While we're at it, we should probably backup the internet too. You'd think someone would have done it by now, in case it crashes, but I can't find any record of anyone doing it.
Oh I was quite willing to give up television and maybe cut my Internet speed even, but Comcast said they have no lower speed plans to switch me to. Besides, all I was asking was how much I would save by cancelling TV. I only told them that I needed to cancel TV or cut back on service rather than cancel the entire thing. I wasn't threatening to cancel my account. Even so, they essentially paid me money by reinstating my discount in order to provide more costly television service. It doesn't make sense because the discount saved me more money than eliminating TV from my package would have saved if I hadn't been given the discount.
Incidentally, that department might be "officially" called the Customer Retention Department, but that's not what the customer reps on the phone called it when they were talking to me. "Downgrade" or some-such vaguely negative term was part of the name they used. I remember because I repeated the name to the customer service rep and asked if they really had a department with that name and he said yes. Maybe it's an inside joke or something. I was planning on installing a small indoor TV antenna so that I could get the local station(s) and I think I would be perfectly happy with that because I rarely watch television at all.
Each time you want to "upload" more files, burn them onto a cheap CD (they're so cheap they're practically free these days) and mail them to your home address. Each update is only the cost of a postage stamp and if you want unattended operation, have your wife or kids do it.:P
Yes, that was what happened to me. My package discount ended and Comcast raised my monthly charge. I called and told them it was too expensive and that I had to cancel something or cut back on services, and asked how much I would save by cancelling television service from my "Triple Play" package. They transferred me to some sort of "Customer Downgrade Department" (Yes, Comcast actually said they have a department called something like that, although I'm not sure of the exact name). The "Customer Downgrade Department" person was the one who told me that Comcast had reinstated my package discount (and I hadn't even asked them to do it, hooray!), and because of that it would cost me more each month without TV included in the package than with it, so overall the end result was that the telephone call did save me some money even if their policies do seem insane.
I recently inquired with Comcast about my cost savings if I were to eliminate television from my subscription. They told me that my cost would actually increase because I would no longer be getting the XFINITY "Triple Play" discount (TV, telephone, and Internet). It sounded like BS to me, but that was the story I was given by their service rep on the telephone.
The trouble with cellphones is that you cannot have extension telephones. I have a regular land line at home with extension telephones in every room I use. When I tried getting rid of my land line and using a cellphone only, I got very tired of either being forced to carry the cellphone around with me inside my home, or run like hell to try to get to the cellphone in whatever room it was in when it rang.
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Not at all. The problem is that Turing type AI is hard. We don't even have natural language voice input yet. If we can't even model human hearing and audible natural language recognition, there is no chance all the subtleties and interconnections of our other sensors and end effectors can be modeled and emulated.
The President's directives and Executive Orders only apply to the Executive branch of government. The President has no authority to order Congress or the Judicial branch of government (or anyone else outside the Executive Branch including US citizens) to do anything whatsoever because of the separation of powers that provide Constitutional checks and balances between each of the three independent branches of government. The fact that the President has been issuing orders that are effectively laws enacted without any participation of Congress is not only unconstitutional but is deeply troubling because of its dictatorial nature.
...I don't think I'll need much computer assistance for my daily bathroom break either..... but somehow I just don't think a computer will help me defecate.
I'm using a Toshiba Satellite L355-S7834 laptop with a 17-inch screen, full size 104 key US keyboard with separate 10-key numeric keypad that does not need function keys to use. Just press the regular NUM-LOCK button and type all the numbers you want with one hand or even one finger.
I have a laptop, a tablet, and a cell phone with access to all of my documents through Dropbox, and all the books I own are on my kindle. Aside from having about four grand in electronics, the bag has everything of value that I own.
No extra clothing? Your socks must stink horribly!
NASA is very strict about what leaves the county even in an employee email. Everything, including computer software and documentation, must be submitted to a department within NASA for approval and an ITAR compliance statement attached to it. It's such a hassle that it almost makes it impossible to work with international partners of friendly nations (Norway for example). It's probably about some mundane engineering material necessary to insure compatibility with an international partner that some bureaucratic bean-counter is trying to use to justify his or her otherwise undeserved salary.
She and her husband were even on a daytime talk television show discussing the topic "Why Men Marry Fat Women", although I don't recall which TV talk show it was.
Wow - you *are* magical. For most of us, they stop working right when we get close to them.
When the wife of a friend walked by a clock on the fireplace mantel, the clock fell off the mantel-place and broke. She did not touch the clock. She believes she has a "magical effect" on certain things because of an aura that surrounds her.
On the other hand, the clock was a wall clock that was precariously balanced on the mantel-place and she weighs about 350 pounds.
I wonder how much they pay people to install these things? I would be willing to put one in a closet or some empty, unused room if they paid me well enough for it.:-|
If you would pull your head out of your ass and actually look at some of the scientific evidence instead of simply being a good little robot and blindly believing all the lies the government tells you, you might actually discover the truth.
"You are only limited by your imagination" used to be the rallying cry and raison d'être for those of us interested in computer programming back in the seventies.
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While we're at it, we should probably backup the internet too. You'd think someone would have done it by now, in case it crashes, but I can't find any record of anyone doing it.
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Oh I was quite willing to give up television and maybe cut my Internet speed even, but Comcast said they have no lower speed plans to switch me to. Besides, all I was asking was how much I would save by cancelling TV. I only told them that I needed to cancel TV or cut back on service rather than cancel the entire thing. I wasn't threatening to cancel my account. Even so, they essentially paid me money by reinstating my discount in order to provide more costly television service. It doesn't make sense because the discount saved me more money than eliminating TV from my package would have saved if I hadn't been given the discount.
Incidentally, that department might be "officially" called the Customer Retention Department, but that's not what the customer reps on the phone called it when they were talking to me. "Downgrade" or some-such vaguely negative term was part of the name they used. I remember because I repeated the name to the customer service rep and asked if they really had a department with that name and he said yes. Maybe it's an inside joke or something. I was planning on installing a small indoor TV antenna so that I could get the local station(s) and I think I would be perfectly happy with that because I rarely watch television at all.
Each time you want to "upload" more files, burn them onto a cheap CD (they're so cheap they're practically free these days) and mail them to your home address. Each update is only the cost of a postage stamp and if you want unattended operation, have your wife or kids do it. :P
Yes, that was what happened to me. My package discount ended and Comcast raised my monthly charge. I called and told them it was too expensive and that I had to cancel something or cut back on services, and asked how much I would save by cancelling television service from my "Triple Play" package. They transferred me to some sort of "Customer Downgrade Department" (Yes, Comcast actually said they have a department called something like that, although I'm not sure of the exact name). The "Customer Downgrade Department" person was the one who told me that Comcast had reinstated my package discount (and I hadn't even asked them to do it, hooray!), and because of that it would cost me more each month without TV included in the package than with it, so overall the end result was that the telephone call did save me some money even if their policies do seem insane.
I recently inquired with Comcast about my cost savings if I were to eliminate television from my subscription. They told me that my cost would actually increase because I would no longer be getting the XFINITY "Triple Play" discount (TV, telephone, and Internet). It sounded like BS to me, but that was the story I was given by their service rep on the telephone.
Yes, I should have looked up the Asterisk (PBX) before commenting. Thanks.
The trouble with cellphones is that you cannot have extension telephones. I have a regular land line at home with extension telephones in every room I use. When I tried getting rid of my land line and using a cellphone only, I got very tired of either being forced to carry the cellphone around with me inside my home, or run like hell to try to get to the cellphone in whatever room it was in when it rang.
TIL: I'm actually black.
Not at all. The problem is that Turing type AI is hard. We don't even have natural language voice input yet. If we can't even model human hearing and audible natural language recognition, there is no chance all the subtleties and interconnections of our other sensors and end effectors can be modeled and emulated.
The President's directives and Executive Orders only apply to the Executive branch of government. The President has no authority to order Congress or the Judicial branch of government (or anyone else outside the Executive Branch including US citizens) to do anything whatsoever because of the separation of powers that provide Constitutional checks and balances between each of the three independent branches of government. The fact that the President has been issuing orders that are effectively laws enacted without any participation of Congress is not only unconstitutional but is deeply troubling because of its dictatorial nature.
...I don't think I'll need much computer assistance for my daily bathroom break either. .... but somehow I just don't think a computer will help me defecate.
Butt imagine the convenience of a computerized toilet seat with twelve button remote control for only $1700?
I'm using a Toshiba Satellite L355-S7834 laptop with a 17-inch screen, full size 104 key US keyboard with separate 10-key numeric keypad that does not need function keys to use. Just press the regular NUM-LOCK button and type all the numbers you want with one hand or even one finger.
You make a good point. I'm in at $40 - let's see how the rest of the day goes :)
You're lucky you only bought one share of the stock.
I have a laptop, a tablet, and a cell phone with access to all of my documents through Dropbox, and all the books I own are on my kindle. Aside from having about four grand in electronics, the bag has everything of value that I own.
No extra clothing? Your socks must stink horribly!
TIL: There are no gardens on the equator. ;-)
NASA is very strict about what leaves the county even in an employee email. Everything, including computer software and documentation, must be submitted to a department within NASA for approval and an ITAR compliance statement attached to it. It's such a hassle that it almost makes it impossible to work with international partners of friendly nations (Norway for example). It's probably about some mundane engineering material necessary to insure compatibility with an international partner that some bureaucratic bean-counter is trying to use to justify his or her otherwise undeserved salary.
She and her husband were even on a daytime talk television show discussing the topic "Why Men Marry Fat Women" , although I don't recall which TV talk show it was.
Wow - you *are* magical. For most of us, they stop working right when we get close to them.
When the wife of a friend walked by a clock on the fireplace mantel, the clock fell off the mantel-place and broke. She did not touch the clock. She believes she has a "magical effect" on certain things because of an aura that surrounds her.
On the other hand, the clock was a wall clock that was precariously balanced on the mantel-place and she weighs about 350 pounds.
Try ixquick. I think you'll like it much better than DuckDuckGo. Also startpage is pretty good and uses Google to return results.
I wonder how much they pay people to install these things? I would be willing to put one in a closet or some empty, unused room if they paid me well enough for it. :-|
If you would pull your head out of your ass and actually look at some of the scientific evidence instead of simply being a good little robot and blindly believing all the lies the government tells you, you might actually discover the truth.
I've tried DuckDuckGo but the results weren't very good, so now I'm trying Startpage.com
"You are only limited by your imagination" used to be the rallying cry and raison d'être for those of us interested in computer programming back in the seventies.
Yes, thanks for reminding me. I'd upvote you if I had mod points today.
I'm old enough to remember when the United States had a Constitution too.