By that last week, I just didn't give a fuck about the job anymore and almost had to have my supervisor (who was a great guy) call me to wake me up in the morning.
Only professional pride made me get through that final Friday afternoon without stripping naked and rubbing my taint in the COO's face.
Yeah, it's a nicety, but really, who is anyone trying to fool?
We're a 1,700 employee regional government organization (analogeous to county). Engineering (paired with Construction) is one of our largest divisions, probably about 600 employees, with 200 of them being Engineers.
As that aspect is pretty opaque, dealing with pipes and water and sewage treatment (even if the org itself is pretty under-the-radar), the engineers get pretty much what they want. Large Monitors, Top Spec computers every 18 months, latest versions of AutoCad and other CAD programs, dedicated IT resources to get and keep everything running.
The 10 person GIS team of the IT department is pretty much at their beck and call as well.
was actually uttered by a middle IT manager at my last job.
I gave her the look you're probably thinking I did - halfway between dumbstruck and stifling a hearty laugh.
Similar situation. Though my better half is fairly technically inclined, I still wanted to make it easier on her.
In my setup, everything is on the PS3. She can work Netflix easily enough, as well as NHL Gamecenter for our local Vancouver Canucks. That uses a VPN gateway to get around Geo-IP blackouts. I've also set up an HDHomeRun and did some programming voodoo to allow her to watch OTA (local news, some entertainment) through the video services on the PS3.
Finally, there's auto-downloading torrents of certain shows that are also accessed through video services on the PS3. (All backed by PS3 Media Server)
I was paying $90 per month (ever increasing) for cable for a few shows. Netflix is $8, the VPN is $3.25 and Gamecenter works out to about $20 per month during the Hockey season.
NHL, MLB and NFL have live internet streams, and the one I use(d), NHL for my local Vancouver Canucks, has geo-IP lockouts to "protect" the broadcasters.
A VPN tunnel down into Seattle solved that issue pretty quickly, despite their scary warning.
Agreed. I bought a cheap Aliexpress 7" tablet and night vision IP camera to use as a baby monitor.
Total cost was just north of $100, and it has better quality (video) and can do more (pan/tilt and internet streaming) than the dedicated sets costing thrice the money.
You were lucky. When I left my last place for my current place (for 40% more), Senior Management offered 8% retention. I actually laughed at the CEO (a controlling, tight-fisted asshole).
They then had to hire two people to replace me.
Furthermore - I'd bet the farm that the only people that are being pestered about their data usage are the people using Netflix and competing services.
Which is absolute shit, at least now. Shaw is a member of the Netflix SuperHD program, which means they have (or otherwise directly hook into) a Netflix appliance on their network, so they don't pay any transit fees for netflix data now.
If they're complaining about Netflix users "taking all the bandwidth" then it's because they've oversold their network.
I want to watch my local NHL team, the Vancouver Canucks, online through the NHL's own streaming service, NHL GameCenter, as I don't have cable. I am perfectly willing and able to pay the approximately $20 per month to do this. I want to pay the NHL to consume their content.
However, the NHL has imposed geo-IP lockouts for local games, meaning I can't watch my local team play on the service I'm paying for. There's two ways around this - use a VPN/proxy (which is expressly forbidden in the GC ToC) or watch an illegal stream.
The RPi might be a bit underpowered for what you want to do with it, especially the Android idea. And IIRC, they even haven't been able to port Android yet.
...for the 4D ultrasound for our little guy when he was about 6 months along in July '11. It was a pretty incredible experience. I could tell he was gonna get my nose. And yeah, we saw him yawn - got a still picture of it, and the whole session was recorded to DVD.
You can pry my Microsoft Natural 4K Keyboard from my cold dead, non-carpal hands. I've dragged my current one through 3 jobs now, and I have a spare BNIB.
Meh. I have a work supplied S3 that I got after I cracked the screen of my Desire HD.
I like some aspects of the phone - its screen, its speediness (both processing and downloading), its weight.
However, there's a few things that irk me about the stock build (no desire to root it ATM):
can't disable Confirm Delete prompt in the email app
no stock music player controls on the lock screen when secured with PIN
stock web browser can't always wrap text properly
no comma without longpress on the stock keyboard
no new email notification if the phone is locked with the email app active
and Samsung widgets suck ass compared to their HTC counterparts
Yes, I am aware that most of my complaints have the word "stock" in them, and really that's the best feature of Android - its robustness for change. However, I didn't have any of these issues with my bone stock Desire HD, and I wished I was given the option of HTC One X instead of the S3, but oh well. It is what it is.
A phone can have the most impressive specs imaginable, but if you don't like actually using it, what's the point?
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The found that people bought cheap older, less environment-friendly second vehicles so they could bypass the restrictions, making the problem worse.
...is Facebook blocking the app if it's too old.
Meh, Sega Channel was pretty awesome back in the day.
...Your PC isn't clean. I wonder if there's a product that can clean it. /Seriously. WTH?
A CC of your resignation notice to your personal email.
I can see them trying to say "but he sent that email out *after* I fired him".
The obvious retort is "so you let a terminated employee access his computer and email account *after* you fired him?"
"But he could have forged the email..."
Hopefully by then, common sense would prevail.
I gave 2 weeks and 3.5 days notice.
By that last week, I just didn't give a fuck about the job anymore and almost had to have my supervisor (who was a great guy) call me to wake me up in the morning.
Only professional pride made me get through that final Friday afternoon without stripping naked and rubbing my taint in the COO's face.
Yeah, it's a nicety, but really, who is anyone trying to fool?
We're a 1,700 employee regional government organization (analogeous to county). Engineering (paired with Construction) is one of our largest divisions, probably about 600 employees, with 200 of them being Engineers.
As that aspect is pretty opaque, dealing with pipes and water and sewage treatment (even if the org itself is pretty under-the-radar), the engineers get pretty much what they want. Large Monitors, Top Spec computers every 18 months, latest versions of AutoCad and other CAD programs, dedicated IT resources to get and keep everything running.
The 10 person GIS team of the IT department is pretty much at their beck and call as well.
was actually uttered by a middle IT manager at my last job. I gave her the look you're probably thinking I did - halfway between dumbstruck and stifling a hearty laugh.
Similar situation. Though my better half is fairly technically inclined, I still wanted to make it easier on her.
In my setup, everything is on the PS3. She can work Netflix easily enough, as well as NHL Gamecenter for our local Vancouver Canucks. That uses a VPN gateway to get around Geo-IP blackouts. I've also set up an HDHomeRun and did some programming voodoo to allow her to watch OTA (local news, some entertainment) through the video services on the PS3.
Finally, there's auto-downloading torrents of certain shows that are also accessed through video services on the PS3. (All backed by PS3 Media Server)
I was paying $90 per month (ever increasing) for cable for a few shows. Netflix is $8, the VPN is $3.25 and Gamecenter works out to about $20 per month during the Hockey season.
I'm never going to back to cable.
He probably meant GameCenter. CenterIce is the NHL's cable package offering out of market games.
Regardless, GameCenter didn't black out the 4 Canucks playoff games (all I cared about) in Germany, which is where it looked like my network was.
The absurdity of having to VPN into Germany to watch a hockey game being played at an arena 15 minutes from where I live was not lost on me.
NHL, MLB and NFL have live internet streams, and the one I use(d), NHL for my local Vancouver Canucks, has geo-IP lockouts to "protect" the broadcasters.
A VPN tunnel down into Seattle solved that issue pretty quickly, despite their scary warning.
On a rainy weekend, with a bunch of Netflix, Gamecenter and music streaming and some other downloads, we can easily hit 50 GB in a day.
Ah Commercial Drive. Anyway, I was actually able to sell my then-8-years-old 27" WEGA (with Ikea stand) for $75 as late as 2009. Rather suprising.
Agreed. I bought a cheap Aliexpress 7" tablet and night vision IP camera to use as a baby monitor. Total cost was just north of $100, and it has better quality (video) and can do more (pan/tilt and internet streaming) than the dedicated sets costing thrice the money.
...on another forum:
Copy and paste the entire job description into a 1 pixel by 1 pixel box on your resume. Invisible to the naked eye, but parsers easily pick it up.
Just make sure to watch the sites that parse and reformat for you (Monster, eg) when uploading.
...an NTP client on every appliance with a clock display. I'm OCD about my clocks being in sync. (but hate setting them)
You were lucky. When I left my last place for my current place (for 40% more), Senior Management offered 8% retention. I actually laughed at the CEO (a controlling, tight-fisted asshole). They then had to hire two people to replace me.
Which is absolute shit, at least now. Shaw is a member of the Netflix SuperHD program, which means they have (or otherwise directly hook into) a Netflix appliance on their network, so they don't pay any transit fees for netflix data now. If they're complaining about Netflix users "taking all the bandwidth" then it's because they've oversold their network.
I want to watch my local NHL team, the Vancouver Canucks, online through the NHL's own streaming service, NHL GameCenter, as I don't have cable. I am perfectly willing and able to pay the approximately $20 per month to do this. I want to pay the NHL to consume their content.
However, the NHL has imposed geo-IP lockouts for local games, meaning I can't watch my local team play on the service I'm paying for. There's two ways around this - use a VPN/proxy (which is expressly forbidden in the GC ToC) or watch an illegal stream.
The RPi might be a bit underpowered for what you want to do with it, especially the Android idea. And IIRC, they even haven't been able to port Android yet.
Better choice (albiet more expensive) would be a Beagle Board. http://beagleboard.org/
...for the 4D ultrasound for our little guy when he was about 6 months along in July '11. It was a pretty incredible experience. I could tell he was gonna get my nose. And yeah, we saw him yawn - got a still picture of it, and the whole session was recorded to DVD.
You can pry my Microsoft Natural 4K Keyboard from my cold dead, non-carpal hands. I've dragged my current one through 3 jobs now, and I have a spare BNIB.
Next up, Cable Cards.
On Android you can. Could on my Desire HD. Can on my S3.
As a matter fact, BES used to have an issue with setting Out of Office.
I'm no fanboy. I do miss the physical keyboard and long battery life of my BB Curve. The phone was just getting long in the tooth.
I like some aspects of the phone - its screen, its speediness (both processing and downloading), its weight.
However, there's a few things that irk me about the stock build (no desire to root it ATM):
Yes, I am aware that most of my complaints have the word "stock" in them, and really that's the best feature of Android - its robustness for change. However, I didn't have any of these issues with my bone stock Desire HD, and I wished I was given the option of HTC One X instead of the S3, but oh well. It is what it is.
A phone can have the most impressive specs imaginable, but if you don't like actually using it, what's the point?