..which in the long run will make both of you happy.
My Finace' is a cool chick, but very non-geek. She tolerates toys, and appreciates having a nice home network, but I don't know how she's feel about us getting a lot of geek toys for wedding gifts. As others have pointed out, geek items are usually pretty cutting edge and otherwise have short lifespans. Go with the crystal and the china, but get some other pratical stuff too that you'll both use and enjoy, like matching every day dishes (not the random plates your relatives were throwing away that they gave you in college), matching drinking glasses (those Taco Bell souvenir cups won't cut it), and some good cookware. Register for a good bar set and bar tools.:) Power tools and yard tools are cool and acceptable wedding gifts too. Consumer electronics are also in the realm of possible gifts, but more along the lines of a traditional TV, home stereo, speakers.. you might could sneak a Tivo in there.
Now, down the line when the two of you are buying/building a house and you want to run fiber to every room and an air conditioned server closet, and she wants a gazeebo and a sitting room, remind her of the china and silver that you use twice a decade.:)
Ok, so modern software is too bloated to run on an old machine. That's life. How is it Microsoft's fault that Quicken 2000 or TurboTax 2001 won't run on thier P100 with 16 megs of ram and Windows 95? Of course Microsoft's newest products are going to be targeted at the newest HARDWARE and their newest operating system. It's called innovation. I can't really run KDE or Gnome on my 486/66 linux file server. Damn these open source product for innovating! I am hurt finanacially becuase I can no longer run new software on the computer I found in a garbage can at the side of the road!
If can't weld.
If you don't know a carburetor from an alternator.
If all you know how to do to your car is check and maybe change the oil.
If your idea of a good weekend is sitting at home and compiling the latest kernel.
The only tools you own see most of their use on computer cases.
Your idea of spare parts is few old motherboards and some hard drives under 5 gig.
And most importantly, if you can't handle 10+ hours of manual labor in whatever conditions present themselves on the days of taping.
Then you better excercise those new found freedoms to arm and defend yourself, because if you have a better quality of life than enough people, you can expect them to come and try to make it their own.
Try a 65 Volvo 1800S owned by Irv Gordon. Going on 2 million miles, on the original engine. Mine only has 300,000 miles. They just don't make them like that anymore. Here's a link..
And the nice thing here is, since all 3 area codes start with different numbers you can write it 4-555-1212, 7-555-1212, 6-555-1212 and most people know what you mean. Still can't dial it that way though.
I was happily surprised when I discovered the redial capability of my caller ID unit supported several forms of >7 digit dialing. 8 digit, 10 digit, 11 digit...
Just don't put Whistler on the piece of junk macnhine you're going to give Grandma. I somehow doubt she'll need anything beyond Windows 95 or 98 just to check email. Give her Win98 and install WebTV for Windows so she can set up reminders for herself when that nice young man, Jimmy Stuart's films come on.
- Various sculptures from different cultures that
- lived about 4.000 to 5.000 years ago in SOUTH
- AMERICA portray bearded people and black
- people.
How can you tell from a sculpture that someone is black? This sounds kind of fishy, like when they say they think Homer was blind because of some bust that they think was of him that had strange eyes.
We'd probably be like that if the collision which split the Moon off the Earth hadn't also blasted away a lot of the gases I thought that this theory of the moons origin had pretty much been discredited?
The last AOL CD that showed up in my mailbox was in a DVD style case. I threw away the AOL CD, cleaned off the 500 free hours sticker, and used to to hold one of my preview release DVDs that came without a case. AOL can send me more of these style cases if they want! I'll put them to good use.
I admit it. If I'm in a software store and I see a wrack of software in jewel cases I think to myself "shareware or old crap I don't want" and I keep on walking to the big boxes. My favorite software package is a graphics package that comes in a paint can... the name escapes me at the moment.
Most bottles of wine with concave bottoms are for safety. When wine is allowed to ferment in the bottle, enough pressure cold build up to cause the bottle to explode. Add a concave bottom -> get more surface area for less volume -> less bottles blowing up. Most true wines won't need this though since they don't ferment in the bottle. Champagne and other naturally carbonated wines usually do have stronger bottles (Thicker), and often the indented bottom. I've had my share of homebrew beer bottles blow up on me before I learned to how much sugar to add and what kind of bottles to avoid using.
Progressive has a black box they are putting into the cars of volunteer insurees in certain areas. The box lets them track your driving habits.. the times you drive, where you drive to, what parts of town you drive in, the kinds of roads you use, how often you make sudden lane changes and sudden decelerations, and most important, the speed you drive. Subscribers who allow them to attach this device to their car sometimes get better rates becuase their habits fall into the left hand side of the bell curve these insurance types reference before they take a dump. How long before your insurance company requires you to have one of these for the first 6 months they insure you? Heres a link to a recent story on the box. Ohh yeah.. they patented it, so maybe that will slow down some of the other companies from adopting this.
Most areas have laws that prevent you from raising prices to take advantage of natural disasters.. like selling plywood for $100 a sheet before a hurricane, or sandbags for $10/each when theres heavy flooding. So.. can coke legally raise the price of beverages in a heat wave?
I think I'll go buy stock in some battery companies. I've been pretty happy with how long my Palm's batteries last.. I change them about once a month, and put the old ones into one of my remote controls, which usually makes it through to the next month on what's left. Now if my Palm had a color screen I expect I'd have to change them weekly. Hopefully someone will come up with a good rechargable pack.
I'm a big fan of R.A.'s other books.. in fact the only reason I havn't started Vector Prime is because I'm in the middle of re-reading some of his earlier works. I wouldn't fret too much over him killing off one of the major characters. He's well known for killing off his own major characters and then bringing them back in the next book, or the next series.
As a consultant, I had to go look up the best sellers to the Big 5 consulting firms.. Anderson Consulting's number 1 book was Teach Yourself Java in 21 days. Would anyone like to hire a consultant who learned to code via these "21 days" books?
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..which in the long run will make both of you happy.
:) Power tools and yard tools are cool and acceptable wedding gifts too. Consumer electronics are also in the realm of possible gifts, but more along the lines of a traditional TV, home stereo, speakers.. you might could sneak a Tivo in there.
:)
My Finace' is a cool chick, but very non-geek. She tolerates toys, and appreciates having a nice home network, but I don't know how she's feel about us getting a lot of geek toys for wedding gifts. As others have pointed out, geek items are usually pretty cutting edge and otherwise have short lifespans. Go with the crystal and the china, but get some other pratical stuff too that you'll both use and enjoy, like matching every day dishes (not the random plates your relatives were throwing away that they gave you in college), matching drinking glasses (those Taco Bell souvenir cups won't cut it), and some good cookware. Register for a good bar set and bar tools.
Now, down the line when the two of you are buying/building a house and you want to run fiber to every room and an air conditioned server closet, and she wants a gazeebo and a sitting room, remind her of the china and silver that you use twice a decade.
Ok, so modern software is too bloated to run on an old machine. That's life. How is it Microsoft's fault that Quicken 2000 or TurboTax 2001 won't run on thier P100 with 16 megs of ram and Windows 95? Of course Microsoft's newest products are going to be targeted at the newest HARDWARE and their newest operating system. It's called innovation. I can't really run KDE or Gnome on my 486/66 linux file server. Damn these open source product for innovating! I am hurt finanacially becuase I can no longer run new software on the computer I found in a garbage can at the side of the road!
If can't weld.
If you don't know a carburetor from an alternator.
If all you know how to do to your car is check and maybe change the oil.
If your idea of a good weekend is sitting at home and compiling the latest kernel.
The only tools you own see most of their use on computer cases.
Your idea of spare parts is few old motherboards and some hard drives under 5 gig.
And most importantly, if you can't handle 10+ hours of manual labor in whatever conditions present themselves on the days of taping.
Then you better excercise those new found freedoms to arm and defend yourself, because if you have a better quality of life than enough people, you can expect them to come and try to make it their own.
Try a 65 Volvo 1800S owned by Irv Gordon. Going on 2 million miles, on the original engine. Mine only has 300,000 miles. They just don't make them like that anymore. Here's a link..
Irv's Volvo
And the nice thing here is, since all 3 area codes start with different numbers you can write it 4-555-1212, 7-555-1212, 6-555-1212 and most people know what you mean. Still can't dial it that way though.
I was happily surprised when I discovered the redial capability of my caller ID unit supported several forms of >7 digit dialing. 8 digit, 10 digit, 11 digit...
Just don't put Whistler on the piece of junk macnhine you're going to give Grandma. I somehow doubt she'll need anything beyond Windows 95 or 98 just to check email. Give her Win98 and install WebTV for Windows so she can set up reminders for herself when that nice young man, Jimmy Stuart's films come on.
Well, if Mir ends up like Skylab, then the current Survivor:Australia crew can just pack up and move to whereever it crashes.
- Various sculptures from different cultures that
- lived about 4.000 to 5.000 years ago in SOUTH
- AMERICA portray bearded people and black
- people.
How can you tell from a sculpture that someone is black? This sounds kind of fishy, like when they say they think Homer was blind because of some bust that they think was of him that had strange eyes.
That's what the SAP is for.. Primary in English, have the SAP in the original language.
We'd probably be like that if the collision which split the Moon off the Earth hadn't also blasted away a lot of the gases I thought that this theory of the moons origin had pretty much been discredited?
Kind of like how Gilliam didn't show Brazil to film students here in the states.. he just showed a full length clip.
But they settled out of court.. so no precedent was set. Good find though!
The last AOL CD that showed up in my mailbox was in a DVD style case. I threw away the AOL CD, cleaned off the 500 free hours sticker, and used to to hold one of my preview release DVDs that came without a case. AOL can send me more of these style cases if they want! I'll put them to good use.
I admit it. If I'm in a software store and I see a wrack of software in jewel cases I think to myself "shareware or old crap I don't want" and I keep on walking to the big boxes. My favorite software package is a graphics package that comes in a paint can... the name escapes me at the moment.
Most bottles of wine with concave bottoms are for safety. When wine is allowed to ferment in the bottle, enough pressure cold build up to cause the bottle to explode. Add a concave bottom -> get more surface area for less volume -> less bottles blowing up.
Most true wines won't need this though since they don't ferment in the bottle. Champagne and other naturally carbonated wines usually do have stronger bottles (Thicker), and often the indented bottom.
I've had my share of homebrew beer bottles blow up on me before I learned to how much sugar to add and what kind of bottles to avoid using.
Which brings up another good question... since AOL owns Netscape.. why do they ship IE on all those free AOL disks? :)
Maybe they can find the one that sucked in Yahoo Serious and Paul Hogan's careers
Here's a link to a larger picture and more information from an ausie newspaper. /news/20000104/A5181-2000Jan3.html
http://www.theage.com.au
Progressive has a black box they are putting into the cars of volunteer insurees in certain areas. The box lets them track your driving habits.. the times you drive, where you drive to, what parts of town you drive in, the kinds of roads you use, how often you make sudden lane changes and sudden decelerations, and most important, the speed you drive. Subscribers who allow them to attach this device to their car sometimes get better rates becuase their habits fall into the left hand side of the bell curve these insurance types reference before they take a dump. How long before your insurance company requires you to have one of these for the first 6 months they insure you? Heres a link to a recent story on the box.
Ohh yeah.. they patented it, so maybe that will slow down some of the other companies from adopting this.
Georgia actually repealed their anti-sodomy law last year, right about the same time Alabama banned the sale of dildos.
Most areas have laws that prevent you from raising prices to take advantage of natural disasters.. like selling plywood for $100 a sheet before a hurricane, or sandbags for $10/each when theres heavy flooding. So.. can coke legally raise the price of beverages in a heat wave?
I think I'll go buy stock in some battery companies. I've been pretty happy with how long my Palm's batteries last.. I change them about once a month, and put the old ones into one of my remote controls, which usually makes it through to the next month on what's left.
Now if my Palm had a color screen I expect I'd have to change them weekly. Hopefully someone will come up with a good rechargable pack.
I'm a big fan of R.A.'s other books.. in fact the only reason I havn't started Vector Prime is because I'm in the middle of re-reading some of his earlier works. I wouldn't fret too much over him killing off one of the major characters. He's well known for killing off his own major characters and then bringing them back in the next book, or the next series.
As a consultant, I had to go look up the best sellers to the Big 5 consulting firms.. Anderson Consulting's number 1 book was Teach Yourself Java in 21 days. Would anyone like to hire a consultant who learned to code via these "21 days" books?