder to get your cell phone number than a landline.
2. If you do need a fixed phone, use Skype or VOIP.
3. Use asterisk. It's open source VOIP software that you can make your phone act like a local PBX or switch. You can also program it to send annoying sounds to unwanted callers. S
This doesn't seem to be very groundbreaking. A quick look at wikipedia and the picture [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Velociraptor_BW.jpg] shows some sort of lizard with feathers on it.
Looks like someone's never started their own business.
Schools have been going to the career path idea for earlier ages, but it just hasn't been implied.
Case in point: my dad has taught middle school for close to 20 years now. He was always the technology elective. That's fine, but here's the kicker: they've changed the curriculum to pre-engineering. They're trying to make a middle school into a magnet for engineering kids. All this while PE and art go down the drain.
The infinite possibilities each day holds should stagger the mind. The sheer number of experiences I could have is uncountable, breathtaking, and I'm sitting here refreshing my inbox. We live trapped in loops, reliving a few days over and over, and we envision only a handful of paths laid out ahead of us. We see the same things each day, we respond the same way, we think the same thoughts, each day a slight variation on the last, every moment smoothly following the gentle curves of societal norms. We act like if we just get through today, tomorrow our dreams will come back to us.
And no, I don't have all the answers. I don't know how to jolt myself into seeing what each moment could become. But I do know one thing: the solution doesn't involve watering down my every little idea and creative impulse for the sake of someday easing my fit into a mold. It doesn't involve constantly holding back for fear of shaking things up.
This is very important, so I want to say it as clearly as I can: Fuck. That. Shit.
Just how obvious does the corruption in the White House have to be before you demand a change of government?
503 days, 10 hours, 47 minutes
Did anyone else get an ad on this page from Google about reporting piracy to BSA? I shit thee not.
Verizon's market capitalization is just over 100 billion dollars, so 200k is a drop in the ocean in comparison with the company as a whole. I speculate that the company was trying to run SPaMaH out of business rather than trying to turn a profit.
I can provide some insight into this. The article is pretty outdated. This "superbaby" has been around for a couple of years and has gained attention in the bodybuilding communitiy. There is currently a market for myostatin inhibitors http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/myostat.html.
Most people know that these products are scams, but it shows that the news has been around.
You could search only the RNC blessed versions if you wanted
...The Republican National Convention?
Reading the comments posted before me, it seems that many have a guru-like insight into how a business runs and operates. To me, that seems like the pointy-haired boss telling you how to code. There are very few people out there that can adequately bridge the tech-business gap. It's been my humble observation that well-run business are independent of the technology they have. That's doesn't mean that technology is important; however, if you start a business with only a revolutionary technology as your asset, most times it won't work (think: dot-com). As cliche as it is, company's assets are the people. If you have the right people in the right place when the technology becomes available, then your company can accelerate much faster regardless of what beaurecratic measures lay in front of you. Bring this idea back to the case study: Microsoft, although still in a strong growth phase, is most likely approaching a saturation point. If the talent available in the company is strong enough, it will find ways to work around this plateau; however, if the pool has become diluted and all the talent is being taken from the company (Google?) then the profit centers will stagnate.
Most of this has to do with horrible advisors in my opinion. They don't give or offer much direction in 4 year state schools. Instead students are left to figure it out on their own and that means they don't always pick exactly what gets them out of there the fastest. Keep in mind people are switching majors a lot more these days too.
Not True
It seems that college students, as well as the media, tend to fix the blame of their own problems onto the administration, etc. I am a junior at a major public university. There is no horrible advising problem; rather, undergraduates choose not to take the initiative to find their advisors (freshmen are required to see their advisors the first year). Students are not left to figure it out on their own. If they want help, they can go find it. The same applies with financial aid, residency, and any sort of paperwork. The help is there -- kids are lazy.
Here's my bright idea.
Cow farm + tubes = source.
There was a couple that won the car about a week ago around where I live. They also live close to: Eglin AFB, Hurlburt AFB, Pensacola NAS, Duke Field, 6th Ranger training batallion, etc.
Speculating, but this may have been in response to a "security threat" that had already taken place and they are trying to prevent any other events like this.
Well if we were to go in the context of a program, it would be along the lines of a TransAtlantic Ocean liner crashing into the port and a mass exodus of people rushing off the site so they can hop back on the ocean liner to be one of the first to say something witty or informative.
This sort of graphic environment kind of reminds me of Stephenson's "Metaverse" in Snow Crash.
Associated Press writes:
::Snicker::
"With the final pieces put together for Japan's new fusion reactor, the opening ceremony will take place in one week."
"In other news, President Bush III has asked congress to consider Japan to be put on the list of the Axes of Evil, and maybe sending some occupational troops to maintain order until the disastrous regime of [insert japanese leader] is put to an end."
My dad works for the local middle school back home. Used computers come to him all the time, mostly through the government and defense contractors.
They've come in very useful, and with the new Dells the school bought, the computer to classroom ratio is about 7:1.
That school is lucky due to the location. If you want a decent write-off go dump your computer off at some public school, maybe one that isn't so well off. The tech will trickle down and we'll all be better off for it.
its aboot respect! /* Need more canadian stereotypes*/
its aboot the right to privacy!
its aboot government control over private organisations!
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Reminds me of those cardboard box forts I used to build as a kid. Except this time ... er... Fuck, I'm too tired to think of something witty.
blah.
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My friend's girlfriend's dad (hearsay?) lived in Kuwait City for a couple of months. In this city there is such an influx of wealth from the oil, that the idea of "disposable cars" isn't that much of a farce.
::shudder::
There would be almost new vehicles abandoned on the side of the road because the car's battery died or it got a flat tire or it was low on oil. They have enough money that they can do that.
So one day he goes to a junkyard, finds two identical Mercedez, one with a flat tire and one with a dead battery. He replaces the battery from the flat tire car and drives off.
S
::ahem:: i don't know if this is so innovative. at my university they have had these gyro-mice (sp?) for quite some time. I had them in my tech speech class and were entertaining when trying to play online ping-pong on ebaum's. S
eh, they were assimilated too.
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...it seems that /. decided to give their server an autopsy.
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