I'm for a ban against texting while driving and talking on a cell phone while driving unless a hands free device is being used. Even using a hands free device is still a distraction to driving. My car has it built in and I can admit that when I'm talking to someone it does take away some attention to the road. It's not nearly as bad as holding the phone to my ear.
Too many times have I almost been in an accident due to a person talking on their phone not paying full attention to the road. On the highway it's not a big issue, driving through town while going through stop signs, lights, watching for pedestrians, making turns.. it's just too much to do with one hand occupied by a phone.
I'm only 32 but I can remember a time before everyone had cell phones when a person could drive 10 minutes without having to make/receive a call.
If, in fact, Iran was able to somehow assume control of the drone, who is to say they didn't fly it into Iranian air space on their own?
The US claimed it was flying over Afghanistan. Not that I am one to believe what comes out of Washington but what we have is a mostly intact drone that Iran claims brought down via "electronic" means.
You understand that 'Blitz' is a very common American Football term, don't you? You also realize that the name, most likely, was agreed upon by the local club owners.
Nah, he's a bright guy and he's one of the few members of management in my office that I would like to work for. One of the reasons is that he is typically very open minded and always willing to listen to ideas and help implement them.
It's just that when it comes to rules and definitions he believes there is only black or white, no gray area. I find this ironic considering his religious background (he's not one of those preachy types).
Just finished up having a conversation with my boss about this. He stated that he hates when they come out and "confirm" stuff like this when there is no way of "proving" it. He talked about how we are always changing theories and tried to use the declasification of Pluto as an example.. to which I countered that it was all semantics.. the facts about Pluto didn't change, only the classification.
We went back and forth for about 10 minutes with him trying to explain his point... the entire time I bit my toungue so that I wouldn't bring up the fact that he's a Catholic which is entirely based on faith. There's no proof of God existing yet billions of people (over multiple religions) believe there is.
He's normally a level headed guy and never pulls the religion card out, which is why I didn't either. But how he misinterpreted the article to mean scientists confirm there's a planet out there with liquid water really frustrated me.
So what about the times during the day when things are slow and you are surfing/., should you get paid for that?
I'm a salaried employee that doesn't get paid for OT (not in IT field). Sometimes I have to work a few extra hours throughout the week, sometimes I'll take off an hour early on Friday.
If it's such a bad situation, talk to the boss. If the boss is unreasonable, look for another job.
Have you ever had a large oak tree in your yard? There's just no way of mulching all the leaves to the point it won't choke the lawn.
Now I will mulch as much as I can but it still leaves me a huge pile of.. leaves.. that I put out in front of my house for the city to pick up.
I agree with you on grass clippings, I've owned my home for 7 years and have never bagged any clippings (and I have one of the nicest looking lawns in the area).
The nice thing about my town is that we have a separate dump/landfill for organic material. Any resident can take stuff there for free. The city will also collect leaves in November and branches throughout the year. They mulch it all up and take it to the dump. Local nurseries and lawnscaping businesses then pay the city for access to the compost/mulch that is created.
Coincidence or not, recently I received a notice from Apple informing me that they are going to replace my 1st gen iPod nano due to the battery potentially catching fire as it ages.
While increadibly cool, I see it leading to a lot of divorces...
Man: Honey, I had this hilarous dream last night, youv'e got to watch it! *plugs himself into the tv* Woman: Why is your secretary wearing that skimpy dress in your dream?!?!? Man: I.. uh.. that's a weird coicidence!
When Steam was first in its' infancy, I received a code for a free version of Half-Life 2 due to purchasing a specific vcard. The game was not yet released at the time and Steam never gave me a copy of the game when it did release.
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I'm for a ban against texting while driving and talking on a cell phone while driving unless a hands free device is being used. Even using a hands free device is still a distraction to driving. My car has it built in and I can admit that when I'm talking to someone it does take away some attention to the road. It's not nearly as bad as holding the phone to my ear.
Too many times have I almost been in an accident due to a person talking on their phone not paying full attention to the road. On the highway it's not a big issue, driving through town while going through stop signs, lights, watching for pedestrians, making turns.. it's just too much to do with one hand occupied by a phone.
I'm only 32 but I can remember a time before everyone had cell phones when a person could drive 10 minutes without having to make/receive a call.
Solar panel? No, we send them with a small nuclear reactor to sustain them.
If, in fact, Iran was able to somehow assume control of the drone, who is to say they didn't fly it into Iranian air space on their own?
The US claimed it was flying over Afghanistan. Not that I am one to believe what comes out of Washington but what we have is a mostly intact drone that Iran claims brought down via "electronic" means.
You understand that 'Blitz' is a very common American Football term, don't you? You also realize that the name, most likely, was agreed upon by the local club owners.
Nah, he's a bright guy and he's one of the few members of management in my office that I would like to work for. One of the reasons is that he is typically very open minded and always willing to listen to ideas and help implement them.
It's just that when it comes to rules and definitions he believes there is only black or white, no gray area. I find this ironic considering his religious background (he's not one of those preachy types).
Just finished up having a conversation with my boss about this. He stated that he hates when they come out and "confirm" stuff like this when there is no way of "proving" it. He talked about how we are always changing theories and tried to use the declasification of Pluto as an example.. to which I countered that it was all semantics.. the facts about Pluto didn't change, only the classification.
We went back and forth for about 10 minutes with him trying to explain his point... the entire time I bit my toungue so that I wouldn't bring up the fact that he's a Catholic which is entirely based on faith. There's no proof of God existing yet billions of people (over multiple religions) believe there is.
He's normally a level headed guy and never pulls the religion card out, which is why I didn't either. But how he misinterpreted the article to mean scientists confirm there's a planet out there with liquid water really frustrated me.
I've got a bad case of the Mondays
So what about the times during the day when things are slow and you are surfing /., should you get paid for that?
I'm a salaried employee that doesn't get paid for OT (not in IT field). Sometimes I have to work a few extra hours throughout the week, sometimes I'll take off an hour early on Friday.
If it's such a bad situation, talk to the boss. If the boss is unreasonable, look for another job.
Have you ever had a large oak tree in your yard? There's just no way of mulching all the leaves to the point it won't choke the lawn.
Now I will mulch as much as I can but it still leaves me a huge pile of.. leaves.. that I put out in front of my house for the city to pick up.
I agree with you on grass clippings, I've owned my home for 7 years and have never bagged any clippings (and I have one of the nicest looking lawns in the area).
The nice thing about my town is that we have a separate dump/landfill for organic material. Any resident can take stuff there for free. The city will also collect leaves in November and branches throughout the year. They mulch it all up and take it to the dump. Local nurseries and lawnscaping businesses then pay the city for access to the compost/mulch that is created.
Anyone else start to itch while reading this article?
Coincidence or not, recently I received a notice from Apple informing me that they are going to replace my 1st gen iPod nano due to the battery potentially catching fire as it ages.
For what Apple charges for their products, I would at least expect them to be more responsible with their supply base.
needles into styrofoam. Ugh, makes me cringe just thinking about it.
Did he leave out all the phones that currently do run the most recent Android OS?
Ahh, very nice! I got the first bundle and have been meaning to buy this one.. guess I better take care of it tonight.
You got games that weren't included in the bundle?
If you gave $.01 or $1000, I thought the game bundle would be the same.
So should the government cut all funds to science research and development? We really didn't need those jobs anyway.
I want to know how people plan on stealing a bunch of stickers....
And I've never been on the subway in Tokyo and seen so few people on it.
Besides, most Japanese are too busy burying their face into their cell phone or Nintendo DS to even notice the light saber handles.
And you sound like someone who has no sense of humor. It was obviously a joke.
While increadibly cool, I see it leading to a lot of divorces...
Man: Honey, I had this hilarous dream last night, youv'e got to watch it! *plugs himself into the tv*
Woman: Why is your secretary wearing that skimpy dress in your dream?!?!?
Man: I.. uh.. that's a weird coicidence!
Probably the same way Apple got one on a rectangular, touchscreen device.
Oddly enough, I saw a submission by him yesterday but it had nothing to do with the RIAA.
I tried it as well but stayed consisted with the numbering.
If I have 5 ostriches, and 2 run away, how many are left?
I am not answering that question what is this, some kind of quiz?
I think it finally wised up...
When Steam was first in its' infancy, I received a code for a free version of Half-Life 2 due to purchasing a specific vcard. The game was not yet released at the time and Steam never gave me a copy of the game when it did release.
If we could develop a system that could sent information at FTL, think how much better our exploration vehicles could operate.
Can others see it? I can't find it on my page.