fanatical vegans... say that even if no animal was actually killed, people have still not subdued that part of themselves that gets pleasure from eating animal flesh.
Mmmm. Animal flesh. (drool). I wonder what Vegan tastes like?
Bitter. Very bitter.
Which is why I don't date them anymore. Just cant deal with the taste of vegan women.
Well, if you think it is, fine then.
I downloaded it and started using it because there is an x64 branch for it, and I love it.
I have recommended it to many friends, some of whom you would probably not consider "power users" and I have not heard any negative feedback, aside from some extention compatibility issues.
So now I just *crack* open the plastic case of my alarm clock.. dig the speaker wire out of the plastic, add some additional wire to the leads so I have enough to actually feed through a magnet, and voila!
Easy.
Maybe for home entertainment systems or car systems (I did this ages ago when I had a Nextel phone) but not so easy for integrated speaker apps.
What is the monetary exchange rate on the amount of time it takes to look at a pop up from gmail to tell me what todays woot is?.10?
And my refurbished, warrantied sansa has been going strong for 2 years now, I beat the hell out of it, and I can replace the battery myself, if need be, anytime I want.
Being able to replace the battery myself means a lot to me as a consumer. It means that the manufacturer understands that I might keep this item longer than the average consumer (my car has over 500,000 miles on it, I tend to like to fix my own stuff) and that fact alone is likely to urge me to buy another sandisk product in the event my Sansa fails me.
Not to be a prick, but my Sandisk Sansa does almost all of that, lets me change "collections" and use Micro SD cards, runs rockbox, plays games, and even lets me watch video in just about whatever format I find best (using rockbox).
It also cost me a whopping $30.
Still cant see what all the iFuss is about, with the exception of much nicer aftermarket accessories due to market domination.
Yes, thats why in the original statement you see the phrase "Sleep deprived and Manic".
My tests for bipolar disorder were non-conclusive, and since I don't have depressive episodes (aside from the month of February every year) and my functioning levels are quite high, the doctors have all pretty much agreed that I am better off non-medicated, unless I start having manic episodes more than once a month.
I have not had one in quite a long time, so maybe things in my brain are learning to act like a normal brain.
Given that the list of "activities" is dominated by things related to cleaning/organizing, I'd say it's more like methamphetamine induced OCD. Never met an ADD person whose first thought was "ooo, something to clean"....
Nope. No Meth.
Wish I could say the same for my sister.
I've seen what that stuff does to a person, up close and personal. No way, no how, would I ever do that to myself.
always work from the list, and write down what you did. One thing at a time, and document everything.
This seems sensible under all conditions. Being tired is no excuse for being sloppy.
I have a sleep disorder.
There are times when, for no real discernible reason, my brain decides that I will not be sleeping for a few days. Sometimes upwards of 100 hours.
When you have been awake for 4 days, (at least in my case) you get a serious case of "While I'm at it" syndrome.
Tasks that can not be completed in 10 minutes (or without getting up) are nigh impossible. I can still work, but I am extremely easily distracted and will often forget why I am in the room I was in.
Example: I went to the fridge to get some water, and decided that I should clean it while I was there, then decide to do the dishes since I threw stuff out of the fridge, then decide to do the laundry since I had no clean towels, and while I was in the basement doing the laundry I noticed that I needed to organize the basement and throw out old computer parts. Meanwhile, upstairs, my glass of water has long since evaporated, and the task I was doing before that is long forgotten.
Thus, when I get like that, I work from a list, and only what is on the list gets done, in the order it went on the list.
The real question, though, is this: If your alternate personality made the bomb, does your present consciousness have the subliminal knowledge of which wire defuses it?
Depends on when it was I guess.
Back in 2001 I did some emergency wiring work that had to be done in 72 hours at our shop.
Now, we are only there 10 weeks a year, so after the end of the 10 weeks it was forgotten about.
I was very sleep deprived and manic when I finished the job, and to this day I have NO idea how I did some of the connections I did. I just hope and pray it all keeps working. Some day some part of it will fail, and I'll have to re-do the entire building.
Note to self:
When sleep deprived, always work from the list, and write down what you did. One thing at a time, and document everything.
Its not just Sony that has that issue.
My Motorola V3 Maxx will not charge on a PC unless I have motorola software installed.
So I bought a battery style charger, and just recharge the batteries for the charger on the weekend.
All of them had busted solder points on the battery holder when they arrived, and on #3 the battery was dead. (Verified by replacing battery and clamping the battery cradle to verify solder point problem.
You really think as the speed has gone up, that the cost per byte has not decreased for the ISP?
More experiences techs (less time on service calls) better cabling, less expensive equipment (that they insist I pay them for, even though I have my own) and a baseline price for services that has increased 80% in 10 years, regardless of whether you use those services or not?
I live in an area that used to be Adelphia. Horrible services, horrible infrastructure, and very very bad bandwidth issues because of the last. People used it because we are too far from the city for decent broadcast reception, and the aging group generally eschews satellite.
Thing is, it was cheap. $20 a month for lifeline, and $15 a month on top of that for broadband that was "decent".
They *knew* that eventually Time Warner would buy them out, and it finally happened.
Now we have access to Time Warner. You can pay for faster net access, but not get it, they will blame the wiring. You can get digital, but lose signal often, they blame the wiring.
They still charge you for it. 300% more than Adelphia did. Same wires, same bits, and same shit speed. You just get to pay more for what is now less than what most people get over DSL.
Ask Time Warner when they are going to upgrade the cabling, and they will transfer you 4 or 5 times to people who don't know the answer, until you get fed up and hang up
We did not have enough paper ballots for an election that was done using only paper ballots earlier this year, let alone one that is going to rely on electronic voting!
(I waiting 2 hours for more ballots so I could vote)
Sounds like *Exactly* what I tried to do with my last one.
Problem was, the entire cell area was filled with epoxy resin. Hard enough to crack, but sticky enough to separate the PCB if you are unlucky enough to have that problem.
I'm not saying there was some epoxy in there to hold the cells in place... I am saying the entire body of the toothbrush, from motor isolator to end was *FILLED* with it. The batteries, PCB, and attached terminals were totally enclosed in it.
So, in this case, (pun semi-intended) there were NO user serviceable parts inside!
This is not a new technology but it is helpful to have refined, although the first use when the technology matures will be short range devices (1-2ft) not long range devices (10-20ft).
Keep in mind that there are already quite a few of these in use today.
My Sonicare toothbrush has no external contacts or wires, and charges quite well in its base. Recently I discovered that it will also charge if you just stand it *next* to the base.
Pretty cool tech if you ask me, I just hate the fact that I cant replace the Li batteries (which are exactly AAA size) when they fail.
I had 999995 Until some asshat managed to hack my hotmail account and intercept a password reset.
My first was 288612
amazing how we remember those.../Barely use ICQ anymore
Or witches some evil witches which is ridiculous 'cuz witches they were persecuted wicca good and love the earth and women power I'll be over here...
Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes, they've got those hoppy legs and twitchy little noses, and whats with all the carrots? What do they need such good eyesite for anyway?!?!? Bunnies! Bunnies!! it must be BUNNIES!!!
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fanatical vegans... say that even if no animal was actually killed, people have still not subdued that part of themselves that gets pleasure from eating animal flesh.
Mmmm. Animal flesh. (drool). I wonder what Vegan tastes like?
Bitter. Very bitter.
Which is why I don't date them anymore. Just cant deal with the taste of vegan women.
Well, if you think it is, fine then. I downloaded it and started using it because there is an x64 branch for it, and I love it. I have recommended it to many friends, some of whom you would probably not consider "power users" and I have not heard any negative feedback, aside from some extention compatibility issues.
So now I just *crack* open the plastic case of my alarm clock.. dig the speaker wire out of the plastic, add some additional wire to the leads so I have enough to actually feed through a magnet, and voila!
Easy.
Maybe for home entertainment systems or car systems (I did this ages ago when I had a Nextel phone) but not so easy for integrated speaker apps.
No mention of Old Glory robot insurance?? \ for shame. http://www.robotcombat.com/video_oldglory_hi.html
What is the monetary exchange rate on the amount of time it takes to look at a pop up from gmail to tell me what todays woot is? .10?
And my refurbished, warrantied sansa has been going strong for 2 years now, I beat the hell out of it, and I can replace the battery myself, if need be, anytime I want.
Being able to replace the battery myself means a lot to me as a consumer. It means that the manufacturer understands that I might keep this item longer than the average consumer (my car has over 500,000 miles on it, I tend to like to fix my own stuff) and that fact alone is likely to urge me to buy another sandisk product in the event my Sansa fails me.
Bought it as a refurb from Woot.
Not to be a prick, but my Sandisk Sansa does almost all of that, lets me change "collections" and use Micro SD cards, runs rockbox, plays games, and even lets me watch video in just about whatever format I find best (using rockbox). It also cost me a whopping $30. Still cant see what all the iFuss is about, with the exception of much nicer aftermarket accessories due to market domination.
Yes, thats why in the original statement you see the phrase "Sleep deprived and Manic". My tests for bipolar disorder were non-conclusive, and since I don't have depressive episodes (aside from the month of February every year) and my functioning levels are quite high, the doctors have all pretty much agreed that I am better off non-medicated, unless I start having manic episodes more than once a month. I have not had one in quite a long time, so maybe things in my brain are learning to act like a normal brain.
That's called ADD. Google it.
Given that the list of "activities" is dominated by things related to cleaning/organizing, I'd say it's more like methamphetamine induced OCD. Never met an ADD person whose first thought was "ooo, something to clean"....
Nope. No Meth. Wish I could say the same for my sister. I've seen what that stuff does to a person, up close and personal. No way, no how, would I ever do that to myself.
always work from the list, and write down what you did. One thing at a time, and document everything.
This seems sensible under all conditions. Being tired is no excuse for being sloppy.
I have a sleep disorder.
There are times when, for no real discernible reason, my brain decides that I will not be sleeping for a few days. Sometimes upwards of 100 hours.
When you have been awake for 4 days, (at least in my case) you get a serious case of "While I'm at it" syndrome.
Tasks that can not be completed in 10 minutes (or without getting up) are nigh impossible. I can still work, but I am extremely easily distracted and will often forget why I am in the room I was in.
Example: I went to the fridge to get some water, and decided that I should clean it while I was there, then decide to do the dishes since I threw stuff out of the fridge, then decide to do the laundry since I had no clean towels, and while I was in the basement doing the laundry I noticed that I needed to organize the basement and throw out old computer parts. Meanwhile, upstairs, my glass of water has long since evaporated, and the task I was doing before that is long forgotten.
Thus, when I get like that, I work from a list, and only what is on the list gets done, in the order it went on the list.
The real question, though, is this: If your alternate personality made the bomb, does your present consciousness have the subliminal knowledge of which wire defuses it?
Depends on when it was I guess.
Back in 2001 I did some emergency wiring work that had to be done in 72 hours at our shop.
Now, we are only there 10 weeks a year, so after the end of the 10 weeks it was forgotten about.
I was very sleep deprived and manic when I finished the job, and to this day I have NO idea how I did some of the connections I did. I just hope and pray it all keeps working. Some day some part of it will fail, and I'll have to re-do the entire building.
Note to self:
When sleep deprived, always work from the list, and write down what you did. One thing at a time, and document everything.
99.999% uptime is something different?
Guess that depends on what hours it is supposed to be working doesn't it?
c/o User Friendly
"Sid, Stef
- Stef: How reliable is our network?
Sid: As far as our customers are concerned, five nines.
Stef: What does "five nines" mean?
Sid: 99.999% uptime.
Sid: Wait... Why?!
Stef: So would "reliable to nine fives" in our newspaper ad be not very good?"
Its not just Sony that has that issue. My Motorola V3 Maxx will not charge on a PC unless I have motorola software installed. So I bought a battery style charger, and just recharge the batteries for the charger on the weekend.
Yeah .. Try it.
Its the first device I ever sent back to TG.
3 of them actually.
All of them had busted solder points on the battery holder when they arrived, and on #3 the battery was dead. (Verified by replacing battery and clamping the battery cradle to verify solder point problem.
I finally got a working one last week.
It should be "deployed" soon.
I was watching Rifftraxx J Park friday ..
Great.. But for a REAL work of art .. Watch the Riff of Roadhouse..
That one kills me.
(X men was good too)
You really think as the speed has gone up, that the cost per byte has not decreased for the ISP? More experiences techs (less time on service calls) better cabling, less expensive equipment (that they insist I pay them for, even though I have my own) and a baseline price for services that has increased 80% in 10 years, regardless of whether you use those services or not? I live in an area that used to be Adelphia. Horrible services, horrible infrastructure, and very very bad bandwidth issues because of the last. People used it because we are too far from the city for decent broadcast reception, and the aging group generally eschews satellite.
Thing is, it was cheap. $20 a month for lifeline, and $15 a month on top of that for broadband that was "decent".
They *knew* that eventually Time Warner would buy them out, and it finally happened. Now we have access to Time Warner. You can pay for faster net access, but not get it, they will blame the wiring. You can get digital, but lose signal often, they blame the wiring. They still charge you for it. 300% more than Adelphia did. Same wires, same bits, and same shit speed. You just get to pay more for what is now less than what most people get over DSL.
Ask Time Warner when they are going to upgrade the cabling, and they will transfer you 4 or 5 times to people who don't know the answer, until you get fed up and hang up
We did not have enough paper ballots for an election that was done using only paper ballots earlier this year, let alone one that is going to rely on electronic voting!
(I waiting 2 hours for more ballots so I could vote)
Problem was, the entire cell area was filled with epoxy resin. Hard enough to crack, but sticky enough to separate the PCB if you are unlucky enough to have that problem.
I'm not saying there was some epoxy in there to hold the cells in place... I am saying the entire body of the toothbrush, from motor isolator to end was *FILLED* with it. The batteries, PCB, and attached terminals were totally enclosed in it. So, in this case, (pun semi-intended) there were NO user serviceable parts inside!
This is not a new technology but it is helpful to have refined, although the first use when the technology matures will be short range devices (1-2ft) not long range devices (10-20ft).
Keep in mind that there are already quite a few of these in use today. My Sonicare toothbrush has no external contacts or wires, and charges quite well in its base. Recently I discovered that it will also charge if you just stand it *next* to the base. Pretty cool tech if you ask me, I just hate the fact that I cant replace the Li batteries (which are exactly AAA size) when they fail.
I remember that night very well... 999995 was mine Also got 1000006
I had 999995 Until some asshat managed to hack my hotmail account and intercept a password reset. My first was 288612 amazing how we remember those... /Barely use ICQ anymore
Only a tiny percentage of people have ever burst into flames. We shouldn't let them on airplanes either.
It happens all the time, to dozens of people per year... Its just not widely reported!
Now where did my drummer go ?
I love it! Please attribute or claim credit so it can be properly attributed!
Buffy The Vampire Slayer, TV Series. Musical Episode "Once More With Feeling"
Or witches some evil witches which is ridiculous 'cuz witches they were persecuted wicca good and love the earth and women power I'll be over here...
Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes,
they've got those hoppy legs and twitchy little noses,
and whats with all the carrots? What do they need such good eyesite for anyway?!?!?
Bunnies! Bunnies!! it must be BUNNIES!!!
I have a theory... It could be bunnies!