I got the news from another member of my bird club who knew that Dr. Irene Pepperberg did a demonstration with myself and my Grey for our club a few years ago.
Irene's research was instrumental in helping understand the cognitive ability of animals (ironicly, her research started out as trying to help brain damaged humans rebuild cognitive ability through Model/Rival training).
Irene has a big heart and I know she must be crushed from this loss. If you want to support her research with her 3 other birds (lab space and research assistants aren't free), please donate a check made payable to:
The Alex Foundation MS/062 Department of Psychology Brandeis University 415 South Street Waltham, MA 02454 Attn: Alex Memorial
Same story up in Elgin. Comtrash sold me a TV and data package and 6 months later, I noticed I was missing a few channels (Sci-fi, discovery, etc) and starting to drop packets. When I called customer service, I was told that I needed to update my package to full digital for everything to work. I called Wide Open West and they said no problem. I made the switch to their basic TV and data package and haven't looked back. It was $20 less a month than Comcast.
Sorry to hear about the municipal thing falling through.
I'd buy a Smart FourTwo in a heartbeat. I think there IS a market for it based on what I saw in the Toronto metro area about a year ago. I saw several FourTwo's on the highways and in the city of Toronto and people seemed to be getting around very well with them. And yes, the cars were keeping up with highway speeds by doing 100Kph+. So you can't carry several large bags of mulch from HomeDepot, most of the people in urban/suburban areas who would benefit from driving this probably aren't buying many large bags of mulch to begin with.
My motherboard blew up this past weekend when I lost the voltage regulator on it. I am looking for another new motherboard and found it is next to impossible to find a new SocketA motherboard anymore. Ok, fine. The technology is outdated and it's time to move on. I have a problem with the fact that if I want to add a new video card to a Socket 775 motherboard, the power requirements go up dramaticaly.
Anybody out there know of a good motherboard and processor package that I can plug my 2 ATA133 drives into (don't want to migrate my data or spend money on SATA yet)and still get away with only using a 350 watt power supply?
Nope, 2001 had it right. The opening from "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss (used in "2001 - A space odyssey" calls for a pipe organ in the orchesteral score.
The King in Thailand is much beloved by just about all Thais. Defacing currency with his picture on it will get the same reaction as spray painting his picture anywhere else.
If you want to see a similar reaction in the US, try spray painting a picture of Jesus Christ anywhere in the "Bible Belt".
A. No, you clod! They hired him for his good looks! B. He was actually a writer, but his poor writing skills were overshadowed by his poor drawing skills so he just stuck with what he could be remembered for. C. Yes, do you have any more stupid questions?
Say it after me... "THERE IS NO PRIVACY IN EMAIL". There was nothing wrong with making the email available.
Do you know what happens when you try to contact the police or FBI about an email soliciting something illegal? They shrug and ask if any money was taken. The only interest I have ever gotten regarding an email was when I sent a printout of an email to my local postal inspector that asked I send $5 to five other snailmail addresses.
If I was sending company secrets or copywrited material to someone, yeah, I could probably expect someone to call or knock on my door. Probably not because the authorities were that interested, but rather because someone at said company pointed their IP lawyers in my direction.
I would rather have the photos or Janet Reno. There will always be a certain element of society that go for that sort of thing. I don't think there is anybody out there who would want to buy SCO stock at this point.
Every year I get sent a new list of the address and phone number of everybody in my city, listed by last name. Nobody ever considered that to be an invasion of privacy, but nowadays somebody trying to invent a phone book would probably never be able to do so.
While I don't consider my name and phone number in the public directory to be an invasion of privacy, I DO consider the limitless number of scam artists and cold callers who call me using that information an invasion. That's why I told the phone company to keep my number unlisted. My phone number is nowhere in the phone book because I chose not to put it there. I at least had the opportunity to opt-out. You can also opt-out of data sharing with your credit card company, insurance company and various other businesses you have ongoing relationships with.
Just because someone asks you for personal identification, doesn't mean you need to provide it every time. A number of retailers I have visited this past year have asked for a phone number or email address (I never give it). If I'm paying for something with cash as part of a one-time transaction with them, why on Earth do they need to try to reach me? The fact is that once your information is in someones private database, they can and will sell that information if it is economically viable to them.
Telemarketer: Good evening, am I speaking with Mister Leon Kowalski?
Leon: Speaking.
Telemarketer: I'm calling on behalf of the Tyrell corporation to conduct a survey regarding the quality of your cellular service.
Leon: I'm eating dinner now.
Telemarketer: I understand sir, this will only take a couple of minutes.
Leon: OK, I guess so...
Telemarketer: You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of the sudden . . .
Leon: Is this the survey now?
Telemarketer: Yes. You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look . . .
Leon: What one? Telemarketer: What?
Leon: What desert? Telemarketer: It doesn't make any difference what desert, it's completely hypothetical.
Leon: But how come I'd be there? Telemarketer: Maybe you're fed up, maybe you want to be by yourself, who knows? You look and you see a service representative, Leon, he's coming towards you . . .
Leon: service representative, what's that?
Telemarketer: Know what a CSR is? Leon: Of course.
Telemarketer: Same thing. Leon: I've never seen a CSR -- But I understand what you mean.
Telemarketer: He comes over and asks, "Can you hear me now?".
Leon: Do you make up these questions, or do they write them down for you?
Telemarketer: The service rep stands in front of you, his balding head baking in the hot sun, fanning his face trying to cool himself off but he can't, not without your answer, but you're not answering.
You're modded funny, but it happened to my fiance and I.
We were flying out of town and I didn't know my fiance packed a few hentai (hey, she likes foreign films with subtitles) movies. There was also an, ummmmmm... object in the bag as well.
My fiance was a little worried when the screener stopped our bag on the xray machine and proceeded to tell us to unpack the bag and show them what was in it. We unpacked everything and showed them what it was and they put the bag through the machine and searched it again. The thing that was the problem wasn't the hentai or device, it was the pair of nail clippers we packed.
I don't think the screeners are fazed by anything unless it's an iPod or a basic hygine product. Personally, I don't thing they would know the difference between the John Holmes dong and a WMD.
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I got the news from another member of my bird club who knew that Dr. Irene Pepperberg did a demonstration with myself and my Grey for our club a few years ago.
Irene's research was instrumental in helping understand the cognitive ability of animals (ironicly, her research started out as trying to help brain damaged humans rebuild cognitive ability through Model/Rival training).
Irene has a big heart and I know she must be crushed from this loss.
If you want to support her research with her 3 other birds (lab space and research assistants aren't free), please donate a check made payable to:
The Alex Foundation MS/062
Department of Psychology
Brandeis University
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454
Attn: Alex Memorial
The Alex Foundation is a 503c not-for-profit organization.
IBM is building a legacy version of these. The view will be in EBCDIC.
No biggie. I once dated a girl who handjobs and everything else she did to me felt robotic.
Same story up in Elgin. Comtrash sold me a TV and data package and 6 months later, I noticed I was missing a few channels (Sci-fi, discovery, etc) and starting to drop packets. When I called customer service, I was told that I needed to update my package to full digital for everything to work. I called Wide Open West and they said no problem. I made the switch to their basic TV and data package and haven't looked back. It was $20 less a month than Comcast.
Sorry to hear about the municipal thing falling through.
I'd buy a Smart FourTwo in a heartbeat. I think there IS a market for it based on what I saw in the Toronto metro area about a year ago. I saw several FourTwo's on the highways and in the city of Toronto and people seemed to be getting around very well with them. And yes, the cars were keeping up with highway speeds by doing 100Kph+. So you can't carry several large bags of mulch from HomeDepot, most of the people in urban/suburban areas who would benefit from driving this probably aren't buying many large bags of mulch to begin with.
Lets play "Guess which user has a weak password"! The game is much easier if you start with all of the user names.
If you are a hacker standing in front of a machine you aren't supposed to be getting into, then weak passwords are the least of the users worries.
My motherboard blew up this past weekend when I lost the voltage regulator on it. I am looking for another new motherboard and found it is next to impossible to find a new SocketA motherboard anymore. Ok, fine. The technology is outdated and it's time to move on. I have a problem with the fact that if I want to add a new video card to a Socket 775 motherboard, the power requirements go up dramaticaly.
Anybody out there know of a good motherboard and processor package that I can plug my 2 ATA133 drives into (don't want to migrate my data or spend money on SATA yet)and still get away with only using a 350 watt power supply?
"You have six fingers on your right hand. Someone is looking for you."
Nope, 2001 had it right. The opening from "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss (used in "2001 - A space odyssey" calls for a pipe organ in the orchesteral score.
The King in Thailand is much beloved by just about all Thais.
Defacing currency with his picture on it will get the same reaction as spray painting his picture anywhere else.
If you want to see a similar reaction in the US, try spray painting a picture of Jesus Christ anywhere in the "Bible Belt".
Anyone else think this write-up is a little lacking. Its as if the author has barely mastered 9th grade English...
The irony is so delicious, it simply has to be fattening.
I don't know about Kernel developers and Linuxstock, but you might find certain Slackware personalities here.
They'll have to call it the "Stale, 25 million year old frog"
Sales will plummet.
I didn't even have to resist buying one.
Shocking laptops? Who needs that kind of impedance when trying to work?
Maybe Dell should just give away the defective laptops. You know, ohms for the poor.
The search for SCO still works.
...wasn't he an illustrator for MAD Magazine?
A. No, you clod! They hired him for his good looks!
B. He was actually a writer, but his poor writing skills were overshadowed by his poor drawing skills so he just stuck with what he could be remembered for.
C. Yes, do you have any more stupid questions?
viruses over a virus from a public pay phone anyday!
Those shankers hurt!
Say it after me... "THERE IS NO PRIVACY IN EMAIL".
There was nothing wrong with making the email available.
Do you know what happens when you try to contact the police or FBI about an email soliciting something illegal? They shrug and ask if any money was taken. The only interest I have ever gotten regarding an email was when I sent a printout of an email to my local postal inspector that asked I send $5 to five other snailmail addresses.
If I was sending company secrets or copywrited material to someone, yeah, I could probably expect someone to call or knock on my door. Probably not because the authorities were that interested, but rather because someone at said company pointed their IP lawyers in my direction.
Email is no different than posting to Yahoo.
I would rather have the photos or Janet Reno. There will always be a certain element of society that go for that sort of thing.
I don't think there is anybody out there who would want to buy SCO stock at this point.
Every year I get sent a new list of the address and phone number of everybody in my city, listed by last name. Nobody ever considered that to be an invasion of privacy, but nowadays somebody trying to invent a phone book would probably never be able to do so.
While I don't consider my name and phone number in the public directory to be an invasion of privacy, I DO consider the limitless number of scam artists and cold callers who call me using that information an invasion. That's why I told the phone company to keep my number unlisted. My phone number is nowhere in the phone book because I chose not to put it there. I at least had the opportunity to opt-out. You can also opt-out of data sharing with your credit card company, insurance company and various other businesses you have ongoing relationships with.
Just because someone asks you for personal identification, doesn't mean you need to provide it every time. A number of retailers I have visited this past year have asked for a phone number or email address (I never give it). If I'm paying for something with cash as part of a one-time transaction with them, why on Earth do they need to try to reach me? The fact is that once your information is in someones private database, they can and will sell that information if it is economically viable to them.
[user@localhost ~]$ make tea
make: *** No rule to make target `tea'. Stop.
[user@localhost ~]$
The Spanish recording industry federation Promusicae is predictably a bit peeved, and says it will appeal against the decision."
I don't know what they expect by filing an appeal.
I mean, nobody expects a Spanish inquisition.
Someone fetch the Promusicae the comfy chair or some soft cushions.
Don't blame me, I'm voting for Kodos.
Telemarketer: Good evening, am I speaking with Mister Leon Kowalski?
...
Leon: Speaking.
Telemarketer: I'm calling on behalf of the Tyrell corporation to conduct a survey regarding the quality of your cellular service.
Leon: I'm eating dinner now.
Telemarketer: I understand sir, this will only take a couple of minutes.
Leon: OK, I guess so...
Telemarketer: You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of the sudden . . .
Leon: Is this the survey now?
Telemarketer: Yes. You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look . . .
Leon: What one?
Telemarketer: What?
Leon: What desert?
Telemarketer: It doesn't make any difference what desert, it's completely hypothetical.
Leon: But how come I'd be there?
Telemarketer: Maybe you're fed up, maybe you want to be by yourself, who knows? You look and you see a service representative, Leon, he's coming towards you . . .
Leon: service representative, what's that?
Telemarketer: Know what a CSR is?
Leon: Of course.
Telemarketer: Same thing.
Leon: I've never seen a CSR -- But I understand what you mean.
Telemarketer: He comes over and asks, "Can you hear me now?".
Leon: Do you make up these questions, or do they write them down for you?
Telemarketer: The service rep stands in front of you, his balding head baking in the hot sun, fanning his face trying to cool himself off but he can't, not without your answer, but you're not answering.
Leon: Damn Straight.
Telemarketer:
Leon: Want to ask me a question about my mother?
You're modded funny, but it happened to my fiance and I.
We were flying out of town and I didn't know my fiance packed a few hentai (hey, she likes foreign films with subtitles) movies. There was also an, ummmmmm... object in the bag as well.
My fiance was a little worried when the screener stopped our bag on the xray machine and proceeded to tell us to unpack the bag and show them what was in it. We unpacked everything and showed them what it was and they put the bag through the machine and searched it again. The thing that was the problem wasn't the hentai or device, it was the pair of nail clippers we packed.
I don't think the screeners are fazed by anything unless it's an iPod or a basic hygine product. Personally, I don't thing they would know the difference between the John Holmes dong and a WMD.