It's probably a good thing that I'll never be President. I don't want the job for one thing, I'm not qualified for another, and last but not least I'd probably get in a lot of trouble for making a parking lot out of any country that pissed me off before my morning coffee, and let me tell you, before that first cup of Joe in the AM, it doesn't take much.
A few points about your post... Adultry is illegal, lying under oath is illegal. Commiting adultry while "on the clock" makes it a public matter - not a private one, and is detramental for the organization that it occures in.
I've YET to hear one backed up fact that President Clinton did to benift the United States of America, much less the world.
President Bush had my vote in the last election, he'll have it in the next one to come. We must accept that his decisions come from information that the general public is not privy to, and that he has the a support staf of experts to assist those decisions, and has to have the vast majority of his decisions approved by congress.
Is the war right or wrong? I feel in my heart that it is, but I don't think about it every day, nor do I do in depth research into the reasons why. It's not my job and I doubt that the vast majority of people do not have the information at their disposal to make a truly informed decision. I spoke with my vote during the election, and trust those that I helped put into office to do their jobs. If I feel strongly about something, then I ensure that my voice is heard to my elected represenatives.
Wow, and this started off as an attempt to be funny. OOPS.
Along those lines, back in the dark days when I was married and in the Army... my mother-in-law couldn't get a phone call through for over 12 hours because I was online. No, bad had happened, she was just paranoid that she couldn't get through. At 5 am, the MPs came to our house to tell me to *please* call her back so she would stop calling them...
After working in a tech support call center for several months, I have tons of 'calls for help' that make me wonder if evolution isn't reversable...
But, since this is about Family Tech support, I'll limit it to that group.
I made my parents a PC. Now this was several years ago and a 486 with 32Megs of Ram was plenty to run Win9x. My dad wanted Email and to do some VERY simple spreadsheet stuff. My weekend went much like this...
Day 1 3.5 hours on mouse instruction. Finally realized that a trackball setup was much easier for him to use with out acciently clicking the mouse buttons. (Last time I heard him double clicking something I hear him mutter one, two as he counted the clicks).
1.5 hours on explaining why he had to click start to shut the machine down.
5 mintues to configure AOL to download his mail in the middle of the night.
2 hours convincing dad that he doesn't get phone calls at 3am, and if it's so important that they call in the middle of the night, they will call back if the line is busy.
1 Hour explaining that no, I can't just "Make it go" and trying to justify the years of college they helped pay for when the CD-ROM decided to die and spit out every CD we put in it.\
Day 2 2.5 hours of typing in all the stuff my dad wanted in the spreadsheet.
15 mintues showing mom the Bronco's web page.
3 hours having coffee with dad while mom browsed the web about the Bronco's on the computer she didn't want in the first place.
Email continuted for about a month, until my dad finally unplugged it and drove it down to me.
Never ever try to do tech support for your girlfriends parents if they don't like you already. Especially if they are going to break it and blame it one you if you ever break up with her... Yes - speaking from personal experience.
I work on people's computers in my free time, I have become a great resource for the older single ladies in our company. I REFUSE to charge for any of the computer work I do, but I always do find nice suprises on my desk (silk flowers from one gal, printer carts for my home computer, etc).
I can speak for the battery life on two models, the Amigo C600 get's about... 3 or so hours of use with the 802.11b enabled. This is with the 1400mAh battery.
The battery life studies I've done at work with the Dell Axims show about 11.5 hours of straight use with the 802.11b enabled on the standard battery, and 22+ hours on the 3400mAh battery. Both tests ended when the PDA announced that it was low on power @ ~20% life.
The @migo is a bulky beast, but with the PCMCIA slot built in. The Dell's are a lot trimmer, tho still a lot bigger than some of the models I've seen.
Yeah, I know the feeling. One day I had some spare time at work so I thought I'd see if I could figure out what was wrong with my HPUX C360's scsi drives as it just stopped working one day.
I pull the guts of the machine out, and a dead mouse falls out. I felt bad for the little guy, these things get really warm inside. I would of felt worse had he not crapped and pissed all over the scsi controller IC.
Needless to say, I spend a little time after replacing the IO board patching any mouse sized holes in the back of the machine.
Those X-10 modules you are thinking of (popups) are not the same ones that control light switches and power outlets
Ummm... Yes they are. Same company, different product line. Now if they would just make a product that doesn't turn on the bedroom light 20 seconds after I turn it off....
Could it be because the person is doing the flying (thus making them the Flyer in Frequent Flyer Miles) and not the company. I'd hate to see the company I work for try to fly, it would take a *HUGE* plane...
Bears don't commit armed robbery...
The Right To Keep and Bear Arms is about more than target shooting or hunting...
Well, let's get the story straight mister. Either we have the right to Keep And Arm Bears, or we don't.
I think I have some bears to let out of my basement... anyone have a suggestion about how to get an M16 away from a bear?
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It's probably a good thing that I'll never be President. I don't want the job for one thing, I'm not qualified for another, and last but not least I'd probably get in a lot of trouble for making a parking lot out of any country that pissed me off before my morning coffee, and let me tell you, before that first cup of Joe in the AM, it doesn't take much.
A few points about your post... Adultry is illegal, lying under oath is illegal. Commiting adultry while "on the clock" makes it a public matter - not a private one, and is detramental for the organization that it occures in.
I've YET to hear one backed up fact that President Clinton did to benift the United States of America, much less the world.
President Bush had my vote in the last election, he'll have it in the next one to come. We must accept that his decisions come from information that the general public is not privy to, and that he has the a support staf of experts to assist those decisions, and has to have the vast majority of his decisions approved by congress.
Is the war right or wrong? I feel in my heart that it is, but I don't think about it every day, nor do I do in depth research into the reasons why. It's not my job and I doubt that the vast majority of people do not have the information at their disposal to make a truly informed decision. I spoke with my vote during the election, and trust those that I helped put into office to do their jobs. If I feel strongly about something, then I ensure that my voice is heard to my elected represenatives.
Wow, and this started off as an attempt to be funny. OOPS.
It can do stuff like fade from red to yellow to green as your stock portfolio improves.
So... you don't need to worry about implimenting that sequence for another couple of years then??
Along those lines, back in the dark days when I was married and in the Army... my mother-in-law couldn't get a phone call through for over 12 hours because I was online. No, bad had happened, she was just paranoid that she couldn't get through. At 5 am, the MPs came to our house to tell me to *please* call her back so she would stop calling them...
After working in a tech support call center for several months, I have tons of 'calls for help' that make me wonder if evolution isn't reversable...
But, since this is about Family Tech support, I'll limit it to that group.
I made my parents a PC. Now this was several years ago and a 486 with 32Megs of Ram was plenty to run Win9x. My dad wanted Email and to do some VERY simple spreadsheet stuff. My weekend went much like this...
Day 1
3.5 hours on mouse instruction. Finally realized that a trackball setup was much easier for him to use with out acciently clicking the mouse buttons. (Last time I heard him double clicking something I hear him mutter one, two as he counted the clicks).
1.5 hours on explaining why he had to click start to shut the machine down.
5 mintues to configure AOL to download his mail in the middle of the night.
2 hours convincing dad that he doesn't get phone calls at 3am, and if it's so important that they call in the middle of the night, they will call back if the line is busy.
1 Hour explaining that no, I can't just "Make it go" and trying to justify the years of college they helped pay for when the CD-ROM decided to die and spit out every CD we put in it.\
Day 2
2.5 hours of typing in all the stuff my dad wanted in the spreadsheet.
15 mintues showing mom the Bronco's web page.
3 hours having coffee with dad while mom browsed the web about the Bronco's on the computer she didn't want in the first place.
Email continuted for about a month, until my dad finally unplugged it and drove it down to me.
Never ever try to do tech support for your girlfriends parents if they don't like you already. Especially if they are going to break it and blame it one you if you ever break up with her... Yes - speaking from personal experience.
I work on people's computers in my free time, I have become a great resource for the older single ladies in our company. I REFUSE to charge for any of the computer work I do, but I always do find nice suprises on my desk (silk flowers from one gal, printer carts for my home computer, etc).
I can speak for the battery life on two models, the Amigo C600 get's about... 3 or so hours of use with the 802.11b enabled. This is with the 1400mAh battery.
The battery life studies I've done at work with the Dell Axims show about 11.5 hours of straight use with the 802.11b enabled on the standard battery, and 22+ hours on the 3400mAh battery. Both tests ended when the PDA announced that it was low on power @ ~20% life.
The @migo is a bulky beast, but with the PCMCIA slot built in. The Dell's are a lot trimmer, tho still a lot bigger than some of the models I've seen.
Maybe this will help in your search?
Did you know: The key combination "Windows+L" will lock your computer in Win2k and WinXP.
Actually, pretty much any key combonation will lock Windows... or are you talking about security? My bad, nevermind.
Yeah, I know the feeling. One day I had some spare time at work so I thought I'd see if I could figure out what was wrong with my HPUX C360's scsi drives as it just stopped working one day.
I pull the guts of the machine out, and a dead mouse falls out. I felt bad for the little guy, these things get really warm inside. I would of felt worse had he not crapped and pissed all over the scsi controller IC.
Needless to say, I spend a little time after replacing the IO board patching any mouse sized holes in the back of the machine.
Those X-10 modules you are thinking of (popups) are not the same ones that control light switches and power outlets
Ummm... Yes they are. Same company, different product line. Now if they would just make a product that doesn't turn on the bedroom light 20 seconds after I turn it off....
I'm notorious for leaving the bathroom light on all day (60 watts times 4 bulbs)
Damn your bathroom is bright! Never found anything that ineresting to look at in the bathroom.
Once was said... Berkley has given us both UNIX and LSD, we do no feel that this is a conincidense.
So what you're saying is that 3D pr0n would use... "DirectXXX"?
Could it be because the person is doing the flying (thus making them the Flyer in Frequent Flyer Miles) and not the company. I'd hate to see the company I work for try to fly, it would take a *HUGE* plane...
Bears don't commit armed robbery... The Right To Keep and Bear Arms is about more than target shooting or hunting...
Well, let's get the story straight mister. Either we have the right to Keep And Arm Bears, or we don't. I think I have some bears to let out of my basement... anyone have a suggestion about how to get an M16 away from a bear?