In other words, please don't go do this to your Civic because you saw my post here.
Oh no, please do
go do this to your Civic because of a posting on
slashdot. Then take pictures of the project (before, during, after, and after the blowout) and post the page on slashdot.
Bonus points if your windshield washer ports light up.
As long as I'm offtopic, does a whale-tail spoiler still make you a "ricer" if you put it on a Jetta? If not, what are you?
Care to name some software that is "only available from microsoft...[with] no comparible[sic] products" ??
A spell checker, apparently.
Seriously though, mobiGeek, if you can show me a way to deliver email to my CEO's BlackBerry without having an MS Exchange server, I'll buy you lunch the next time you're in my town.
Lucky you. I could wallpaper a small room with all the unsolicited return address labels I've received.
While that's an interesting mental image, I haven't found them to be the same folks.
I have a sneaking suspicion that most of the phone-based charity calls are nothing but scams. (not outright lies, but the kind of folks who keep 95 cents of every dollar donated to "cover expenses")
The return addy labels, on the other hand, come to me from March Of Dimes and some veterans organization, neither of which ever call. If they did, I'd tell them I have a self-inking stamper, and they can keep the return address labels!
Just read the ftc.gov FAQ about the new law, and I'm delighted!
Greatly reduce abandoned calls. Telemarketers will be required to connect the call to a sales representative within two seconds of the consumer's greeting. This will reduce the number of "dead air" or hang-up calls you receive from telemarketers. These calls result from the use of automatic dialing equipment that sometimes reaches more numbers than there are available sales representatives. In addition, when the telemarketer doesn't have a representative standing by, a recorded message must play to let you know who's calling and the telephone number they're calling from. The law prohibits a sales pitch. And to give you time to answer the phone, the telemarketer may not hang up before 15 seconds or four rings.
I have always felt that abusing predictive dialers (by under-staffing the call center and simply hanging up on some percentage of your victims) was against the spirit of the law. Now it's against the letter of the law.
When charities call, I tell them "I don't support anyone who relies exclusively on telephone solicitations. I'm happy to give you my postal address if you want to mail me information about your group."
So far, not one taker. Go figure.
I don't recall anyone claiming that recycling saved time or saved money. The claim that I've always heard (and happen to believe) is that recycling lowers the rate at which we burn through resources while reducing the volume of crap that we bury each year.
Yes, that costs more money. Yes, that takes more time. This surprises you?
So even though I sent my $5 to everyone on the list, added my name to the bottom of the list and sent the new list to 10 friends, you're saying I won't be rolling in dough within the month?
Or was we used to say (circa 1994)
The beauty of HTML is that any fool can understand it and create a web page.
The problem with HTML is that any fool can understand it and create a web page.
Wow -- a bunch of replies, and I get modded as flamebait.
I'm not trying to say it's a good job, nor would I be interested in taking the job. Thankfully, I'm employed in a MUCH happier situation, and I have choices for fall-back if this gig folds tomorrow.
My point is simply this: Video game testing is a job. If you don't like your job, then change your situation. We aren't talking about extortion, indentured servitude, white (or any color) slavery or any other explotative situation. It's a job.
If you choose to sit in a horrific situation, but do nothing but complain about how bad off you have it, then I'm not going to shed a tear for you. You're free to go. If you're not free to go, then that's a different story.
How come these digi-cam review sites never tell you how many pictures you can take with one charge of the NiMh cells?!? Pixel resolution is one thing, but it's worthless if the batteries die in the middle of my family's vacation!
You get to put "Video Game Tester" on your cards
on
Working as a Game Tester
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· Score: 2, Flamebait
Let's run the numbers. $10/hr * 100hr week = $50k/year.
Pardon me if I don't shed a tear.
Yes, it's hard work. No, it's not as fun as it sounds.
If you want to quit, I know a half dozen folks off the top of my head who'd be happy get a $50k job these days.
When I got my current job, it came with a Dell laptop (Inspiron 5000 series) with a DVD drive. Whee!
On my first business trip, I found out that the battery was enough to watch about 66% of a DVD.
Later that year, I found out that my battery was being recalled, but they'd apologize by giving me two batteries in return -- double-Whee! Now I would have enough battery life to watch a full flick.
I just have to pop out the DVD drive to install the second battery.
Or even better, I can truely put it in cruise control and follow through on the age old parental threat, "don't make me come back there".
My dad used to use the old "Don't make me separate you!"
It was pretty effective though, since I'm an only child.
A third feature is the radar-enhanced automatic cruise control,...
Sweet! So I can set it for 95, but when the fuzzbuster detects a speed trap, it'll revert to the speed limit!
...which maintains a constant speed until the car gets too close to a vehicle in front of it, at which point it slows down enough to maintain a constant distance.
I'm surprised by the mix -- I would have expected either the geekmobile set (a car like the Prius -- sends both the message "I'm saving the planet" and "Beat me up for my lunch money") or the beasty sports car set. They seem to have a bit of each, along with two or three that someone might actually buy
Wait, there are still airliners with food? And here I was packing by brown-bag-breakfast next to my brown-bag-lunch for next week's trip!
Anyone else remember a time before "Meal" meant "cracker with micro-slab of cheese"?
They've always 'got a long way to go' with 45 minutes left, and just finish the last nail at the buzzer.
Of course they hit the last nail at the buzzer -- they aren't allowed to hit any more nails after the buzzer.
Looking for your keys? They always seem to be in the last place you look. That's because you stop looking for them when you find them.
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Well, you could always pay someone to haul it away for you.
In other words, please don't go do this to your Civic because you saw my post here.
Oh no, please do go do this to your Civic because of a posting on slashdot. Then take pictures of the project (before, during, after, and after the blowout) and post the page on slashdot.
Bonus points if your windshield washer ports light up.
As long as I'm offtopic, does a whale-tail spoiler still make you a "ricer" if you put it on a Jetta? If not, what are you?
I have a Sony with the same variable-speed fan. Best part is playing GTA on the thing. As I speed up, the fan speeds up right along with me.
Feh! Hold out for Ogg Vorbis support.
Seriously though, mobiGeek, if you can show me a way to deliver email to my CEO's BlackBerry without having an MS Exchange server, I'll buy you lunch the next time you're in my town.
Lucky you. I could wallpaper a small room with all the unsolicited return address labels I've received.
While that's an interesting mental image, I haven't found them to be the same folks.
I have a sneaking suspicion that most of the phone-based charity calls are nothing but scams. (not outright lies, but the kind of folks who keep 95 cents of every dollar donated to "cover expenses")
The return addy labels, on the other hand, come to me from March Of Dimes and some veterans organization, neither of which ever call. If they did, I'd tell them I have a self-inking stamper, and they can keep the return address labels!
I have always felt that abusing predictive dialers (by under-staffing the call center and simply hanging up on some percentage of your victims) was against the spirit of the law. Now it's against the letter of the law.
When charities call, I tell them "I don't support anyone who relies exclusively on telephone solicitations. I'm happy to give you my postal address if you want to mail me information about your group."
So far, not one taker. Go figure.
I don't recall anyone claiming that recycling saved time or saved money.
The claim that I've always heard (and happen to believe) is that recycling lowers the rate at which we burn through resources while reducing the volume of crap that we bury each year.
Yes, that costs more money. Yes, that takes more time. This surprises you?
So even though I sent my $5 to everyone on the list, added my name to the bottom of the list and sent the new list to 10 friends, you're saying I won't be rolling in dough within the month?
Awwwww.....
Or was we used to say (circa 1994)
The beauty of HTML is that any fool can understand it and create a web page.
The problem with HTML is that any fool can understand it and create a web page.
Wow -- a bunch of replies, and I get modded as flamebait.
I'm not trying to say it's a good job, nor would I be interested in taking the job. Thankfully, I'm employed in a MUCH happier situation, and I have choices for fall-back if this gig folds tomorrow.
My point is simply this: Video game testing is a job. If you don't like your job, then change your situation. We aren't talking about extortion, indentured servitude, white (or any color) slavery or any other explotative situation. It's a job.
If you choose to sit in a horrific situation, but do nothing but complain about how bad off you have it, then I'm not going to shed a tear for you.
You're free to go. If you're not free to go, then that's a different story.
Especially if we discover intelligent life, and we want to offer them Shocking News about how they can Significantly Enlarge Their Breasts
How come these digi-cam review sites never tell you how many pictures you can take with one charge of the NiMh cells?!?
Pixel resolution is one thing, but it's worthless if the batteries die in the middle of my family's vacation!
Let's run the numbers. $10/hr * 100hr week = $50k/year.
Pardon me if I don't shed a tear.
Yes, it's hard work. No, it's not as fun as it sounds.
If you want to quit, I know a half dozen folks off the top of my head who'd be happy get a $50k job these days.
When I got my current job, it came with a Dell laptop (Inspiron 5000 series) with a DVD drive. Whee!
On my first business trip, I found out that the battery was enough to watch about 66% of a DVD.
Later that year, I found out that my battery was being recalled, but they'd apologize by giving me two batteries in return -- double-Whee! Now I would have enough battery life to watch a full flick.
I just have to pop out the DVD drive to install the second battery.
Or even better, I can truely put it in cruise control and follow through on the age old parental threat, "don't make me come back there".
My dad used to use the old "Don't make me separate you!"
It was pretty effective though, since I'm an only child.
I'm surprised by the mix -- I would have expected either the geekmobile set (a car like the Prius -- sends both the message "I'm saving the planet" and "Beat me up for my lunch money") or the beasty sports car set.
They seem to have a bit of each, along with two or three that someone might actually buy
Wait, there are still airliners with food? And here I was packing by brown-bag-breakfast next to my brown-bag-lunch for next week's trip!
Anyone else remember a time before "Meal" meant "cracker with micro-slab of cheese"?
If they broke ground on Feb 18, when exactly did they open the place?
I have a party to celebrate the day I was born, not the day I was conceived.
It's ok, here's the google cache.
Looking for your keys? They always seem to be in the last place you look. That's because you stop looking for them when you find them.
This may very well explain why colorectal cancer is common in the developed countries but rare in the developing countries.
I'm
Sure
That's
The
Reason
Where's IIRCAFAIKIANAL when you need him?