If you're going with a system with obvious cameras, you may want to install a few "honeypot" decoys to throw the thief a little change-up, in case he starts ripping them down to avoid surveillance.
Maybe a boobie-trapped safe, too. Might not be exactly legal, depending on how lethal the boobie-trap is, but it's not like the thief will call the cops and report your trap in a stolen safe. Especially if the boobie-trap is 100% lethal...
You're close, but I think it's actually nearer to, "start them out reading." It's fair to assume they -can- read, if they're writing, but I always compared what I wrote to things I'd read, particularly if the topics were related. When proofing my work, I'd listen to the "tone" of what I wrote to see if it was in the ballpark.
If kids read only minimally, they won't be as exposed to "good" writing and will more likely write crap. It's like when you're studying a new programming language: looking at good example code can help you pick up the nuances, and also shape the way you write code going forward.
Guns aren't any use if they're a) not handy, and b) not understood. Could also backfire if the bad guy takes it away from you. Or steals it from you while you're gone during the day.
Don't get me wrong: I have a number of guns in my house. But that alone doesn't make me feel safe in the event of a break-in. I hope you catch the cock-sucker, but be careful that you don't become another "statistic" in the process.
Somewhat related, though it's not apples-to-apples, I more or less refuse to go to male doctors. Their "God complex" tends to be way worse: many times, they don't ask you what's wrong, or even bother listening if you try to explain. They already know.
If you get a vote, it's a democracy - even if I twist your arm to "convince" you to vote the way I want. It's a sham of a democracy, but it's still a democracy.
Mission Control, née Spaces / Expose, is not just about desktops. Multiple desktops are cool and all, but the better part is what used to be called Expose. Hit F9, and you get a choice of all apps running; select the window you want. Hit F10, and you get a choice of all windows from the current app. To me, that's way more useful than multiple desktops. I don't even bother keeping my desktop neat, anymore. I get the screen I want with one key, one click.
Dexpot kind-of works like that on Windows, but not as smooth. It also had issues with screen locking, but that might be just my machine.
I tried Dexpot, but for some reason, it really conflicted with the screen saver required by my company's group policy. Sometimes, the windows would come back all borked, and I'd have to reboot to clear things up.
You have some points, but, at the end of the day, it comes down to performance. For me, anyway.
I'm the kind of guy who is fine riding around on an old, rusty 10-speed, instead of a tricked out high-end carbon-fiber bike. I also don't indulge in expensive riding apparel; I have proper cycling shoes - energy transfer benefit - but a shirt is pretty much a shirt. I drive a modest car instead of a high-end Audi, Beemer, Mercedes, etc. I have a modest house rather than a McMansion.
My laptop is a MacBook Pro - but not the 17"-er. I don't even consider it "indulging," either. This machine and the OS combined provide me the best experience and environment for doing my thing, whatever that is at the moment: video production; writing code; mixing music tracks; surfing the web; managing projects; writing documentation; email; etc. It does exactly what I want in almost all cases, and the frustration level is near 0.
I manage and have daily access to Solaris boxes, Linux boxes, Windows servers, etc. But for my daily use, it's a Mac.
If there was nothing useful behind the "shiny," Apple wouldn't last long.
Maybe, to some extent. However, not all of us are ignorant clods. I like loud music as much as anyone, but I like it clean. Even with my cochlear implant, I can tell the difference between anything by Rush and AC/DC, and that of, say, Van Halen. I love all three bands, but, except for Fair Warning - ignoring the Hagar stuff - VH consistently sounds worse than Rush and AC/DC. Rush, in particular, is really clear, even cranked to 11. AC/DC is almost always pretty damned good: the opening chords on Shoot to Thrill give me goosebumps every time. However, even on their newest album, A Different Kind of Truth, VH just boggles the mind that they would release something so badly mixed. A Perfect Circle has some good stuff, too: Magdalena is awesome at max in my car's stereo. I just turn down the volume on my implant so I can hear it nicely, but the car's mirrors are rattling.
That's what I was thinking. I haven't flown in a few years because of the TSA bullshit, but my wife and I are flying to Hawaii in a couple of years - anniversary coming up - and when it comes time to get scanned, groped, gate-raped, what-have-you, I plan to drop a bath robe and walk through in my socks and Speedo. Maybe I'll get some body glitter and write, "Fuck the TSA!" on my chest.
I'll sell you mine, which is guaranteed to also ward off those annoying, scary pink unicorns! I haven't been bothered by one ever, thanks to this rock!
In this case, in Chicago, it looks like the fix is in for one of the mayor's buddies to profit off of the purchase, installation and operation of these cameras. There's also a question as to their effectiveness in actually regulating traffic or keeping pedestrians safe.
In other words, it sounds like a cash grab by a few well-connected people, rather than something that's intended to benefit the tax-payers.
What if they programmed the yellow's time limits to something like "-1" (think: "This one goes to 11" in the other direction). Would it be Ok for the government to collect ticket revenue even under such impossible conditions?
Funny you mention that. My younger brother and I were in a tree, about 20' high, and he lost his grip, bounced off nearly every branch on the way down, and landed hard on the ground. Nothing broke, but he got a bit bashed around and dazed. I just remember looking down, watching him bounce off each branch like the Plinko game. Couldn't do shit for him once he started falling. He did learn to get a better grip when climbing.
They opened up a large farm of wind turbines about 40 miles east of my house. My brother-in-law helped build them. I'm thinking I'll look into this as a career change, since a) it's closer than my current job by 310 miles, and b) it's gotta beat sitting on my ass all day in front of a computer screen until I can go to the gym to get in a work-out. Doesn't hurt that there's a degree of "thrill" to it, as well.
Not just Mohawks; many Senecas work on steel, as well. My father-in-law; a number of brothers-in-law; some of their cousins. It's a common thing in the Seneca world, too.
Three buildings: you forget "Building 7," which was not directly hit by any airplane, yet still collapsed in on itself. The owner got a nice insurance settlement for it.
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If you're going with a system with obvious cameras, you may want to install a few "honeypot" decoys to throw the thief a little change-up, in case he starts ripping them down to avoid surveillance.
Maybe a boobie-trapped safe, too. Might not be exactly legal, depending on how lethal the boobie-trap is, but it's not like the thief will call the cops and report your trap in a stolen safe. Especially if the boobie-trap is 100% lethal...
Also not compatible with $existing_girlfriend, as mentioned in TFA.
Unless $existing_girlfriend is $open_minded...
You're close, but I think it's actually nearer to, "start them out reading." It's fair to assume they -can- read, if they're writing, but I always compared what I wrote to things I'd read, particularly if the topics were related. When proofing my work, I'd listen to the "tone" of what I wrote to see if it was in the ballpark.
If kids read only minimally, they won't be as exposed to "good" writing and will more likely write crap. It's like when you're studying a new programming language: looking at good example code can help you pick up the nuances, and also shape the way you write code going forward.
Guns aren't any use if they're a) not handy, and b) not understood. Could also backfire if the bad guy takes it away from you. Or steals it from you while you're gone during the day.
Don't get me wrong: I have a number of guns in my house. But that alone doesn't make me feel safe in the event of a break-in. I hope you catch the cock-sucker, but be careful that you don't become another "statistic" in the process.
Does that mean this stack of cassette tapes is now "in" again? Alright!! "Moving Pictures" on tape FTW!! Where's my WalkMan...?
Somewhat related, though it's not apples-to-apples, I more or less refuse to go to male doctors. Their "God complex" tends to be way worse: many times, they don't ask you what's wrong, or even bother listening if you try to explain. They already know.
Then you're doing it wrong.
If you get a vote, it's a democracy - even if I twist your arm to "convince" you to vote the way I want.
It's a sham of a democracy, but it's still a democracy.
Mission Control, née Spaces / Expose, is not just about desktops. Multiple desktops are cool and all, but the better part is what used to be called Expose. Hit F9, and you get a choice of all apps running; select the window you want. Hit F10, and you get a choice of all windows from the current app. To me, that's way more useful than multiple desktops. I don't even bother keeping my desktop neat, anymore. I get the screen I want with one key, one click.
Dexpot kind-of works like that on Windows, but not as smooth. It also had issues with screen locking, but that might be just my machine.
I tried Dexpot, but for some reason, it really conflicted with the screen saver required by my company's group policy. Sometimes, the windows would come back all borked, and I'd have to reboot to clear things up.
Assuming this is true, how would I, a sucker just ambling up to the roulette table, use this to my advantage? Or is it only to the house's advantage?
You have some points, but, at the end of the day, it comes down to performance. For me, anyway.
I'm the kind of guy who is fine riding around on an old, rusty 10-speed, instead of a tricked out high-end carbon-fiber bike. I also don't indulge in expensive riding apparel; I have proper cycling shoes - energy transfer benefit - but a shirt is pretty much a shirt. I drive a modest car instead of a high-end Audi, Beemer, Mercedes, etc. I have a modest house rather than a McMansion.
My laptop is a MacBook Pro - but not the 17"-er. I don't even consider it "indulging," either. This machine and the OS combined provide me the best experience and environment for doing my thing, whatever that is at the moment: video production; writing code; mixing music tracks; surfing the web; managing projects; writing documentation; email; etc. It does exactly what I want in almost all cases, and the frustration level is near 0.
I manage and have daily access to Solaris boxes, Linux boxes, Windows servers, etc. But for my daily use, it's a Mac.
If there was nothing useful behind the "shiny," Apple wouldn't last long.
Maybe, to some extent. However, not all of us are ignorant clods. I like loud music as much as anyone, but I like it clean. Even with my cochlear implant, I can tell the difference between anything by Rush and AC/DC, and that of, say, Van Halen. I love all three bands, but, except for Fair Warning - ignoring the Hagar stuff - VH consistently sounds worse than Rush and AC/DC. Rush, in particular, is really clear, even cranked to 11. AC/DC is almost always pretty damned good: the opening chords on Shoot to Thrill give me goosebumps every time. However, even on their newest album, A Different Kind of Truth, VH just boggles the mind that they would release something so badly mixed. A Perfect Circle has some good stuff, too: Magdalena is awesome at max in my car's stereo. I just turn down the volume on my implant so I can hear it nicely, but the car's mirrors are rattling.
You can't paint all of us with the same brush.
That's what I was thinking. I haven't flown in a few years because of the TSA bullshit, but my wife and I are flying to Hawaii in a couple of years - anniversary coming up - and when it comes time to get scanned, groped, gate-raped, what-have-you, I plan to drop a bath robe and walk through in my socks and Speedo. Maybe I'll get some body glitter and write, "Fuck the TSA!" on my chest.
I'll sell you mine, which is guaranteed to also ward off those annoying, scary pink unicorns! I haven't been bothered by one ever, thanks to this rock!
How is this -not- racketeering? If the mob were behind this, instead of a "legitimate" business, wouldn't the FBI investigate it?
In this case, in Chicago, it looks like the fix is in for one of the mayor's buddies to profit off of the purchase, installation and operation of these cameras. There's also a question as to their effectiveness in actually regulating traffic or keeping pedestrians safe.
In other words, it sounds like a cash grab by a few well-connected people, rather than something that's intended to benefit the tax-payers.
What if they programmed the yellow's time limits to something like "-1" (think: "This one goes to 11" in the other direction). Would it be Ok for the government to collect ticket revenue even under such impossible conditions?
I don't doubt you, but why would a cop want to show up when he's off? Ignoring the fact that they're dicks, anyway.
Funny you mention that. My younger brother and I were in a tree, about 20' high, and he lost his grip, bounced off nearly every branch on the way down, and landed hard on the ground. Nothing broke, but he got a bit bashed around and dazed. I just remember looking down, watching him bounce off each branch like the Plinko game. Couldn't do shit for him once he started falling. He did learn to get a better grip when climbing.
They opened up a large farm of wind turbines about 40 miles east of my house. My brother-in-law helped build them. I'm thinking I'll look into this as a career change, since a) it's closer than my current job by 310 miles, and b) it's gotta beat sitting on my ass all day in front of a computer screen until I can go to the gym to get in a work-out. Doesn't hurt that there's a degree of "thrill" to it, as well.
Not just Mohawks; many Senecas work on steel, as well. My father-in-law; a number of brothers-in-law; some of their cousins. It's a common thing in the Seneca world, too.
I see what you did, there. Nice. Especially since not many are familiar with the Micmac tribe.
Don't forget dihydrogen-monoxide! This toxic solvent literally rains from the skies! I'll bet there's a terrorist plot behind that, too...
Three buildings: you forget "Building 7," which was not directly hit by any airplane, yet still collapsed in on itself. The owner got a nice insurance settlement for it.