We used to call this "stiction" when it happened to old Mac SE's in the college labs. I had several drives die on me every day for a while one summer, and we'd have to whack them progressively harder to recover any data off the drives.
It was just an unfortunate misunderstanding by the marketing department, which mistook "multi-threaded" for "multi-breaded". Probably happened just prior to lunch.
ING is nice & simple. I went with Heritage Bank (http://www.heritagebankna.com), which has a higher rate, but isn't quite as slick as the bigger players.
One thing you really have to watch out for are the fees associated with some of these high-yield savings accounts. The last time I looked at Citibank, for example, they required a Citibank checking account to be linked, which isn't necessarily free. There was so much fine print surrounding their account agreements, interspersed with fees and more fees, that I was turned off. Go with a bank that will let you link to ANY checking account for the funds transfer, and you won't get locked into their sneaky ways.
What is this, 1975? Oh sure, the first loans an American student should try to get are the subsidized (no, technically not 'interest-free' - the gov't pays the interest directly to the bank) Stafford loans. But those don't go very far these days. Next up are probably the unsubsidized federal loans, which accrue interest. Then there are the private loans, which run the gamut from low interest/low fees to why-don't-you-just-use-a-credit-card interest rates. Those most certainly are not interest-free, though many of them will simply cap the interest onto the balance while you're in school.
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A recumbent wouldn't be much of an advantage in the mountain stages, but would be very interesting on the relatively flat time trials.
We used to speculate about this, and it basically boiled down to the BSA banking on the presumption that if they aren't welcomed into your office when they come knocking, they'll be able to convince a judge that's further proof of your guilt. After all, you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide, right?
The BSA's tactics are extremely slimy, IMHO. Can you imagine any other organization actively recruiting disgruntled (ex-)employees of companies to rat them out? I'm trying to picture Microsoft posting billboards near IBM offices, inviting them to speak with MS's lawyers to determine how many trade secrets they can divulge without getting into too much trouble.
The BSA allows Microsoft, et al., to engage in heavy-handed tactics without directly muddying their public image.
Good point. This is the same kind of tactic used by the BSA when they would send out those "we're coming to town to audit YOU" letters. They'd measure the increase in software sales, and declare yet another successful attack on piracy.
One year, after doing my own internal software audit, I needed to increase our license count for Photoshop by a few seats. That, combined with a version upgrade, came to a ~$40k software purchase. Around the same time, the BSA started raining their idiotic letters down on businesses around town. My software vendor leapt to the conclusion that we were spending so much money out of fear of an audit. Just about caused me to say "You know what? This can wait another year, after all." Grrr.
"Feeling "pressure" to watch a movie? What would these "paradox of abundance" sufferers do if they had to go out and hunt a woolly mammoth for dinner? Cripes, take a Paxil or something."
I think it's a neat idea to have the washer/dryer send a text message of some sort when it's done, but does it really require the combined efforts of Microsoft, HP, Panasonic, Proctor & Gamble and Whirlpool to make it happen??? What happened to starting with a relatively simple implementation, and increasing the capabilities (and complexity) as they get a better feel for what their customers want? I predict this will result in nothing but hype.
What? A reasonable post, with no snide remarks? You Slashdot rebel, you!
But seriously, I agree that this could actually be a really cool idea, and not at all like the mythical linux-powered toaster. The washer/dryer I grew up with had an obnoxiously loud buzzer that could be heard throughout the whole house when it was done. My current dryer goes beep-beep-beep, and that's it. It's a rare day when I can hear that from upstairs. It would be great to get an email, text msg, or something.
OTOH, some kind of remote alarm thing would be just as useful, and probably simpler.
Assuming the chatrooms are public, then probably no more than they'd need to pretend reading a newspaper while eavesdropping on conversations in the corner coffee shop.
I hadn't even thought of applying the idea to the kids. Mine aren't old enough yet for that to be an issue, but the future is full of possibilities, esp. if you exploit the gender stereotypes!
For boys: MyPrettyPony BarbieIsNeat ILikeGirls (only embarrassing up to a certain age, I suppose)
For girls: ExtraHairy GirlsRSmelly BoysAreCool
Now that I've had fun dreaming these up, though, I wonder if the password could be so 'repulsive' that they will refuse to use the computer at all?
Another thing: If you think you may be tempted to ever give out your password someday ("just being helpful!"), choose one that would be really embarrassing to share with anyone (except maybe your spouse).
I have an uncle who'd had a successful dental practice of his own. After about a decade of that, he grew so bored that he joined the Army as a dentist, instead, and has travelled all around the world since then.
He eventually got bored with dentistry, in general, and recently got his PhD in endocrinology (or something like that), and is now working in a research lab. Still with the miltary, though.
That's too damn funny. And thank you for rescuing the thread from a dull discussion of cleaning tips. Is this the Good Housekeeping forum? I'm surprised my original comment wasn't caught by the lameness filter!
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I don't think that your energy is very clean, however. You can keep it.
We used to call this "stiction" when it happened to old Mac SE's in the college labs. I had several drives die on me every day for a while one summer, and we'd have to whack them progressively harder to recover any data off the drives.
Yee-haw, bring it on! Us dopey, backward, inbred, simpleton Chicago natives are gonna kick some ultraliberal South Carolinan ass!
Seriously, though - I trust that you're joking, but you should probably get out more.
It was just an unfortunate misunderstanding by the marketing department, which mistook "multi-threaded" for "multi-breaded". Probably happened just prior to lunch.
Unless you have a gmail account, and don't remember to log out and delete your Google cookies.
They were hit hard by a power outage (thanks to the heatwave in CA) earlier this week. I wonder if there is still some fallout from that?
ING is nice & simple. I went with Heritage Bank (http://www.heritagebankna.com), which has a higher rate, but isn't quite as slick as the bigger players.
One thing you really have to watch out for are the fees associated with some of these high-yield savings accounts. The last time I looked at Citibank, for example, they required a Citibank checking account to be linked, which isn't necessarily free. There was so much fine print surrounding their account agreements, interspersed with fees and more fees, that I was turned off. Go with a bank that will let you link to ANY checking account for the funds transfer, and you won't get locked into their sneaky ways.
What is this, 1975? Oh sure, the first loans an American student should try to get are the subsidized (no, technically not 'interest-free' - the gov't pays the interest directly to the bank) Stafford loans. But those don't go very far these days. Next up are probably the unsubsidized federal loans, which accrue interest. Then there are the private loans, which run the gamut from low interest/low fees to why-don't-you-just-use-a-credit-card interest rates. Those most certainly are not interest-free, though many of them will simply cap the interest onto the balance while you're in school.
A recumbent wouldn't be much of an advantage in the mountain stages, but would be very interesting on the relatively flat time trials.
We used to speculate about this, and it basically boiled down to the BSA banking on the presumption that if they aren't welcomed into your office when they come knocking, they'll be able to convince a judge that's further proof of your guilt. After all, you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide, right? The BSA's tactics are extremely slimy, IMHO. Can you imagine any other organization actively recruiting disgruntled (ex-)employees of companies to rat them out? I'm trying to picture Microsoft posting billboards near IBM offices, inviting them to speak with MS's lawyers to determine how many trade secrets they can divulge without getting into too much trouble. The BSA allows Microsoft, et al., to engage in heavy-handed tactics without directly muddying their public image.
Good point. This is the same kind of tactic used by the BSA when they would send out those "we're coming to town to audit YOU" letters. They'd measure the increase in software sales, and declare yet another successful attack on piracy.
One year, after doing my own internal software audit, I needed to increase our license count for Photoshop by a few seats. That, combined with a version upgrade, came to a ~$40k software purchase. Around the same time, the BSA started raining their idiotic letters down on businesses around town. My software vendor leapt to the conclusion that we were spending so much money out of fear of an audit. Just about caused me to say "You know what? This can wait another year, after all." Grrr.
"Feeling "pressure" to watch a movie? What would these "paradox of abundance" sufferers do if they had to go out and hunt a woolly mammoth for dinner? Cripes, take a Paxil or something."
Any true Minnesotan (where Target is based) will tell you that it's actually "Tar-zhay Boutique"!
OK, my last response was a little snarky, sorry. You *were* kidding, right?
Looks like Speed Queen has something like what you've described. Except more complicated, and very proprietary.
I think it's a neat idea to have the washer/dryer send a text message of some sort when it's done, but does it really require the combined efforts of Microsoft, HP, Panasonic, Proctor & Gamble and Whirlpool to make it happen??? What happened to starting with a relatively simple implementation, and increasing the capabilities (and complexity) as they get a better feel for what their customers want? I predict this will result in nothing but hype.
Wow - aim high, buddy!
What? A reasonable post, with no snide remarks? You Slashdot rebel, you!
But seriously, I agree that this could actually be a really cool idea, and not at all like the mythical linux-powered toaster. The washer/dryer I grew up with had an obnoxiously loud buzzer that could be heard throughout the whole house when it was done. My current dryer goes beep-beep-beep, and that's it. It's a rare day when I can hear that from upstairs. It would be great to get an email, text msg, or something.
OTOH, some kind of remote alarm thing would be just as useful, and probably simpler.
Assuming the chatrooms are public, then probably no more than they'd need to pretend reading a newspaper while eavesdropping on conversations in the corner coffee shop.
I hadn't even thought of applying the idea to the kids. Mine aren't old enough yet for that to be an issue, but the future is full of possibilities, esp. if you exploit the gender stereotypes!
For boys:
MyPrettyPony
BarbieIsNeat
ILikeGirls (only embarrassing up to a certain age, I suppose)
For girls:
ExtraHairy
GirlsRSmelly
BoysAreCool
Now that I've had fun dreaming these up, though, I wonder if the password could be so 'repulsive' that they will refuse to use the computer at all?
Another thing: If you think you may be tempted to ever give out your password someday ("just being helpful!"), choose one that would be really embarrassing to share with anyone (except maybe your spouse).
Big98Boob$-311 would work quite nicely!
Of course not. But were there 6 billion human beings depending on, and stressing further, the Earth's ecosystem the last time this happened?
I have an uncle who'd had a successful dental practice of his own. After about a decade of that, he grew so bored that he joined the Army as a dentist, instead, and has travelled all around the world since then.
He eventually got bored with dentistry, in general, and recently got his PhD in endocrinology (or something like that), and is now working in a research lab. Still with the miltary, though.
That's too damn funny. And thank you for rescuing the thread from a dull discussion of cleaning tips. Is this the Good Housekeeping forum? I'm surprised my original comment wasn't caught by the lameness filter!
Hopefully, special precautions were made to protect Cleopatra from ASP code.