I actually was hit from behind in my 74 Ford Pinto. The engine died as I was a foot on the clutch and a foot on the brake but it was leaking gas when I checked before heading across the street to check on the lady (she hit her brakes, the back end jumped up and she turned to the left hitting the back of the Pinto and shooting across southbound traffic missing everyone else and hitting a street sign).
Mine has the capability for internet connectivity however the router is downstairs in the computer room and the TV is upstairs in the living room. I'm not running a cable that far and I'm not putting the router and computer up next to the TV. If the TV was capable of wi-fi, I might check it out. I did do some quick searching to see if there was a reverse wi-fi connection device but didn't find any. However the Xbox360 I bought last Christmas in order to play Rocksmith is wireless. Unfortunately there's really nothing I want to use on the Xbox and using the controller to enter characters is a pain in the ass (and no, I don't want to buy another accessory (keyboard) so I can type quicker).
Don't care. I've had a guitar in the house since the mid 90's but in 2010 I finally started taking lessons and have enjoyed the heck out of the learning process.
Besides, I thought the two seat sports car was the mid-life crisis.
The physical things I get on line are typically books, movies (DVDs), and music (CDs). I use the Amazon wish list feature to keep track of what I want to get (I pull the trigger when I get to $150 or so of books, etc on my lists) and if I happen to be at Barnes and Noble or other book store, I'll check Amazon and get the stuff at the store. Mostly though I'll get it from Amazon.
Locally I get my board and role playing games because the FLGS has a gaming area and provides a service in addition to the games. I'll even let him order them for me as I generally don't need to get the book right then. I get the PDF of the games from the folks who create it (like Catalyst Game Labs for Shadowrun or Paizo for Pathfinder) and not from a storefront (like DriveThruRPG).
This year I have two big presents I'm getting myself. One is a PA system for my music room. That I already purchased from my FLMS. They had to order the mixer and power amp so they provided a loaner while I was waiting. They also have music instructors in the shop and quite a few guitars for me to play with and occasionally buy. They provide good service and in checking the prices of what they were offering, they matched the online prices in most cases and he kicked $50 off of the mixer over online prices.
The second present is a 4'x8' pool table. It's still a maybe and I'm likely getting it from Craigslist than a local store but using a local pool table moving and setup service to pick it up, tune it, and set it up at my place. I don't know if I'd count that as getting it from on-line though. The problem with big ticket items like that is I'm pretty limited to what the local store is selling and I can get a better deal getting a used one from someone selling their house or otherwise getting rid of a big heavy piece of furniture.
Apparently the smaller films were negatively affected by the shutdown of the site (made less money). The larger films (500 or more screens) were positively affected by the shut down (made more money).
Box office revenues of movies shown on the average number of screens and below were affected negatively, but the total effect is not statistically significant. For blockbusters (shown on more than 500 screens) the sign is positive (and significant, depending on the specification).
Yep. I'm a 55yo Sr Unix Administrator who uses my old coding skills to proactively monitor systems. I used my debugging skills to identify a problem Friday that had the younger folks scratching their heads (it was a cloned virtual machine and the original worked fine). And a tool I wrote to help make server builds more efficient across the various necessary teams (networking, servers, SAN, backups, virtualization, applications, and infosec) is going live December 1st. How's that for an old guy.:rolleyes:
Well, it only works with IE9 and higher anyway and the -moz-radius-border doesn't work on newer Firefox distros any more. So now I have three border-radius entries plus the pre-IE9 hack.
Can you break down the ages of the ~2500? When I see 'Children', I guess I'm thinking 18 and under, but in Germany (as noted below), children are 11 and under. Are there ~2500 kids under the age of 12 in prison serving life without parole in the US?
In looking back, I think Gore would have been a better president. I think the problem with the Republicans (outside of the ordinary racist, homophobic, misogynistic part) is that everyone is looking back and saying "Gore would have been better" and folks are voting that way.
These things are supposed to be 10 years old in places.The difference is between the screen types. I think the voting touch screens are resistive vs the capacitive ones of the iPhones. I have an old Palm V that I can't use any more because the screen is so far out of calibration.
Honestly the problem is not taking time out to "smell the roses". No, you don't smell flowers necessarily, but if you don't just sit or take a walk or a bike ride and think, you don't work out issues you may be having. You won't get that spark of inspiration from watching a bird fly or a swarm of bees or just working out something in your head.
Yep. I have some Dell blade chassis that require a very very specific version of Java. The next iteration of Java after that fails to start the console for access to the blades. I installed VirtualBox with Windows XP and the specific version of Java (something like 1.4.14 where 1.4.15 fails) so I can continue to manage the Dell chassis. Fortunately we're in the process of replacing them with newer equipment so I can flush the XP VM.
For me it's a question of making a quick correction than doing a lot of work. Although I can, using my actual keyboard, do quite a bit. I'm using iSSH and have a 132x40 screen. I can do most anything I need to that way.
Public? I think you don't know how malls work. They're private spaces with private security guards. There's one close by that bans picture taking, movies, sitting on benches for more than 15 minutes, and even assembling of more than 3 folks at a time. Fortunately it's a chick mall with pretty much nothing for a guy to do but hold her purse (there is a movie theater but no gear shops).
Well, in VirtualBox on my MacBook Pro. I need IE for access to some services and I can't seem to modify Outlook email groups using the Outlook for the Mac client plus there's one set of old hardware that requires a very specific version of Java for me to be able to get a console on the system.
I used a Blackberry since I got to my place of work 5 years ago. A few months ago it was traded in for an Android RAZR. On the personal front, I bought an iPhone 3GS 2 or 3 years ago.
For consistent reliable access to company e-mail and alerts from the monitoring system, the Blackberry wins hands down no question. On the Android, we've had alerts not show up for hours and at other times, the alerts repeat every few minutes. The Blackberry is inherently part of the system for getting e-mail. On the Android I have to use a third party app ("Good"). If the app bails, I don't get any further e-mail until I log back in to the app. The Blackberry would last 5 days without having to charge it. I have to plug in the Android phone every single morning. And the battery's anywhere from 5% to 90% charged when I plug it in. At 5% it takes 4 hours or so to charge back up to "Charged".
The thing I dislike about both the iPhone and the Android are the virtual keyboards. Nothing is more frustrating for me than having to look at the damned keyboard while I type and still I get garbage in the message. Even worse, on the iPhone the autocompletion can be so frustrating that I have to put the phone away or I'll throw it as far as I can. I've bounced it off the carpet more than once over the past year. The Blackberry had an actual keyboard and I seldom made the mistakes I make on the Android/iPhone devices.
Back after I got the Blackberry, I was thinking about getting one for personal use. I kept putting it off because I had such a hard time surfing the 'net. Having to spin the little ball and press on it to click was annoying, not always staying where I pointed when I clicked so I'd click on some different link. And that's assuming I could even get to the site. It's the primary reason I went with the iPhone. The web surfing worked so much better than the Blackberry. And I was able to get all my e-mail in one place.
But you know, on the Blackberry, work e-mail and SMS alerts worked with very few issues. If I had my choice right now, I'd go back to my old Blackberry.
I only answer if you're in my contact list and not in the "Spammer" or "Spammer2" contact list (I exceeded the capacity of the first list). I don't answer Unknown and certainly don't answer Blocked calls.
I like the idea of being able to have a phone company managed black list that just keeps the calls from reaching my phone.
While I don't answer calls if I don't recognize the number, my wife answered one a couple of months back. It was an AI robocall. As in, a not-quite turing AI that asked questions and responded as if someone was there and even had an answer if interrupted. It wasn't a perfect call, you could _just_ realize it wasn't a human but it was subtle.
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I actually was hit from behind in my 74 Ford Pinto. The engine died as I was a foot on the clutch and a foot on the brake but it was leaking gas when I checked before heading across the street to check on the lady (she hit her brakes, the back end jumped up and she turned to the left hitting the back of the Pinto and shooting across southbound traffic missing everyone else and hitting a street sign).
[John]
You sure you're not confusing him with Peter Norton? I'd use the Norton Utilities to edit my Larn executable.
[John]
Mine has the capability for internet connectivity however the router is downstairs in the computer room and the TV is upstairs in the living room. I'm not running a cable that far and I'm not putting the router and computer up next to the TV. If the TV was capable of wi-fi, I might check it out. I did do some quick searching to see if there was a reverse wi-fi connection device but didn't find any. However the Xbox360 I bought last Christmas in order to play Rocksmith is wireless. Unfortunately there's really nothing I want to use on the Xbox and using the controller to enter characters is a pain in the ass (and no, I don't want to buy another accessory (keyboard) so I can type quicker).
[John]
Don't care. I've had a guitar in the house since the mid 90's but in 2010 I finally started taking lessons and have enjoyed the heck out of the learning process.
Besides, I thought the two seat sports car was the mid-life crisis.
[John]
Really? So the blue screen that shows it's the amd driver that bailed means nothing?
[John]
The physical things I get on line are typically books, movies (DVDs), and music (CDs). I use the Amazon wish list feature to keep track of what I want to get (I pull the trigger when I get to $150 or so of books, etc on my lists) and if I happen to be at Barnes and Noble or other book store, I'll check Amazon and get the stuff at the store. Mostly though I'll get it from Amazon.
Locally I get my board and role playing games because the FLGS has a gaming area and provides a service in addition to the games. I'll even let him order them for me as I generally don't need to get the book right then. I get the PDF of the games from the folks who create it (like Catalyst Game Labs for Shadowrun or Paizo for Pathfinder) and not from a storefront (like DriveThruRPG).
This year I have two big presents I'm getting myself. One is a PA system for my music room. That I already purchased from my FLMS. They had to order the mixer and power amp so they provided a loaner while I was waiting. They also have music instructors in the shop and quite a few guitars for me to play with and occasionally buy. They provide good service and in checking the prices of what they were offering, they matched the online prices in most cases and he kicked $50 off of the mixer over online prices.
The second present is a 4'x8' pool table. It's still a maybe and I'm likely getting it from Craigslist than a local store but using a local pool table moving and setup service to pick it up, tune it, and set it up at my place. I don't know if I'd count that as getting it from on-line though. The problem with big ticket items like that is I'm pretty limited to what the local store is selling and I can get a better deal getting a used one from someone selling their house or otherwise getting rid of a big heavy piece of furniture.
[John]
I get them almost daily. But again, I fault the crappy AMD video drivers.
[John]
Apparently the smaller films were negatively affected by the shutdown of the site (made less money). The larger films (500 or more screens) were positively affected by the shut down (made more money).
Box office revenues of movies shown on the average number of screens and below were affected negatively, but the total effect is not statistically significant. For blockbusters (shown on more than 500 screens) the sign is positive (and significant, depending on the specification).
[John]
Yep. I'm a 55yo Sr Unix Administrator who uses my old coding skills to proactively monitor systems. I used my debugging skills to identify a problem Friday that had the younger folks scratching their heads (it was a cloned virtual machine and the original worked fine). And a tool I wrote to help make server builds more efficient across the various necessary teams (networking, servers, SAN, backups, virtualization, applications, and infosec) is going live December 1st. How's that for an old guy. :rolleyes:
[John]
Well, it only works with IE9 and higher anyway and the -moz-radius-border doesn't work on newer Firefox distros any more. So now I have three border-radius entries plus the pre-IE9 hack.
border-radius: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
-webkit-border-radius:10px;
[John]
Can you break down the ages of the ~2500? When I see 'Children', I guess I'm thinking 18 and under, but in Germany (as noted below), children are 11 and under. Are there ~2500 kids under the age of 12 in prison serving life without parole in the US?
[John]
In looking back, I think Gore would have been a better president. I think the problem with the Republicans (outside of the ordinary racist, homophobic, misogynistic part) is that everyone is looking back and saying "Gore would have been better" and folks are voting that way.
[John]
These things are supposed to be 10 years old in places.The difference is between the screen types. I think the voting touch screens are resistive vs the capacitive ones of the iPhones. I have an old Palm V that I can't use any more because the screen is so far out of calibration.
[John]
Honestly the problem is not taking time out to "smell the roses". No, you don't smell flowers necessarily, but if you don't just sit or take a walk or a bike ride and think, you don't work out issues you may be having. You won't get that spark of inspiration from watching a bird fly or a swarm of bees or just working out something in your head.
[John]
Yep. I have some Dell blade chassis that require a very very specific version of Java. The next iteration of Java after that fails to start the console for access to the blades. I installed VirtualBox with Windows XP and the specific version of Java (something like 1.4.14 where 1.4.15 fails) so I can continue to manage the Dell chassis. Fortunately we're in the process of replacing them with newer equipment so I can flush the XP VM.
[John]
For me it's a question of making a quick correction than doing a lot of work. Although I can, using my actual keyboard, do quite a bit. I'm using iSSH and have a 132x40 screen. I can do most anything I need to that way.
[John]
Public? I think you don't know how malls work. They're private spaces with private security guards. There's one close by that bans picture taking, movies, sitting on benches for more than 15 minutes, and even assembling of more than 3 folks at a time. Fortunately it's a chick mall with pretty much nothing for a guy to do but hold her purse (there is a movie theater but no gear shops).
[John]
Where did I trash his blog posting? I simply said that if he's going to shill his blog, he should at least own up to it.
I did read it and found it an interesting read. Not much different than what I've already been saying so I'm pretty much in agreement.
[John]
Last I heard, no option to switch to a different UI outside of a third party.
[John]
Well, you should have said: "Check out my blog post for a little more on the subject"
[John]
Well, in VirtualBox on my MacBook Pro. I need IE for access to some services and I can't seem to modify Outlook email groups using the Outlook for the Mac client plus there's one set of old hardware that requires a very specific version of Java for me to be able to get a console on the system.
[John]
I used a Blackberry since I got to my place of work 5 years ago. A few months ago it was traded in for an Android RAZR. On the personal front, I bought an iPhone 3GS 2 or 3 years ago.
For consistent reliable access to company e-mail and alerts from the monitoring system, the Blackberry wins hands down no question. On the Android, we've had alerts not show up for hours and at other times, the alerts repeat every few minutes. The Blackberry is inherently part of the system for getting e-mail. On the Android I have to use a third party app ("Good"). If the app bails, I don't get any further e-mail until I log back in to the app. The Blackberry would last 5 days without having to charge it. I have to plug in the Android phone every single morning. And the battery's anywhere from 5% to 90% charged when I plug it in. At 5% it takes 4 hours or so to charge back up to "Charged".
The thing I dislike about both the iPhone and the Android are the virtual keyboards. Nothing is more frustrating for me than having to look at the damned keyboard while I type and still I get garbage in the message. Even worse, on the iPhone the autocompletion can be so frustrating that I have to put the phone away or I'll throw it as far as I can. I've bounced it off the carpet more than once over the past year. The Blackberry had an actual keyboard and I seldom made the mistakes I make on the Android/iPhone devices.
Back after I got the Blackberry, I was thinking about getting one for personal use. I kept putting it off because I had such a hard time surfing the 'net. Having to spin the little ball and press on it to click was annoying, not always staying where I pointed when I clicked so I'd click on some different link. And that's assuming I could even get to the site. It's the primary reason I went with the iPhone. The web surfing worked so much better than the Blackberry. And I was able to get all my e-mail in one place.
But you know, on the Blackberry, work e-mail and SMS alerts worked with very few issues. If I had my choice right now, I'd go back to my old Blackberry.
[John]
I only answer if you're in my contact list and not in the "Spammer" or "Spammer2" contact list (I exceeded the capacity of the first list). I don't answer Unknown and certainly don't answer Blocked calls.
I like the idea of being able to have a phone company managed black list that just keeps the calls from reaching my phone.
[John]
While I don't answer calls if I don't recognize the number, my wife answered one a couple of months back. It was an AI robocall. As in, a not-quite turing AI that asked questions and responded as if someone was there and even had an answer if interrupted. It wasn't a perfect call, you could _just_ realize it wasn't a human but it was subtle.
[John]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocall
[John]