I typically go directly to where I am making my purchase, Amazon, Newegg, etc.
On the rare occasion I do see an ad that I might be interested in, I still don't click it. I will just type in the URL of the company, because I want to get a feel for the site before I drill down to a particular product.
That said, I appreciate those 6% for "sponsoring" free content. Thanks!
Now that "Time Warping" has been achieved, it is only follows that someone will figure out "Space Warping", then we'll finally have the space-faring science fiction future we all crave.
For example, here's an unrelated article about "OS share" where they count the iPhone as an OS.
What possible reason do you have to count iPhone, the Wii and Playstation (even in sub-percentage amounts) in a story of "Mac OS" gaining ground on "Windows"? (BTW, they have it at 7.57% MacOS vs 91.46% Windows, that's 99.03, Linux is at.63%). I guess tossing in random stuff is more interesting than saying Windows still has 90%+ of the desktop...
From the time I wake up in the morning during a dream where pictures flipping fast in front of my eyes, like a deck of cards rippling in my face...
Then, I wander downstairs, optimizing my route - delay peeing because, "well coffee can be brewing while you do that", but allowing that pushing the button on the radio isn't "that much effort" to start the noise that I can listen to while I pour the water for the coffee... oh, an ant, squash it. Now I can step out front to get the paper.
So, the coffee is going, the paper is in, I get to pee... and sit... Damn. The toilet paper is empty. While changing it I see another ant... then I rinse my fingers, damn, now my hand it wet...
Couldn't I have waited until after I put the TP back on the holder?
Whatever happened to the conspiracy theorists from my childhood, you know, the ones who always claimed "the car makers and big old buried that 100 mpg carburetor design", and the like!
I don't know the merits of this particular deal, but it never made sense to me that "car makers" really cared one way or the other about the fuel costs (and the SUV craze has borne that out...)
I mean, it is not like you can easily track a "30-40cm" piece of paper at any distance.
And how can they not know if it is 30cm or 40cm? that's quite a range, haven't they picked the paper yet?
Anyhow, if they do it, I'd claim success! You won't be able to prove it didn't make it all the way down OK, unless you find its charred remains, but just in case, I would litter "seed" charred remains about, so that I could claim any found "were just a test model", thus ensuring victory!
The opening shot, showing the "recovered" video, was labeled "American Site 447 (formerly known as Central Park)", or some such.
Doesn't that imply there is more than one site? Which to me means alien invasion.
I can understand a lone sea monster run amok, but if it is an alien, wouldn't it have technology greater than thrashing its bulk around to destroy things?
Heh, here's a thought - maybe it is of alien origin, but nothing more than the space-faring version of blue ice.
That that sounds about right. Just some amusing shit to watch.
If you could be perfectly scanned (in a destructive manner, to be sure), but with 100% confidence that one or more duplicates of you could be created, right down to the last thought you had before your were scanned, would you do it?
To be transported light-year distances? Just for a "backup"?
It would really mean nothing to "you", but would be the check-point backup for your future self.
"For Bob so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Body, that whoever replicates Him shall not perish, but have eternal refreshes."
Yup, once upon a time about 15 years ago, I found myself living in a strange town, with no connections... so I hired on to one of the IT consultant shops, where I got about $18 and the agency was getting about $45. Ordinarily I was a developer, but in this case I found my self in "operations" for a big bloated company that hadn't even implemented the program that needed sys admins yet.
Not one to sit on my butt, I found stuff to do that was at least related to sys admin work, even if the machines weren't in production yet.
First I wrote a bunch of perl scripts and such that the developers were to busy to do, and probably wouldn't do anyhow. Scripts to automagically gather server stats and such and post them to a company internal web page. A lot better than a bunch of rlogin make work just to check up on stuff.
Next, a bunch of scripts to do cumbersome HPUX volumn manager crap. The DBA guys were always requesting changes to the disk layout, and what used to take 30-60 minutes each time was turned into a parameterized script.
Basically, I kept looking for ways to automate myself out of a job.
Another task I set myself to was to audit all the stupid maintenance contracts we had - and found several expensive 24/7 contracts on crappy old equipment that was literally turned off and forgotten. The vendor wasn't happy, but the pointy-haired types appreciated saving 10's of thousands of dollars from their budgets.
After I left, I figure it was actually zero cost for them to have employed me for the time I was there.
Oh, and while I was at it, the positive feedback to my agency got me two hourly raises over about a 6 month period, from 18 to 23, then 23 to 29/hr - while the agency stilled billed their 45/hr. So, doing stuff and getting noticed can pay off (I think the agency was worried that I would go "full time perm", so it was kind of a bidding war thing.)
If you have slack time and just goof-off, you are probably no different from the clock-punchers that cause companies to have to hire outside help to get things done. You will probably be on the deadwood list for the next lay-off cycle too.
My two cents. YMMV.
P.S. Once you have the go-go reputation, you can occasionally screw off and no one will ever suspect:-)
I rarely use the "record" ability of my DVDR+VHS unit. Mostly it is just a DVD player. (I will probably never buy tape player, not much call for that anymore.)
Waiting around for the "initialize" does suck. At least on mine it says it can take 4 minutes, but really only takes about 1.
What gets me is that I have to wait for it even if I am recording in the future - couldn't it be smart enough to initialize the disc on its own time? (like after I turn it off, or, even wake up a few minutes early for the future event to initialize the blank disc?).
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"Think of the children".
Not in that way, you pervert!
On the rare occasion I do see an ad that I might be interested in, I still don't click it. I will just type in the URL of the company, because I want to get a feel for the site before I drill down to a particular product.
That said, I appreciate those 6% for "sponsoring" free content. Thanks!
outside what human brains are built to grasp begs a big question.
I am too lazy to look it up, but I am sure there is plenty of discussion that substitutes "what was before the big bang" with, "what was before God".
She should be ashamed. Or adjust her meds.
If PostgreSQL changed their name to OurSQL it would be easy to remember, and a sound a lot less selfish than MySQL.
Dancing green girls, here I come!
What possible reason do you have to count iPhone, the Wii and Playstation (even in sub-percentage amounts) in a story of "Mac OS" gaining ground on "Windows"? (BTW, they have it at 7.57% MacOS vs 91.46% Windows, that's 99.03, Linux is at .63%). I guess tossing in random stuff is more interesting than saying Windows still has 90%+ of the desktop...
You can go to HR, and say "sure, Google me, but be warned, you will be violating company Internet usage rules if you look at the results." :-)
Then, I wander downstairs, optimizing my route - delay peeing because, "well coffee can be brewing while you do that", but allowing that pushing the button on the radio isn't "that much effort" to start the noise that I can listen to while I pour the water for the coffee... oh, an ant, squash it. Now I can step out front to get the paper.
So, the coffee is going, the paper is in, I get to pee... and sit... Damn. The toilet paper is empty. While changing it I see another ant... then I rinse my fingers, damn, now my hand it wet...
Couldn't I have waited until after I put the TP back on the holder?
And so it goes. Do I have an attention issue?
Won't it work even better on those of us who don't have the Alzheimer's, yet?
I don't know the merits of this particular deal, but it never made sense to me that "car makers" really cared one way or the other about the fuel costs (and the SUV craze has borne that out...)
That's because individuals want what they paid for.
When a few pallet loads go missing, containing units that don't belong to any specific person, that's just another bureaucratic "meh"?
I suspect you will see plenty available on eBay once the bulk shipments get going in earnest.
Looks like the world ended up with a nice sustainable green society in the end.
Clear on that?
We don't cotton to no foreigners 'round these parts.
It will really be version 6.66 - use at your own risk.
Now that you have mentioned a consumer demand for it, it will be new cell phone feature soon!
Despite the fact that this is a story now, is it a coincidence that the document in question went missing during the Clinton administration?
And how can they not know if it is 30cm or 40cm? that's quite a range, haven't they picked the paper yet?
Anyhow, if they do it, I'd claim success! You won't be able to prove it didn't make it all the way down OK, unless you find its charred remains, but just in case, I would litter "seed" charred remains about, so that I could claim any found "were just a test model", thus ensuring victory!
Doesn't that imply there is more than one site? Which to me means alien invasion.
I can understand a lone sea monster run amok, but if it is an alien, wouldn't it have technology greater than thrashing its bulk around to destroy things?
Heh, here's a thought - maybe it is of alien origin, but nothing more than the space-faring version of blue ice.
That that sounds about right. Just some amusing shit to watch.
To be transported light-year distances? Just for a "backup"?
It would really mean nothing to "you", but would be the check-point backup for your future self.
"For Bob so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Body, that whoever replicates Him shall not perish, but have eternal refreshes."
Not one to sit on my butt, I found stuff to do that was at least related to sys admin work, even if the machines weren't in production yet.
First I wrote a bunch of perl scripts and such that the developers were to busy to do, and probably wouldn't do anyhow. Scripts to automagically gather server stats and such and post them to a company internal web page. A lot better than a bunch of rlogin make work just to check up on stuff.
Next, a bunch of scripts to do cumbersome HPUX volumn manager crap. The DBA guys were always requesting changes to the disk layout, and what used to take 30-60 minutes each time was turned into a parameterized script.
Basically, I kept looking for ways to automate myself out of a job.
Another task I set myself to was to audit all the stupid maintenance contracts we had - and found several expensive 24/7 contracts on crappy old equipment that was literally turned off and forgotten. The vendor wasn't happy, but the pointy-haired types appreciated saving 10's of thousands of dollars from their budgets.
After I left, I figure it was actually zero cost for them to have employed me for the time I was there.
Oh, and while I was at it, the positive feedback to my agency got me two hourly raises over about a 6 month period, from 18 to 23, then 23 to 29/hr - while the agency stilled billed their 45/hr. So, doing stuff and getting noticed can pay off (I think the agency was worried that I would go "full time perm", so it was kind of a bidding war thing.)
If you have slack time and just goof-off, you are probably no different from the clock-punchers that cause companies to have to hire outside help to get things done. You will probably be on the deadwood list for the next lay-off cycle too.
My two cents. YMMV.
P.S. Once you have the go-go reputation, you can occasionally screw off and no one will ever suspect :-)
Waiting around for the "initialize" does suck. At least on mine it says it can take 4 minutes, but really only takes about 1.
What gets me is that I have to wait for it even if I am recording in the future - couldn't it be smart enough to initialize the disc on its own time? (like after I turn it off, or, even wake up a few minutes early for the future event to initialize the blank disc?).
Heh, more like coupons for DRM laden downloads of music for your .