This might partly have something to do with the diabetes and how alcohol affects you. I had a diabetic roommate once who drank like a fish, and when he did, the alcohol seemed to push him into the "falling down, blacked out, stupid" phase much quicker than anyone I know. He once got so drunk he broke into a bunch of cars in our apartment parking lot looking for something he lost. No memory of that the next day. Another time he decided it'd be a good idea to not take his insulin and then drink. Paramedics were called that night as he was unresponsive.
* While moderate amounts of alcohol can cause blood sugar to rise, excess alcohol can actually decrease your blood sugar level -- sometimes causing it to drop into dangerous levels. * Alcohol can interfere with the positive effects of oral diabetes medicines or insulin.
This reminds me of Pablo Escobar who actually got elected to Columbia's Congress so as to avoid extradition to the USA for the various crimes he committed. He was eventually kicked out because the rest of the Congress saw right through this (and strangely enough Escobar ended up getting his way anyway by just paying off enough of those same members of Congress to amend the Columbian constitution with a no extradition bill). Now this post isn't equating copyright infringement with the various crimes that Escobar committed, but it will be interesting to see how the Swedish Parliament reacts internally to this matter.
If you buy food with salt in, you can't take it out - if you buy food with no salt, you can easily add some;
I can only assume that you are someone who has no extensive culinary experience, because some of the things you say can not be backed up by culinary experience. Salt is not just something people invented to mask flavors of bad food. It's a chemical: Sodium Chloride. Thus it has uses AS A CHEMICAL. It's an essential part of baking, cheese making, and a variety other parts of the culinary world AS A CHEMICAL. Not to mask flavor, not to make things salty, but strictly for how it effects reaction of ingredients together. You can't just add salt later in the process and get the same results.
I do know that there are many states that have taxes that vary by county.
It's worse than that. In Texas, the sales tax varies by city. There are a few towns/villages in the D/FW area that are literally a few blocks in size.
At the risk of sounding absurd, in all seriousness, it can get worse than that. I live in a state with sales tax. I live in a county that has a sales tax. I live in an unincorporated part of the county outside of a city that has a sales tax, but my address indicates (for mail delivery reasons) that I do live in that city. My zip code does not belong to that city, but does include at least two other cities that have their own sales tax rates. There's times when I can barely figure out what my sales tax rate is, how is Amazon supposed to?
One mistake they missed that plagued the 3DO and others was having to daisy chain controllers. In theory it sounds like a genius solution. In practice it usually ended up with Player 1 ripping the controller out of Player 2's hand if they happen to move.
A Money Order should suffice as long as you retain your copy.
While you have adhered to the text of my request, you have ignored the spirit. I doubt there are Europeans abandoning checks in droves in favor of money orders.
Then let me ask how you would handle the following situation (one of the few in which I use checks):
* I have a friend who watches my son during the day. * I need to pay this person every two weeks. * I need proof that I've paid this person for a given time period so no disputes arise. * Being as this person only watches my child (apart from hers) she is not a "business" per se and thus doesn't accept credit cards.
I am honestly not being snarky or combative, but if checks are truly a thing of the past in some places I would like to see what they've been replaced with.
You joke, but you're not far off in my experience. I have three dogs: one Golden, one Australian Shepherd, and one English Springer Spaniel. I have always heard Goldens were bright, but mine definitely isn't. He knows how to fetch, sit, lay, and stay, and that's about it. By comparison my Australian Shepherd seems to know exactly what I'm talking about at all times. My wife call them the "dumb blonde" and the "smart brunette."
To do the same thing (and much more) in my position I use Symantec's Altiris product.
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If that is the case, I would HIGHLY recommend you get him started on Kongregate Labs' Shootorial. It is essentially a tutorial on how to make a side scrolling shooter in Flash from the ground up. It starts out basic but introduces concepts like logic and hit boundaries and other things that actually require code. Hope he enjoys it!
Because IMHO, Linux "usability" vs. Windows is a chicken and egg problem that Google may be able to solve. Linux has grown in leaps and bounds in terms of usability in the last decade. Some stuff is more difficult to do in Linux than in Windows, but many things are easier. The reason though why Linux doesn't gain more marketshare is because people can not bring the apps they are used to over when they switch. This is the reason why I still use Windows. Why don't companies port their apps to Linux? Not enough marketshare. So now we have a feedback loop where no one wins except Microsoft. However, Google is in a strong position to convince companies to bring their software over and convince customers to switch to Linux using their market influence to act as collateral on the risk.
2. Go out to lunch, don't bring your own. This might be hard when working at night; at least walk to a convenience store to buy coffee on your food breaks.
Absolutely disagree with this one. I don't know about the submitter, but lunch I bring myself is almost always more nutritious (and as a bonus less expensive) than anything I'd get while at work. The calories you spend walking to somewhere to eat are usually wiped out by the time you get done eating whatever food from whatever restaurant you get it from.
I concur. Looking at it from even a gas standpoint starts to make sense. Let's be generous and assume those are all highway miles at 60 mi/hr and his car gets a decent 30 mpg
60 miles/hour * 60 hours = 3600 miles/month.
3600 miles/month / 30 mpg = 1200 gallons/month.
1200 gallons/month * $2.50 per gallon (generous around these parts) = $300 gas per month.
And that's not even counting wear and tear on the car which even at a measly $.10 per mile would mean an extra $360.
So an apartment should be findable for the $660/month you'd save + the joy you'd get of having an extra 60 hours/month free time.
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This might partly have something to do with the diabetes and how alcohol affects you. I had a diabetic roommate once who drank like a fish, and when he did, the alcohol seemed to push him into the "falling down, blacked out, stupid" phase much quicker than anyone I know. He once got so drunk he broke into a bunch of cars in our apartment parking lot looking for something he lost. No memory of that the next day. Another time he decided it'd be a good idea to not take his insulin and then drink. Paramedics were called that night as he was unresponsive.
See the relevant WebMD article.
* While moderate amounts of alcohol can cause blood sugar to rise, excess alcohol can actually decrease your blood sugar level -- sometimes causing it to drop into dangerous levels.
* Alcohol can interfere with the positive effects of oral diabetes medicines or insulin.
Ummmm....
This reminds me of Pablo Escobar who actually got elected to Columbia's Congress so as to avoid extradition to the USA for the various crimes he committed. He was eventually kicked out because the rest of the Congress saw right through this (and strangely enough Escobar ended up getting his way anyway by just paying off enough of those same members of Congress to amend the Columbian constitution with a no extradition bill). Now this post isn't equating copyright infringement with the various crimes that Escobar committed, but it will be interesting to see how the Swedish Parliament reacts internally to this matter.
I can only assume that you are someone who has no extensive culinary experience, because some of the things you say can not be backed up by culinary experience. Salt is not just something people invented to mask flavors of bad food. It's a chemical: Sodium Chloride. Thus it has uses AS A CHEMICAL. It's an essential part of baking, cheese making, and a variety other parts of the culinary world AS A CHEMICAL. Not to mask flavor, not to make things salty, but strictly for how it effects reaction of ingredients together. You can't just add salt later in the process and get the same results.
No OLED, no OS 4.0, and price is a bit high.
And you were wrong.
I do know that there are many states that have taxes that vary by county.
It's worse than that. In Texas, the sales tax varies by city. There are a few towns/villages in the D/FW area that are literally a few blocks in size.
At the risk of sounding absurd, in all seriousness, it can get worse than that. I live in a state with sales tax. I live in a county that has a sales tax. I live in an unincorporated part of the county outside of a city that has a sales tax, but my address indicates (for mail delivery reasons) that I do live in that city. My zip code does not belong to that city, but does include at least two other cities that have their own sales tax rates. There's times when I can barely figure out what my sales tax rate is, how is Amazon supposed to?
This is Slashdot worthy?
Same here.
I'll pass on having radiation that close to my genitals, personally. ;)
Thanks for the link.
Why isn't some sort of non-stick coating such as Teflon not an option?
I would say that's a very minority Christian view. I'm a Christian AND a registered organ donor. In fact, here's a listing of various denominations of Christianity (and other religions) and their view of organ donation. Granted I only skimmed the list, but I did not see one that opposed organ donation, and a number that highly recommend it as an act of Christian love.
I think this guy is asking to be whacked in the noggin with a smooth stick, probably for attempting to be funny using an extremely worn-out joke.
I prefer to think of it as aged like a fine wine.
One mistake they missed that plagued the 3DO and others was having to daisy chain controllers. In theory it sounds like a genius solution. In practice it usually ended up with Player 1 ripping the controller out of Player 2's hand if they happen to move.
All I want to know is rods to the hogshead!
$10 a week? When can you start? ;)
A Money Order should suffice as long as you retain your copy.
While you have adhered to the text of my request, you have ignored the spirit. I doubt there are Europeans abandoning checks in droves in favor of money orders.
Then let me ask how you would handle the following situation (one of the few in which I use checks):
* I have a friend who watches my son during the day.
* I need to pay this person every two weeks.
* I need proof that I've paid this person for a given time period so no disputes arise.
* Being as this person only watches my child (apart from hers) she is not a "business" per se and thus doesn't accept credit cards.
I am honestly not being snarky or combative, but if checks are truly a thing of the past in some places I would like to see what they've been replaced with.
You joke, but you're not far off in my experience. I have three dogs: one Golden, one Australian Shepherd, and one English Springer Spaniel. I have always heard Goldens were bright, but mine definitely isn't. He knows how to fetch, sit, lay, and stay, and that's about it. By comparison my Australian Shepherd seems to know exactly what I'm talking about at all times. My wife call them the "dumb blonde" and the "smart brunette."
To do the same thing (and much more) in my position I use Symantec's Altiris product.
If that is the case, I would HIGHLY recommend you get him started on Kongregate Labs' Shootorial. It is essentially a tutorial on how to make a side scrolling shooter in Flash from the ground up. It starts out basic but introduces concepts like logic and hit boundaries and other things that actually require code. Hope he enjoys it!
Because IMHO, Linux "usability" vs. Windows is a chicken and egg problem that Google may be able to solve. Linux has grown in leaps and bounds in terms of usability in the last decade. Some stuff is more difficult to do in Linux than in Windows, but many things are easier. The reason though why Linux doesn't gain more marketshare is because people can not bring the apps they are used to over when they switch. This is the reason why I still use Windows. Why don't companies port their apps to Linux? Not enough marketshare. So now we have a feedback loop where no one wins except Microsoft. However, Google is in a strong position to convince companies to bring their software over and convince customers to switch to Linux using their market influence to act as collateral on the risk.
2. Go out to lunch, don't bring your own. This might be hard when working at night; at least walk to a convenience store to buy coffee on your food breaks.
Absolutely disagree with this one. I don't know about the submitter, but lunch I bring myself is almost always more nutritious (and as a bonus less expensive) than anything I'd get while at work. The calories you spend walking to somewhere to eat are usually wiped out by the time you get done eating whatever food from whatever restaurant you get it from.
I concur. Looking at it from even a gas standpoint starts to make sense. Let's be generous and assume those are all highway miles at 60 mi/hr and his car gets a decent 30 mpg
60 miles/hour * 60 hours = 3600 miles/month.
3600 miles/month / 30 mpg = 1200 gallons/month.
1200 gallons/month * $2.50 per gallon (generous around these parts) = $300 gas per month.
And that's not even counting wear and tear on the car which even at a measly $.10 per mile would mean an extra $360.
So an apartment should be findable for the $660/month you'd save + the joy you'd get of having an extra 60 hours/month free time.