A few posts here seem to miss the importance of internet access in disaster recovery. The only way we could apply for FEMA aid was through the website(which crashed every other time we logged on). The phone lines(which mostly never went down) were clogged for weeks and probably still are.
Getting in touch with friends and family, receiving information on the extent of the disaster and applying for aid make access essential.
If it was something that involved 1,000 people, 72 hours would probably be a safe bet. If it involves 100,000+, even if relief get's in it probably won't be enough to get to you for awhile.
We are having problems with this in New Orleans. Many of the local banks were in 8 feet of water, well aboe the highest boxes in the vaults. A disaster hits those places as well. If the building holding the safe deposit box is ruined, you won't be able to get to your box for a long time and your things may be ruined as well.
Living in New Orleans has burned a few lessons into me.
First, make a list of things to take if you have to evacuate. I forgot several things when packing up at 3am the day before the storm hit. Second, keeping a safety deposit box in the same area as your house is a bad idea. We have banks which have been closed for a month and will probably be closed for many more. People come in every day asking about when they can get it. People wanting to leave the country but can't get their passports, very bad news. Third, keep a decent supply of water and canned food. Rotate the supplies to keep them fresh but always maintain one weeks worth of supplies. Figure at least one week before outside relief gets to you. Two weeks would be a safer bet. It's easier to do than you think. A water dispenser with 3 or 4 bottles should hold you over nicely and large cans of food from Chef Boyardee will make this very inexpensive. To use those cans, make sure you have a mechanical can opener on the assumption of no electricity. Keeping a 12 pack of Toilet Paper around doesn't hurt. If anyone asks why the large amount, simply say that you get it cheaper.Keeping some cash also doesn't hurt a bit. When the power is out, checks and debit/credit cards are worthless. Multiple things can happen outside of a nuclear war or hurricane which can force you to be self-sufficient for a week or two. Trust me, when the lights don't work, the police won't answer 911 calls and people are looting, you will be forever grateful you took a little time and money to be prepared. Fourth, paranoia can be a good thing. My wife complained when I bought a generator and 40 gallons of gas at the start of hurricane season. She gave me even more grief when I bought canned goods and water we didn't need within the next week. She sat on the sofa while I boarded up my house like world war III was coming to New Orleans. She thanked me several times for doing all of the above when we had electricity, food, water and an unlooted house after the storm.
Personally, I send all of my files to both Gmail and Yahoo. I have seperate accounts set up just for those files. If a disaster befalls the US that takes out both of those companies and destroys my home computer on the other side of the country, losing computer files won't matter a bit, I'll be too busy trying to survive.
Fuck if I know what to put on a resume to cover lack of work. My reason for being out of work for almost a year always seemed to be met with a certain amount of Skepticism by the interviewer. With a degree in engineering and more certifications than I could mention, I finally gave up. Afte a nasty lay-off and a long period of not being able to find a job, I finally gave up on tech. I was sick of sitting in interviews and having to explain why I was out of work so long.
I would interview for jobs which were a $10k cut in pay from my last job and I was overqualified but still get rejected. Most other jobs wanted people who could fix all of the companies computers while solving advanced calculus and washing the CEO's car.
After a dozen interviews which all resulted in rejection letters, I finally changed careers. I'm now in sales and making more money than any single shithead who sent me a rejection letter when I was out of work. I've finally found a career which involved getting paid for your work and not making someone else rich while getting shit on by a boss.
If I want to pick up my wife for lunch tomorrow, I won't have to worry that I only have a 30 minute lunch break. No more fuck up dead end projects being dumped in my lap on a Friday afternoon. "Oh, I missed spending the weekend with my family so I could work on this and now it's no longer a priority?". My favorite is that I don't have to hear anymore bullshit about no raises because of lack of funds while the higher ups get raises. If I want a raise, I call more people.
Life is good.
The text for one of my MBA classes was $140 so I went looking for it online. I found the version which is sold in India for $50, brand new. The only difference was that the Indian version was paperback. I could never bring myself to buy from a college bookstore. Last semester, the total for my books from the bookstore was $320. I found the same books online for $160. Doesn't take an MBA to figure out which is better.
Really? I would not have thought that. I might have thought, "It has something to do with the bubbles" but not "It's because more bubbles are releasing the flavor and aroma in my mouth". Is it always necessary to make commentary when submitting a story? Are not the details by themselves enough? Not even good commentary mind you, just mindless babble.
I ask everyone who wants a series to e-mail Sci Fi at program@www.scifi.com and let them know you want a series. The people against the series who pine for the 1970's version to be brought back are making their opinion known so let your's be known as well.
Fans clamored to get it back after it was dumped, and were given BSG 1980, based on Earth where the executives could get away with much cheaper cost/episode. Most of the original cast was gone, and the episodes reeked of being cheaply made and for the most part poorly written.
You just had to do it huh? Here I was all enjoying my day with a nice cup of coffee and you went and mentioned Battlestar Galactica 1980. Thanks, now my day is shot! Oh what a horrid wretch of a show that was. The flying motorcycles, the preaching about current social issues and the stupid boycout troop which could do super human things like jump into trees. During the first episode when the woman said, "The V2 rocket? Germany almost won the war because of those", I knew it was all downhill from there.
It's called the Halo Effect. People tend to let one characteristic define how they judge people. If you consider taller people more attractive or competent, even unconsciously, when raise time rolls around you can guess who will get better raises. Since you consider a taller person favorably, you will tend to consider everything that person does better. If someone is a very good programmer but missing a front tooth, what's going to stand out most in your mind when you think about that person?
It has also been shown that overweight women tend to accumulate less wealth than their skinny counterparts. Again, one characteristic of a person tends to dominate.
I just came in from drinking all night and read slashdot. I'll be real happy when the shuttle flies again(as long as it doesnt explode). Just wanted everyone to know that!
Read "Suriviving without a salary" by Charles Long. Make sure to check it out from the library instead of buying it(as mentioned in the book itself). Charles Long is the true penny pinching non-salaried person. Some of his ideas can be far out such as when he comments on how he started to shower in the rain(that is until he almost got hit by lightning).
It's a good guide for learning how to end the daily consumer culture grind.
When I was spending time in the Philippine's several years ago, I had an interesting talk with an elected official in one of the provinces. He was discussing why developing countries had so much trouble becoming richer. They attract companies because of their low wages but if the wages start to go up, the companies simply relocate to a poorer country. How to break the cycle, he didn't know and I sure don't. The third world being kept poor to support the West I suppose.
Enron goes much further than this. Enron was capitalizing the costs of garbage cans and other things that should have been expensed. When investors looked at Enron's assets, they looked huge and it seemed to be a good investment.
IBM appears to be reconizing revenue in the wrong quarter. It's fairly common since determining when revenue is recognized can get tricky.
Tell Bush the moon contains oil. The 101st would be landing there in a week.
As for bombing it, Fsck the moon. I hope they blow that bitch into oblivion. It's always up there, looking down on me, trying to read my mind, telling me to do naughty things.
My Business Law teacher used to tell us, "You sue everyone for everything all the time". They are trying to scare anyone who is or is thinking of becoming associated with Napster type applications. It's a common tactic to stop what you can't compete against.
As for the $150,000 per violation, lawyers routinely ask for the sky knowing that it will be amended. I was on a jury recently for a DWI lawsuit and the plaintiff's lawyer was asking for several hundred thousand. During deliberation, everyone discussed how it was unreasonable and would be much less. If this goes before a jury I expect them to be awarded very little, if anything.
To find out if he is really from the future, simply ask him how many times this story will be reposted on Slashdot.
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Too bad it took 46000 complaints to prompt some action, but at least some action is being taken.
Is it possibly for stories to be posted without someone's cynical or uninformed opinion? Yes, I realize this is Slashdot but it is beyond annoying at this point. How does the submitter know what the relevance of the number of complaints is? Maybe the FTC has some minimum number of people that must complain before they take action and many of the complaints were from the same person.
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A few posts here seem to miss the importance of internet access in disaster recovery. The only way we could apply for FEMA aid was through the website(which crashed every other time we logged on). The phone lines(which mostly never went down) were clogged for weeks and probably still are.
Getting in touch with friends and family, receiving information on the extent of the disaster and applying for aid make access essential.
If it was something that involved 1,000 people, 72 hours would probably be a safe bet. If it involves 100,000+, even if relief get's in it probably won't be enough to get to you for awhile.
We are having problems with this in New Orleans. Many of the local banks were in 8 feet of water, well aboe the highest boxes in the vaults. A disaster hits those places as well. If the building holding the safe deposit box is ruined, you won't be able to get to your box for a long time and your things may be ruined as well.
Living in New Orleans has burned a few lessons into me.
First, make a list of things to take if you have to evacuate. I forgot several things when packing up at 3am the day before the storm hit.
Second, keeping a safety deposit box in the same area as your house is a bad idea. We have banks which have been closed for a month and will probably be closed for many more. People come in every day asking about when they can get it. People wanting to leave the country but can't get their passports, very bad news.
Third, keep a decent supply of water and canned food. Rotate the supplies to keep them fresh but always maintain one weeks worth of supplies. Figure at least one week before outside relief gets to you. Two weeks would be a safer bet. It's easier to do than you think. A water dispenser with 3 or 4 bottles should hold you over nicely and large cans of food from Chef Boyardee will make this very inexpensive. To use those cans, make sure you have a mechanical can opener on the assumption of no electricity. Keeping a 12 pack of Toilet Paper around doesn't hurt. If anyone asks why the large amount, simply say that you get it cheaper.Keeping some cash also doesn't hurt a bit. When the power is out, checks and debit/credit cards are worthless. Multiple things can happen outside of a nuclear war or hurricane which can force you to be self-sufficient for a week or two. Trust me, when the lights don't work, the police won't answer 911 calls and people are looting, you will be forever grateful you took a little time and money to be prepared.
Fourth, paranoia can be a good thing. My wife complained when I bought a generator and 40 gallons of gas at the start of hurricane season. She gave me even more grief when I bought canned goods and water we didn't need within the next week. She sat on the sofa while I boarded up my house like world war III was coming to New Orleans. She thanked me several times for doing all of the above when we had electricity, food, water and an unlooted house after the storm.
Personally, I send all of my files to both Gmail and Yahoo. I have seperate accounts set up just for those files. If a disaster befalls the US that takes out both of those companies and destroys my home computer on the other side of the country, losing computer files won't matter a bit, I'll be too busy trying to survive.
No, it's the International Space Station
Fuck if I know what to put on a resume to cover lack of work. My reason for being out of work for almost a year always seemed to be met with a certain amount of Skepticism by the interviewer. With a degree in engineering and more certifications than I could mention, I finally gave up. Afte a nasty lay-off and a long period of not being able to find a job, I finally gave up on tech. I was sick of sitting in interviews and having to explain why I was out of work so long. I would interview for jobs which were a $10k cut in pay from my last job and I was overqualified but still get rejected. Most other jobs wanted people who could fix all of the companies computers while solving advanced calculus and washing the CEO's car. After a dozen interviews which all resulted in rejection letters, I finally changed careers. I'm now in sales and making more money than any single shithead who sent me a rejection letter when I was out of work. I've finally found a career which involved getting paid for your work and not making someone else rich while getting shit on by a boss. If I want to pick up my wife for lunch tomorrow, I won't have to worry that I only have a 30 minute lunch break. No more fuck up dead end projects being dumped in my lap on a Friday afternoon. "Oh, I missed spending the weekend with my family so I could work on this and now it's no longer a priority?". My favorite is that I don't have to hear anymore bullshit about no raises because of lack of funds while the higher ups get raises. If I want a raise, I call more people. Life is good.
The text for one of my MBA classes was $140 so I went looking for it online. I found the version which is sold in India for $50, brand new. The only difference was that the Indian version was paperback. I could never bring myself to buy from a college bookstore. Last semester, the total for my books from the bookstore was $320. I found the same books online for $160. Doesn't take an MBA to figure out which is better.
Really? I would not have thought that. I might have thought, "It has something to do with the bubbles" but not "It's because more bubbles are releasing the flavor and aroma in my mouth". Is it always necessary to make commentary when submitting a story? Are not the details by themselves enough? Not even good commentary mind you, just mindless babble.
I ask everyone who wants a series to e-mail Sci Fi at program@www.scifi.com and let them know you want a series. The people against the series who pine for the 1970's version to be brought back are making their opinion known so let your's be known as well.
Good job. You Slashdotted a site about tinfoil hats. I can only imagine how bad their paranoia will be now.
I'm collecting unemployment. Typical day includes sleeping till 3pm them playing Allied Assault for a few hours.
A computer that can run Doom 3!
It's called the Halo Effect. People tend to let one characteristic define how they judge people. If you consider taller people more attractive or competent, even unconsciously, when raise time rolls around you can guess who will get better raises. Since you consider a taller person favorably, you will tend to consider everything that person does better. If someone is a very good programmer but missing a front tooth, what's going to stand out most in your mind when you think about that person?
It has also been shown that overweight women tend to accumulate less wealth than their skinny counterparts. Again, one characteristic of a person tends to dominate.
I just came in from drinking all night and read slashdot. I'll be real happy when the shuttle flies again(as long as it doesnt explode). Just wanted everyone to know that!
Read "Suriviving without a salary" by Charles Long. Make sure to check it out from the library instead of buying it(as mentioned in the book itself). Charles Long is the true penny pinching non-salaried person. Some of his ideas can be far out such as when he comments on how he started to shower in the rain(that is until he almost got hit by lightning).
It's a good guide for learning how to end the daily consumer culture grind.
When I was spending time in the Philippine's several years ago, I had an interesting talk with an elected official in one of the provinces. He was discussing why developing countries had so much trouble becoming richer. They attract companies because of their low wages but if the wages start to go up, the companies simply relocate to a poorer country. How to break the cycle, he didn't know and I sure don't. The third world being kept poor to support the West I suppose.
Enron goes much further than this. Enron was capitalizing the costs of garbage cans and other things that should have been expensed. When investors looked at Enron's assets, they looked huge and it seemed to be a good investment.
IBM appears to be reconizing revenue in the wrong quarter. It's fairly common since determining when revenue is recognized can get tricky.
hehe
The ignorance shown by OneInEveryCrowd finally ends the debate
News for Nerds??
No. News for Accountants!
Tell Bush the moon contains oil. The 101st would be landing there in a week.
As for bombing it, Fsck the moon. I hope they blow that bitch into oblivion. It's always up there, looking down on me, trying to read my mind, telling me to do naughty things.
My Business Law teacher used to tell us, "You sue everyone for everything all the time". They are trying to scare anyone who is or is thinking of becoming associated with Napster type applications. It's a common tactic to stop what you can't compete against.
As for the $150,000 per violation, lawyers routinely ask for the sky knowing that it will be amended. I was on a jury recently for a DWI lawsuit and the plaintiff's lawyer was asking for several hundred thousand. During deliberation, everyone discussed how it was unreasonable and would be much less. If this goes before a jury I expect them to be awarded very little, if anything.
To find out if he is really from the future, simply ask him how many times this story will be reposted on Slashdot.
Is it possibly for stories to be posted without someone's cynical or uninformed opinion? Yes, I realize this is Slashdot but it is beyond annoying at this point. How does the submitter know what the relevance of the number of complaints is? Maybe the FTC has some minimum number of people that must complain before they take action and many of the complaints were from the same person.