>I think my favorite was someone claiming that they had huge college debt, was owed a "well paying job," was owed a refund for their college debt, and that "big business" was to blame. The journalist asked what they majored in and this girl looks at the camera with a proud face and spouts out some arts major or humanities major. I don't recall what it was specifically but I burst out laughing when I watched the clip.
I remember a good buddy of mine from college that I took engineering classes with. (Years and years ago) I did it for fun as I was aimed for CS. After my military stint I ran into him back in the states and apparently he'd switched his major to philosophy after I left, and that he was currently working as a manager at Jiffy Lube. I don't know if he ever felt entitled to anything like in your story, but it made me think of this because I was so baffled by his choices.
>The think the more important note here is that the guy with a 707 HP Challenger Hellcat is probably not driving it to work every day.
That may be true mostly, but I have a few coworkers that have some wicked cars, one with a Hellcat, one with an Audi R8, and 'most' of them are daily drivers. I'm on the other end with a 2010 Jeep Rubicon, lifted with 35" tires. I get a whopping 11mpg and it's a daily driver because of my love for my jeep, and I'll keep her a very long time. I save money, electricity, water...I tear out walls to upgrade insulation.... but all bets are off when it comes to the Jeep or my gaming rig.
Took over a large perl code project from my boss years ago where this happened. Apparently the two people that had worked on it after him each had their own indentation (and programming) styles and it was ridiculously hard to read or debug. I ended up going through all of the code over a few months to make it all conform just so I didn't go insane try to read through it.
>not because they want to be project managers. But if they don't manage the project it fails.
This. Creating something is fun. Managing is not. But, you HAVE to manage it, or it becomes some ridiculous unwieldy sword made of butter and you can't explain why it's made of butter.
I am one of those iRacing people, but I'll say that the triple screens is absolutely necessary. Ok, it's really not, but I'd be screwed trying to drive with one monitor now if I tried it. The ability to look our my left and right windows is crucial, let alone my side rear view mirrors. As a joke I loaded up Need for Speed Most Wanted on my xbox last year. I was stunned at how I remembered it to how it compared. I can't believe I used to play that now....
It's exactly what the other two said. A three day class at a skip barber class to drive the "skippy" or the skip barber F2000 open wheel car, is going to cost you several grand. In iRacing they laser every track and there's no bs. There are pro drivers that run it like Will Power and Dale Jr. for instance and even they say that every bump in the tracks are there. If you're going to do something, to me anyway, I'd rather run 3 - 24" monitors in eyefinity with a serious wheel and pedal setup with a big amp and surround sound, than run it on a laptop with one small screen and an old logitech wingman wheel. To each his own though.
A good brake spring is a cheap and VERY good upgrade to the stock G27 brake pedal. If you haven't done this, I highly recommend it. I'm doing load cell soon, but it's a good upgrade in the meantime.
I got pulled by one and thought it was bs at first. "No, something is screwed up." Turns out my insurance had lapsed because I screwed up auto pay, and therefore my license had been suspended. He was facing traffic and I even looked at him when I passed, but his plate reader was mounted on his trunk. All in all, as much as I felt screwed, I'm kinda glad he pulled me and I didn't find out by getting into an accident without insurance.
sheeeeeeeezzzz.....
I always thought that was a bug or something was screwed up somewhere....I've wasted a few years of my life unindenting pasted code.:cry
>I'm sorry, but I'm getting seriously tired of people looking down from the pedestal of how it "ought" to be done, how you do it at work, how you would do it if you had 20k to blow on a backup solution, and trying to apply that to the home user.
No one is looking down from their pedestal, because this _is_ how it should be done. This isn't geared to the home user, unless you have a second house that you consider an 'offsite location.' Nowhere in the article does it discuss home users, and if you have a 12TB RAID 5 sitting under your desk at home, well, I don't know what to say about that other than it's not the norm. Or even close.
>What if someone stole my iPhone 3G and committed a crime? Will I be tracked and punished?
You're worried about the police cell phone tracking you in the event someone steals your cell phone?:)
>Its analogous to the red light traffic cameras that take photos of those who jump the red light, irrespective of who's driving the car, the owner is fined!
And if your car has been stolen you can explain that in court and get it reversed. If someone else was driving your car, you can take them to small claims (if need be) and recover the costs. If it's your car, it's your responsibility.
That's interesting. Here in the US we have the Freedom of Information Act. If you know they're recording everything, then requesting certain things becomes easier. There are no 'lost emails.'
You missed the marines in your post..please post your feelings....I mean they are taught to kill right??
The army too.. and also have the rangers, the green berets....airbore....pretty sure that their mission isn't to plant flowers...... right? I mean these are crucial to your argument right?
I mean I know you're trying not to answer those questions by ignoring them, but if we're going to call them out, lets see how you feel about them, right?
"All I know is that they were mercenaries, they wen to fallujah to do something, the people over there didn't like what they were doing."
Well I'm glad the country isn't basing it's policy on "All I know is".... and "the people over there didn't like what they were doing."...
"You apparently know exactly why they were there and what they were doing. So once again I am asking you to let us know."
I'd love to know where I said that. Do tell where I even insinuated that I know WHY they were there..... I said I knew one guy. For fucks sake it was 15 years ago. The point wasn't about knowing him specifically but rather knowing a few guys in the community and knowing why they did what they did. Now, are you done?
"Finally I noticed you had nothing to say about the hundreds of people killed in venegence for your friend. That tells me you also have no real empathy towards humands. Well maybe you have no real empathy for arabs."
I also didn't mention that I have nothing to say about Dachau and and that I've smelled the stench of the ovens that reeks like old, burned flesh. I guess that makes me anti-arab according to you, right?
I agree with you, don't get me wrong... Everyone knows the consequenses. I have to count the number of buddies I've lost on three hands... my original point though was that you can't just generalize and say that they're all doing it for the money... these guys spent YEARS in the military making jack... you have to have a reason to do this shit and nine times out of ten it isn't money.... you can argue that they got out to make money but that's bunk in most cases... (not all)
So by your logic, anyone that has killed anyone has no interest in peace? You know, like the Marines, the police....yeah, how about the police? What about all of the reserve units? None of them care either? That's one hell of a generalization... and one hell of an uninformed opinion I might add...
"Now I don't know who your friends were"
That's very apparent.
"My guess is not all that much,"
and that's what that is.. a guess
"Maybe you could enlighten me because I really want to know."
If you don't know who they were or what they were doing then what the hell are you arguing?
Oh, I'm not debating that. The problem with the above argument is that the guy replying to me really isn't picking off anything specific that he has an issue with. My main problem with the first statement was:
"Too bad mercenaries have no vested interest in peace"
And his labeling guys that I knew as guys that didn't care about peace. Now, if you think that ALL special forces don't care about peace, then your viewpoints in the post I'm replying to are right on I guess....but I know different.
"And how about you have a nice warm cup of shut the fuck up.. the OP has a right to voice his/her opinion."
Shut the fuck up? First off, I don't know what the hell you mean by "the OP" but you can keep your little things to yourself. And anyway, isn't that kind of contradictory? Or am I not allowed to voice my opinion? So I'm supposed to shut the fuck up but he isn't? Interesting... Let's move on...this is boring...
" Those guys were there to do a RISKY job on contract. "
yeah...and...no shit? that's what they're paid to do..that's not in question and has nothing to do with this...
but this does...
"Unlike most of the current active duty and reserve military personnel involved (who enlisted BEFORE this farce and just MAY have had patriotic motivations) they (Blackwater folks) took their chances and lost the bet."
You almost sound like you know what you're talking about. Almost. But let me take some steam out of your sails. Go look up the guys that were killed that day and tell me what branches of the services they came from and their dates of service.... as you put it "who enlisted BEFORE this farce". Now go do your research before you post your crap like that. Here, I'll even help you... go google the names Mark Divine, Scott Helvenston, and William Nissen. Now, are you done? Or is there something else you want to flame about?
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Oh they still promote it. I work in a shop with ~500 AIX servers.
>I think my favorite was someone claiming that they had huge college debt, was owed a "well paying job," was owed a refund for their college debt, and that "big business" was to blame. The journalist asked what they majored in and this girl looks at the camera with a proud face and spouts out some arts major or humanities major. I don't recall what it was specifically but I burst out laughing when I watched the clip.
I remember a good buddy of mine from college that I took engineering classes with. (Years and years ago) I did it for fun as I was aimed for CS. After my military stint I ran into him back in the states and apparently he'd switched his major to philosophy after I left, and that he was currently working as a manager at Jiffy Lube. I don't know if he ever felt entitled to anything like in your story, but it made me think of this because I was so baffled by his choices.
>The think the more important note here is that the guy with a 707 HP Challenger Hellcat is probably not driving it to work every day.
That may be true mostly, but I have a few coworkers that have some wicked cars, one with a Hellcat, one with an Audi R8, and 'most' of them are daily drivers. I'm on the other end with a 2010 Jeep Rubicon, lifted with 35" tires. I get a whopping 11mpg and it's a daily driver because of my love for my jeep, and I'll keep her a very long time. I save money, electricity, water...I tear out walls to upgrade insulation.... but all bets are off when it comes to the Jeep or my gaming rig.
I'm not dead! I think I'll go for a walk...
> I am quite curious as to how they're handling cooling
Open the suitcase lid?
I'll see myself out.
Took over a large perl code project from my boss years ago where this happened. Apparently the two people that had worked on it after him each had their own indentation (and programming) styles and it was ridiculously hard to read or debug. I ended up going through all of the code over a few months to make it all conform just so I didn't go insane try to read through it.
"That's ...strange... why did that prod server just alert offline... ooohhh crap..."
Nope, totally haven't done that.
>not because they want to be project managers. But if they don't manage the project it fails.
This. Creating something is fun. Managing is not. But, you HAVE to manage it, or it becomes some ridiculous unwieldy sword made of butter and you can't explain why it's made of butter.
Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't even notice the date until you mentioned it.
I am one of those iRacing people, but I'll say that the triple screens is absolutely necessary. Ok, it's really not, but I'd be screwed trying to drive with one monitor now if I tried it. The ability to look our my left and right windows is crucial, let alone my side rear view mirrors. As a joke I loaded up Need for Speed Most Wanted on my xbox last year. I was stunned at how I remembered it to how it compared. I can't believe I used to play that now....
It's exactly what the other two said. A three day class at a skip barber class to drive the "skippy" or the skip barber F2000 open wheel car, is going to cost you several grand. In iRacing they laser every track and there's no bs. There are pro drivers that run it like Will Power and Dale Jr. for instance and even they say that every bump in the tracks are there. If you're going to do something, to me anyway, I'd rather run 3 - 24" monitors in eyefinity with a serious wheel and pedal setup with a big amp and surround sound, than run it on a laptop with one small screen and an old logitech wingman wheel. To each his own though.
Absolutely nothing worse than being mid race and having the damn wheel come loose off the desk! Cheers to iRacing!
A good brake spring is a cheap and VERY good upgrade to the stock G27 brake pedal. If you haven't done this, I highly recommend it. I'm doing load cell soon, but it's a good upgrade in the meantime.
I got pulled by one and thought it was bs at first. "No, something is screwed up." Turns out my insurance had lapsed because I screwed up auto pay, and therefore my license had been suspended. He was facing traffic and I even looked at him when I passed, but his plate reader was mounted on his trunk. All in all, as much as I felt screwed, I'm kinda glad he pulled me and I didn't find out by getting into an accident without insurance.
sheeeeeeeezzzz..... I always thought that was a bug or something was screwed up somewhere....I've wasted a few years of my life unindenting pasted code. :cry
>I'm sorry, but I'm getting seriously tired of people looking down from the pedestal of how it "ought" to be done, how you do it at work, how you would do it if you had 20k to blow on a backup solution, and trying to apply that to the home user.
No one is looking down from their pedestal, because this _is_ how it should be done. This isn't geared to the home user, unless you have a second house that you consider an 'offsite location.' Nowhere in the article does it discuss home users, and if you have a 12TB RAID 5 sitting under your desk at home, well, I don't know what to say about that other than it's not the norm. Or even close.
Jeez...it's been a while since I've posted... please forgive the poor formatting...
>What if someone stole my iPhone 3G and committed a crime? Will I be tracked and punished? You're worried about the police cell phone tracking you in the event someone steals your cell phone? :)
>Its analogous to the red light traffic cameras that take photos of those who jump the red light, irrespective of who's driving the car, the owner is fined!
And if your car has been stolen you can explain that in court and get it reversed. If someone else was driving your car, you can take them to small claims (if need be) and recover the costs. If it's your car, it's your responsibility.
That's interesting. Here in the US we have the Freedom of Information Act. If you know they're recording everything, then requesting certain things becomes easier. There are no 'lost emails.'
so much for html..... gah We really need an edit button.....
You missed the marines in your post..please post your feelings....I mean they are taught to kill right?? The army too.. and also have the rangers, the green berets....airbore....pretty sure that their mission isn't to plant flowers...... right? I mean these are crucial to your argument right? I mean I know you're trying not to answer those questions by ignoring them, but if we're going to call them out, lets see how you feel about them, right? "All I know is that they were mercenaries, they wen to fallujah to do something, the people over there didn't like what they were doing." Well I'm glad the country isn't basing it's policy on "All I know is".... and "the people over there didn't like what they were doing."... "You apparently know exactly why they were there and what they were doing. So once again I am asking you to let us know." I'd love to know where I said that. Do tell where I even insinuated that I know WHY they were there..... I said I knew one guy. For fucks sake it was 15 years ago. The point wasn't about knowing him specifically but rather knowing a few guys in the community and knowing why they did what they did. Now, are you done? "Finally I noticed you had nothing to say about the hundreds of people killed in venegence for your friend. That tells me you also have no real empathy towards humands. Well maybe you have no real empathy for arabs." I also didn't mention that I have nothing to say about Dachau and and that I've smelled the stench of the ovens that reeks like old, burned flesh. I guess that makes me anti-arab according to you, right?
I agree with you, don't get me wrong... Everyone knows the consequenses. I have to count the number of buddies I've lost on three hands... my original point though was that you can't just generalize and say that they're all doing it for the money... these guys spent YEARS in the military making jack... you have to have a reason to do this shit and nine times out of ten it isn't money.... you can argue that they got out to make money but that's bunk in most cases... (not all)
says the guy with the name 'killjoe'...
"Mercenaries have no vested interest in peace."
So by your logic, anyone that has killed anyone has no interest in peace? You know, like the Marines, the police....yeah, how about the police? What about all of the reserve units? None of them care either? That's one hell of a generalization... and one hell of an uninformed opinion I might add...
"Now I don't know who your friends were"
That's very apparent.
"My guess is not all that much,"
and that's what that is.. a guess
"Maybe you could enlighten me because I really want to know."
If you don't know who they were or what they were doing then what the hell are you arguing?
"Nice business your friend was in. Real nice."
Thanks.
Oh, I'm not debating that. The problem with the above argument is that the guy replying to me really isn't picking off anything specific that he has an issue with. My main problem with the first statement was:
"Too bad mercenaries have no vested interest in peace"
And his labeling guys that I knew as guys that didn't care about peace. Now, if you think that ALL special forces don't care about peace, then your viewpoints in the post I'm replying to are right on I guess....but I know different.
"And how about you have a nice warm cup of shut the fuck up.. the OP has a right to voice his/her opinion."
Shut the fuck up? First off, I don't know what the hell you mean by "the OP" but you can keep your little things to yourself. And anyway, isn't that kind of contradictory? Or am I not allowed to voice my opinion? So I'm supposed to shut the fuck up but he isn't? Interesting... Let's move on...this is boring...
" Those guys were there to do a RISKY job on contract. "
yeah...and...no shit? that's what they're paid to do..that's not in question and has nothing to do with this...
but this does...
"Unlike most of the current active duty and reserve military personnel involved (who enlisted BEFORE this farce and just MAY have had patriotic motivations) they (Blackwater folks) took their chances and lost the bet."
You almost sound like you know what you're talking about. Almost. But let me take some steam out of your sails. Go look up the guys that were killed that day and tell me what branches of the services they came from and their dates of service.... as you put it "who enlisted BEFORE this farce". Now go do your research before you post your crap like that. Here, I'll even help you... go google the names Mark Divine, Scott Helvenston, and William Nissen. Now, are you done? Or is there something else you want to flame about?