For example, the US postal office has access to lists of people and their addresses--if someone writes "1234 31st Street" instead of "1234 31st Avenue", then that should be easy to correct since there is unlikely to be a "Peter Clark" living at both places.
This would create more hassles than it would fix. Inputting and updating these lists would take an inordinate amount of time. Don't forget the postal unions, paying postal workers to update these databases would only increase your postage rates more. Not to mention that the lists are usually long out of date.
Maybe the US postal system should advise cities to change street names,
Have you ever tried getting a local government to change a street name? Good luck. Especially if you are another government organization. The Municipality of Anchorage takes a special sort of glee in intentionally naming new streets in a manner that will foul up the postal service. They love to be paid by the hour to argue with a postmaster. How do I know? I worked as a letter carrier.
maybe it should introduce something more mnemonic and redundant than ZIP codes. Using a meaningless nine digit sequence of numbers to help route mail has to be one of the more stupid decisions;
There is an alternative? I have never heard of a system that rivals zip codes. And even if there was, people would find ways to screw that up, too. Never overestimate the public.
Hmm, could this have anything to do with your attitude or social skills? Recession or no, I have never had any trouble finding jobs, I have no degree and I never settle for anything the doesn't pay at least $15 an hour, plus health insurance. I never have had any trouble making ends meet, and I live in one of the most expensive cities in the US, Anchorage.
A couple years? Theres no jobs, NONE. Mc Donalds is filled, theres no need for new waiters and when there is, the experienced waiters will get the job over someone like me with no experience in that industry. There is NO jobs.
"There is NO jobs." Especially not for someone with a limited grasp of the English language. Can't even get a job at McDonalds? GET REAL. Fast food has one of the highest turn-over rates of any industry out there. Period. The 'recession' that, in your eyes, is crippling the economy is NOT bad enough that people are clinging to their exploitative, dangerous minimum-wage jobs. Your posts are simply absurd. You, sir, are lacking credibility.
There is a little place where the rest of us live, it's a place called REALITY. Check it out.
I'd never be bored if I could do whatever I want to do when I want to do it, instead of doing whatever I have to do when I'm supposed to do it.
Funny, I know a 4 year old who tries to use this exact same logic. "WHY CAN'T I JUST DO WHAT I WANT TO DO ALWAYS?" Then he starts with the screaming and beating his fists on the floor. HanzoSan has the cognitive abilities of a 4 year old?
Agreed. Force feedback is a hindrance in the case of flight-sims, when accuracy is the name of the game. All the bumping around from the gyros will just screw you up.
You need a license to have a dog, but any fool can have a child.
My experience being a contract letter carrier has exposed me to some of the 'behind-the-scenes' action at the USPS. What good times there are, tossing around packages labelled FRAGILE (hey, they weren't insured!) and opening your Playboy magazines before they get into your grabby little hands.
But in all seriousness, postal workers are generally more than happy to let you know that the Post Office is, statistically, one of the safer jobs in America. The fact that they are the largest employer in the country, second to the Armed Forces, explains the prevalence of 'going postal'. Postal workers don't flip out more than normal people, there's just so many of them. And when one goes and wipes out a whole zip codes worth of mailmen, it causes a sensation and suddenly all of those boys in those snappy blue suits are hellbent on destruction and mayhem. In the eyes of the media anyways. But we all know that it's the postmaster who you have to watch out for.
Fun fact: postmasters are all issued M16 assault rifles and flak jackets which they keep in their lockers, just in case.
It is also in good working order, thus if AOL chooses not to accept e-mail anymore, why not just bombard them with snail mail? We could also return their bloody disks right back to them while we're at it. Maybe after they get several hundred thousand they'll get the hint.
Being a letter carrier who is forced to carry those damn AOL CDs on a nearly daily basis, I felt that I had to put in my two cents. According to postal regulations, bulk rate mail such as the "NEW AOL 8.0" can't be returned to sender. The only place it can go is in the trash. I'm just amazed that AOL can afford to send all of that garbage out, at my post office we get about 500 of them a week, and this is for a (relatively) small suburb.
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I think we all agree that outside or a research environment, virus/worm writing is the lowest form of geekery.
Wrong. It's still a step above Star Trek conventions.
For example, the US postal office has access to lists of people and their addresses--if someone writes "1234 31st Street" instead of "1234 31st Avenue", then that should be easy to correct since there is unlikely to be a "Peter Clark" living at both places.
This would create more hassles than it would fix. Inputting and updating these lists would take an inordinate amount of time. Don't forget the postal unions, paying postal workers to update these databases would only increase your postage rates more. Not to mention that the lists are usually long out of date.
Maybe the US postal system should advise cities to change street names,
Have you ever tried getting a local government to change a street name? Good luck. Especially if you are another government organization. The Municipality of Anchorage takes a special sort of glee in intentionally naming new streets in a manner that will foul up the postal service. They love to be paid by the hour to argue with a postmaster. How do I know? I worked as a letter carrier.
maybe it should introduce something more mnemonic and redundant than ZIP codes. Using a meaningless nine digit sequence of numbers to help route mail has to be one of the more stupid decisions;
There is an alternative? I have never heard of a system that rivals zip codes. And even if there was, people would find ways to screw that up, too. Never overestimate the public.
No one is willing to hire me!!!!
Hmm, could this have anything to do with your attitude or social skills? Recession or no, I have never had any trouble finding jobs, I have no degree and I never settle for anything the doesn't pay at least $15 an hour, plus health insurance. I never have had any trouble making ends meet, and I live in one of the most expensive cities in the US, Anchorage.
A couple years? Theres no jobs, NONE. Mc Donalds is filled, theres no need for new waiters and when there is, the experienced waiters will get the job over someone like me with no experience in that industry. There is NO jobs.
"There is NO jobs." Especially not for someone with a limited grasp of the English language. Can't even get a job at McDonalds? GET REAL. Fast food has one of the highest turn-over rates of any industry out there. Period. The 'recession' that, in your eyes, is crippling the economy is NOT bad enough that people are clinging to their exploitative, dangerous minimum-wage jobs. Your posts are simply absurd. You, sir, are lacking credibility.
There is a little place where the rest of us live, it's a place called REALITY. Check it out.
I'd never be bored if I could do whatever I want to do when I want to do it, instead of doing whatever I have to do when I'm supposed to do it.
Funny, I know a 4 year old who tries to use this exact same logic. "WHY CAN'T I JUST DO WHAT I WANT TO DO ALWAYS?" Then he starts with the screaming and beating his fists on the floor. HanzoSan has the cognitive abilities of a 4 year old?
Agreed. Force feedback is a hindrance in the case of flight-sims, when accuracy is the name of the game. All the bumping around from the gyros will just screw you up.
You need a license to have a dog, but any fool can have a child.
Competition spawns innovation, right? Maybe the Chinese can spur NASA on in a way similar to the Russians, you know, light a fire under their butts...
You need a license to have a dog, but any fool can have a child!
ALUMINIUM? Ahahahaha. That is completely fatuous.
And why do your subways say 'way out' instead of 'exit'? I thought I was having an acid flashback, like, duuuude, that is SO way out!
You people. I swear.
My experience being a contract letter carrier has exposed me to some of the 'behind-the-scenes' action at the USPS. What good times there are, tossing around packages labelled FRAGILE (hey, they weren't insured!) and opening your Playboy magazines before they get into your grabby little hands.
But in all seriousness, postal workers are generally more than happy to let you know that the Post Office is, statistically, one of the safer jobs in America. The fact that they are the largest employer in the country, second to the Armed Forces, explains the prevalence of 'going postal'. Postal workers don't flip out more than normal people, there's just so many of them. And when one goes and wipes out a whole zip codes worth of mailmen, it causes a sensation and suddenly all of those boys in those snappy blue suits are hellbent on destruction and mayhem. In the eyes of the media anyways. But we all know that it's the postmaster who you have to watch out for.
Fun fact: postmasters are all issued M16 assault rifles and flak jackets which they keep in their lockers, just in case.
So what you're trying to say is that in one part of the metaverse, Superman never died, and in another he's still dead.
-You need a license to have a dog, but any fool can have a child.
It is also in good working order, thus if AOL chooses not to accept e-mail anymore, why not just bombard them with snail mail? We could also return their bloody disks right back to them while we're at it. Maybe after they get several hundred thousand they'll get the hint.
Being a letter carrier who is forced to carry those damn AOL CDs on a nearly daily basis, I felt that I had to put in my two cents. According to postal regulations, bulk rate mail such as the "NEW AOL 8.0" can't be returned to sender. The only place it can go is in the trash. I'm just amazed that AOL can afford to send all of that garbage out, at my post office we get about 500 of them a week, and this is for a (relatively) small suburb.
-You shall pay for your insulin!