Until the recession. There are stories all over the internet about how Goodwill/Salvation army is booming and how auto mechanics are seeing everyone repairing their old cars to extend the life.
I'm hoping that changes the attitude of most Americans where 'old' isn't necessarily bad.
Next step is for #2 to come out with "Steve Jobs has actually been dead for 3 years". Maybe not that extreme but the best way to reassure investors is to think that Jobs is running everything while having someone else actually run everything.
Panic Mode. Everyone is going into Panic Mode. Our company has had record profits for numerous quarters straight. We weren't even close to posting a loss in Q3 but given the economic forecast the powers that be went into a massive lock down on budgets:
Executives are taking a 5-35% paycut, No merit based pay raises across the board, bonuses reduced, Hiring freeze, releasing of contract workers and buyouts err... "Voluntary Separations".
All in preparation of what's to come. If you're firing people when you're losing money it's too late.
Personally, I'm mad I'm not getting my 8% raise for good performance, but I'm glad I still have a job and I hope that they're over reacting. If they're not, it's best to start saving now.
It's mainly because Mac users don't tolerate crap. When I'm trying to find a free/cheap piece of W32 software I have to wade through 90 clones all which have GUI bugs and or just look like crap in general. (Some gung-ho developer tried to reinvent Windows widgets).
Most all of the freeware and software I've found for Mac (and use daily) is very consistent. Not only that it all integrates rather well. Almost every client/server connects to each other over Bonjour. Almost everything has the auto-updater library so it checks for updates. Everything uses Growl for notification.
I don't know how far you're looking back, but TextMate (IMHO) beats BBEdit hands down and has been available for at least 4 years. Cyberduck is an awesome SFTP/FTP/S3/WebDAV client. And as long as something still works, I don't see a need to update or fix it. I remember when I first got involved screen hadn't had an update in over a year, but it worked and was near bullet-proof.
0) If it was just a 'keep moving' I wouldn't have brought it up. It was inline with every other comment made on this website when photographers had run-ins with the law. It was a "Stop taking photographs NOW." That was also on maximum (3x) zoom. I wasn't up in their face. I was a good pace away from them just photographing their existence. 1) Baring a change in law, there is no 'canceling' of the event. Bars open at 7 am in Indiana, days of home football games and once in the spring Purdue has Breakfast Club. This was taken on a public street. This was not a private event with hired help. 2) I've never seen anything ever that requires the number of police they keep around, even by a factor of 2. When they get bored they go looking for things to arrest for. 3) I was actually a Chippendale's dancer this year. My fat friend was Barney and I was Adrian. 4) I wasn't drunk. I had a few, but by no means drunk. But the way the law is written anything over a 0.00 the can arrest for.
And if they run it every year... that means come July 2009 there will be another cut-off. Just because they're not accepting new photos doesn't mean that you can't get your good shots now. Especially if you want someone in snow, winter coats, etc.
Since I was in drive mode I got off about 3 pictures before I even had my camera up to my eye, an which point they came over and asked me to move along. Next year I plan on not drinking *anything* (Anything over 0.00 can be arrested for Public Intox) and pushing the issue. They're standing on a public street in broad fucking daylight.
Reminds me of when I was in NYC. There was a big bronze/goldish building around 1 Wallstreet. There was this big bouncer guy standing there walking across the street asking people either to not take photos or to delete the ones they had.
If I had more time I would have pressed the issue. Every one was across the street on public property taking photos of a public building.
I can't seem to find the area on google earth now.
I'm an mechanical engineer with a heavy dose of EE and CS. I always liked being able to 'translate' between all of the different concentrations.
When I first started dating my Med student GF she thought I was patronizing her by 'translating' my work into Med terms, but after a while she said it was kind of nice.
However the most frustrating thing in the world is when two different people are arguing over the 'same thing' when they're both talking about two completely different aspects of the same thing.
Thank you for pointing out your observations. Here in Sweden we don't get much snow and ice at all. Thanks to you and your observations we will be able to refine our system with ideas that we have never thought of before.
IN some states, the age of consent and child porn statutes have the same age limits.
For instance, a quick read of NV law shows the AOC to be 16. Child porn is defined as sexually explicit blah blah blah involving a person under 16. Federal law makes it a crime with a person under 18, but there may be some state line/interstate commerce nexus that needs to be fulfilled.
I didn't feel like looking at too many states, but found this same AOC/CP thing with NH-16/16.
Many states forbid distributing/exhibiting obscenity to people under 18, regardless of their AOC/CP statutes.
SO, excluding the feds, it's not a crime to have sex with a 16 year old or film it. But, she can't watch the tape afterwards. It's a crime to allow her 16 year old friend to watch the act as it occurs, but not a crime to have her join. Neither of them can smoke a cigarette or have a beer afterwards. If either one were to rob,beat,kill one of their fellow particpants, they would be tried as an adult in every state in the country.
It's hard to hear that one phone call in bars It's easier to save that one text than to find a pen and paper to write something down on. (Or finding that one paper again when you need it). I can read faster than I can wait for someone else to talk. I can silently send a text when I'm "here" instead of picking up and being obnoxious. I can send that text in between the tiny intermittent signal that I get instead of the 1 full bar I need to make a phone call.
You mean like "weed"? There's a reason it was nicknamed as such. It'll grow about anywhere. Hemp plants are popping up anywhere they were grown for WW2.
Humans have been doing genetic engineering as long as we've been civilized. Plants, animals, etc. Both were bred for certain traits. Before garages were even invented.
In college I had the largest shared porn cache on campus. After about 5 months of logs, I wrote a script to go through SMB logs and pull the top 10 titles and the top 100 users. They lasted about 1 day before one of the RAs (High on the list) ripped them down.
Every morning you could set your clock to one of the Grad Assistants starting to stream something.
Slashdot Mirror
Until the recession. There are stories all over the internet about how Goodwill/Salvation army is booming and how auto mechanics are seeing everyone repairing their old cars to extend the life.
I'm hoping that changes the attitude of most Americans where 'old' isn't necessarily bad.
Next step is for #2 to come out with "Steve Jobs has actually been dead for 3 years". Maybe not that extreme but the best way to reassure investors is to think that Jobs is running everything while having someone else actually run everything.
Panic Mode. Everyone is going into Panic Mode. Our company has had record profits for numerous quarters straight. We weren't even close to posting a loss in Q3 but given the economic forecast the powers that be went into a massive lock down on budgets:
Executives are taking a 5-35% paycut, No merit based pay raises across the board, bonuses reduced, Hiring freeze, releasing of contract workers and buyouts err... "Voluntary Separations".
All in preparation of what's to come. If you're firing people when you're losing money it's too late.
Personally, I'm mad I'm not getting my 8% raise for good performance, but I'm glad I still have a job and I hope that they're over reacting. If they're not, it's best to start saving now.
It's mainly because Mac users don't tolerate crap. When I'm trying to find a free/cheap piece of W32 software I have to wade through 90 clones all which have GUI bugs and or just look like crap in general. (Some gung-ho developer tried to reinvent Windows widgets).
Most all of the freeware and software I've found for Mac (and use daily) is very consistent. Not only that it all integrates rather well. Almost every client/server connects to each other over Bonjour. Almost everything has the auto-updater library so it checks for updates. Everything uses Growl for notification.
I don't know how far you're looking back, but TextMate (IMHO) beats BBEdit hands down and has been available for at least 4 years. Cyberduck is an awesome SFTP/FTP/S3/WebDAV client. And as long as something still works, I don't see a need to update or fix it. I remember when I first got involved screen hadn't had an update in over a year, but it worked and was near bullet-proof.
And Notepad++ is an awesome free W32 text editor.
0) If it was just a 'keep moving' I wouldn't have brought it up. It was inline with every other comment made on this website when photographers had run-ins with the law. It was a "Stop taking photographs NOW." That was also on maximum (3x) zoom. I wasn't up in their face. I was a good pace away from them just photographing their existence.
1) Baring a change in law, there is no 'canceling' of the event. Bars open at 7 am in Indiana, days of home football games and once in the spring Purdue has Breakfast Club. This was taken on a public street. This was not a private event with hired help.
2) I've never seen anything ever that requires the number of police they keep around, even by a factor of 2. When they get bored they go looking for things to arrest for.
3) I was actually a Chippendale's dancer this year. My fat friend was Barney and I was Adrian.
4) I wasn't drunk. I had a few, but by no means drunk. But the way the law is written anything over a 0.00 the can arrest for.
2008 Panoramas
2006 Panoramas
I need to get the videos uploaded from GP this year. Line was past Qdoba.
BSME '06.
And if they run it every year... that means come July 2009 there will be another cut-off. Just because they're not accepting new photos doesn't mean that you can't get your good shots now. Especially if you want someone in snow, winter coats, etc.
The only thing cops hate more than you photographing some random building, is when you photograph them.
These photos were taken around 9 am on a Saturday morning in April. Bars open at 7 am so police are around to keep 'order'. I took a ton of photos to stitch together to make some good panoramas.
Since I was in drive mode I got off about 3 pictures before I even had my camera up to my eye, an which point they came over and asked me to move along. Next year I plan on not drinking *anything* (Anything over 0.00 can be arrested for Public Intox) and pushing the issue. They're standing on a public street in broad fucking daylight.
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Picture 2
Picture 3
Reminds me of when I was in NYC. There was a big bronze/goldish building around 1 Wallstreet. There was this big bouncer guy standing there walking across the street asking people either to not take photos or to delete the ones they had.
If I had more time I would have pressed the issue. Every one was across the street on public property taking photos of a public building.
I can't seem to find the area on google earth now.
Aluminum doesn't show fatigue failure. There is no 'tell' before the break, it just goes.
Mod Parent Up. I'm debating between a iPod Touch 2G and a Nokia N8X0.
I'm an mechanical engineer with a heavy dose of EE and CS. I always liked being able to 'translate' between all of the different concentrations.
When I first started dating my Med student GF she thought I was patronizing her by 'translating' my work into Med terms, but after a while she said it was kind of nice.
However the most frustrating thing in the world is when two different people are arguing over the 'same thing' when they're both talking about two completely different aspects of the same thing.
Don't fly next to an engineer. I constantly talk through failure modes. How much weight the joints have to handle.
And how C students usually get a job somewhere.
Apple is doing well.
I Keed. I Keed, I love my MBP.
Have Volvo engineers ever driven in ice and snow?
Dear Astute ./er,
Thank you for pointing out your observations. Here in Sweden we don't get much snow and ice at all. Thanks to you and your observations we will be able to refine our system with ideas that we have never thought of before.
Sincerely,
Volvo Engineer
IN some states, the age of consent and child porn statutes have the same age limits.
For instance, a quick read of NV law shows the AOC to be 16. Child porn is defined as sexually explicit blah blah blah involving a person under 16. Federal law makes it a crime with a person under 18, but there may be some state line/interstate commerce nexus that needs to be fulfilled.
I didn't feel like looking at too many states, but found this same AOC/CP thing with NH-16/16.
Many states forbid distributing/exhibiting obscenity to people under 18, regardless of their AOC/CP statutes.
SO, excluding the feds, it's not a crime to have sex with a 16 year old or film it. But, she can't watch the tape afterwards. It's a crime to allow her 16 year old friend to watch the act as it occurs, but not a crime to have her join. Neither of them can smoke a cigarette or have a beer afterwards. If either one were to rob,beat,kill one of their fellow particpants, they would be tried as an adult in every state in the country.
-- Stolen from a Fark Thread.
Or you can easily block them:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3619
Mod Parent Up! Since I implemented bad behavior I've cut down on spam quite a bit.
It's hard to hear that one phone call in bars
It's easier to save that one text than to find a pen and paper to write something down on. (Or finding that one paper again when you need it).
I can read faster than I can wait for someone else to talk.
I can silently send a text when I'm "here" instead of picking up and being obnoxious.
I can send that text in between the tiny intermittent signal that I get instead of the 1 full bar I need to make a phone call.
Have you asked your school? Most schools have a study abroad office dedicated directly to this. Some schools even have a program setup specifically for certain majors paired up with other universities.
You could also look at a Maymester or Summer program. It would let you travel while not having to take a semester off from school.
because like any other engineering degree, I have to take technical courses every semester
I was unaware of this 'requirement' at my school. As long as I got X classes done by graduation they didn't care when I took it.
I don't ever remember this in my
I'm atheist you insensitive clod.
You mean like "weed"? There's a reason it was nicknamed as such. It'll grow about anywhere. Hemp plants are popping up anywhere they were grown for WW2.
The Wright brothers didn't have pilot's licenses...
Humans have been doing genetic engineering as long as we've been civilized. Plants, animals, etc. Both were bred for certain traits. Before garages were even invented.
In college I had the largest shared porn cache on campus. After about 5 months of logs, I wrote a script to go through SMB logs and pull the top 10 titles and the top 100 users. They lasted about 1 day before one of the RAs (High on the list) ripped them down.
Every morning you could set your clock to one of the Grad Assistants starting to stream something.