Lived in NYC the last 14 years. Everything you describe is fairly accurate but I want to add two things:
1) Cost of housing is f'd up. How about $1,500 for 300sq feet 'closet'?
Good luck trying to find something affordable close to work...
http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/abo/mnh/135?m axAsk=1900
2) I don't like confining myself to the city, and renting every time I want/need to be out of the city doesn't make financial sense.
- Look up car insurance rates for NYC.
- Try looking for parking in Manhattan (below 90th st).
I'm 27, my girlfriend's 26, I'm in IT, she's in finance, both make decent money yet still can't really afford anything decent (housing) in the city we've lived most of our lives in, went to school/college, work in.
She has an EU citizenship, so if/when we marry we'll think long and hard indeed about moving to an EU country.
Here's what hosting CIS Society's president post today (scroll down) on society's web forum:
"Microsoft has also issued the CISS rights to duplicate and hand out almost everything that Microsoft makes to students. You will hear more about this in the very near future. THIS INCLUDES ALL OPERATING SYSTEMS SUCH AS WINDOWS 2003 WHEN IT IS RELEASED!"
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After Bell Atlantic (Verizon) DSL fiasco which ended after ~1 year of BA's assurances of ability to deliver service yet never delivering it. (It took an official complaint to NY State Public Service Commission) I am happy to say that I'm BA/Verizon free.
But here comes the Covad problem. Recently they've enabled my CO, BUT since I do not have BA for as my local provider, (have MCI atm) they refuse the services pointing to some rediculous 'inside wiring' or such sole ownership of BA.. Now I will call the NYSPSC.. as well as MCI and BA itself (and threaten with a lawsuit if necessary), but I've been told people were able to get around this stupidity by other means. If anyone cares to share, I'd be much appreciative.
BROOKLYN DETAINEE RALLY EVERY SATURDAY NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
Demonstration at Federal Metropolitan Detention
Center, to protest continuing detentions of
immigrants. Demonstrations will continue on the first Saturday of every month: MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW FOR SATURDAY AUGUST 3 AND SEPTEMBER 7.
Rally take place in Brooklyn at 29th Street and 3rd Avenue, M/N/R train to 25th St/4th Avenue.
from "WHY BOTHER? Getting a Life in a Locked-down Land" p35
"Why would a hard-won democracy willingly drift in such a direction? One reason is that if one is going to tolerate a growing divide between rich and poor, between those with power and those without, it is necessary to deal with the anger and alienation that results. If the traditional democratic approach - making the system fairer - is ruled out, then some form of oppression is ruquired."
A year+ ago I've purchased an AOpen HX08 full tower (good case btw).
Brand new.. thick styrofoam packaging, etc.. the top removable part (see pic) was bent ~4 inches inward in one place toward the front.
The impact, so great, bent one of the interior floppy drive brackets.
Called them up to see if I could get the replacement drive first before shipping broken one out, they declined.. even after I proposed giving them my cc#. Turn around time stated to me was "about 14 days after we get it."
Koei (www.koei.co.jp/bgate/english/index.htm) used to make some awesome series for SNES.. like RoTK (www.3kingdoms.net), PTO, etc. I guess for U.S. market they didn't find too many customers.. and it seemed slightly harder to get their games here. Over time the support for classic series (for snes and other consoles, as well as pc) for ENGLISH speaking audiences.. almost disapeared. Their page (www.koeigames.com) is updated once a year it seems.. I've emailed them several times.. about why they won't release more titles for the English-speaking market.. first (and only) email I got a reply to.. was assuring me that the company wasn't in financial trouble (I offered to keep their site up to date (for free ofcourse).. as they don't seem to have enough people around for that ?)
Last KOEI game I bought was RoTKVI for PS, even thought I don't own one (nephew does).. just to support their efforts in my market.
I went ahead and deleted all my info (plus an open order).. followed up by an email to Amazon asking to delete my account (apparently it can't be done on their site ?) and telling them the reasons behind my decision to cancel.
In most discussions about "the Chinese Government" it is important to remember that "Communist" is nothing more than a word when used with Chinese Government of today.
As with the Soviet Union, communism early on [read Gulag Archepilago for partial insight] morphed into (more or less) facism, with Chinese version become ever more revisionist (of communist ideals). Today it is not a communist state, primarely in economic system sense of the word, but also in everything else that is the outcome of such an economic system. It is a state with authoritarian government which main aim is to stay in power. The "communist" jargon is just a smokescreen..
From Longman Dictionary of American English:
sic/sik/ adv Latin (usu. in brackets after a word in writing) written in this wrong way intentionally; not my mistake.
Usually when you're quoting someone in your writing you'd use it, but it can work to indicate sarcasm and such in your own writing.
Having been born and lived in Europe.. I was initially shocked at the lack of educational and/or non-moronic contect on non-cable news channels in U.S. when I moved here (lived 9yrs so far).
Now, whether it's big business that controls the stations or the.gov (think about it) that wants to keep the unwashed masses where they are.. or both.. the end result is dumbing down of people living in U.S. (remember, talking about non-cable tv).
When you turn on your n o'clock news.. which run general for 30min or 1hr(not nearly enough time).. you basically have 50% of content dealing with people being found dead.. overdosing.. etc etc etc. Other news involve less "demended" [sic] local scandals.. with a blur about how our [sic] president/mayor/etc are doing a good job regarding some issue.. and ofcourse the sports and weather.
International news from what I've seen usually take up 5%, of news coverage (and you wonder why people can't point to Canada on the map), anything that talk unfavorably about the owner company (which usually owns so many other enterprises it's hard to talk negatively about any idustry/etc!)
I could go on and on.. but I think most of us recognize the problem.. let me just give you an example of lack of / disinformation that your local news is.. ask your average Joe about "Socialism."
P.S. Here in NYC there are 2 (more?) nice PBS stations: WNET13 and WLIW21. You can catch BBC World News (U.S. edition) on latter one.
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Lived in NYC the last 14 years. Everything you describe is fairly accurate but I want to add two things: 1) Cost of housing is f'd up. How about $1,500 for 300sq feet 'closet'? Good luck trying to find something affordable close to work... http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/abo/mnh/135?m axAsk=1900
2) I don't like confining myself to the city, and renting every time I want/need to be out of the city doesn't make financial sense.
- Look up car insurance rates for NYC.
- Try looking for parking in Manhattan (below 90th st).
I'm 27, my girlfriend's 26, I'm in IT, she's in finance, both make decent money yet still can't really afford anything decent (housing) in the city we've lived most of our lives in, went to school/college, work in.
She has an EU citizenship, so if/when we marry we'll think long and hard indeed about moving to an EU country.
Similar story.
Was drinking with a co-worker after-hours; talking about work and all. Next day he blabs that I might be interested in leaving.
A week later I get a $5000 raise.
Do leader in the West? http://www.ucomics.com/rallcom/2005/08/01/
As someone who maintains the www.nyc.gov/taxi site let me point out that we have average prices for medallions (pdf, updated monthly) posted here.
Also, TLC plans to sell up to 300 additional taxicab medallions at auction this year (also follow above link to learn about the tins :)
Here's what hosting CIS Society's president post today (scroll down) on society's web forum:
"Microsoft has also issued the CISS rights to duplicate and hand out almost everything that Microsoft makes to students. You will hear more about this in the very near future. THIS INCLUDES ALL OPERATING SYSTEMS SUCH AS WINDOWS 2003 WHEN IT IS RELEASED!"
bbcnews.com uses cookies (set during your initial visit) to direct you to WORLD-centered edition of UK-centered edition. (You're given a choice on your first visit)
After Bell Atlantic (Verizon) DSL fiasco which ended after ~1 year of BA's assurances of ability to deliver service yet never delivering it. (It took an official complaint to NY State Public Service Commission) I am happy to say that I'm BA/Verizon free.
But here comes the Covad problem. Recently they've enabled my CO, BUT since I do not have BA for as my local provider, (have MCI atm) they refuse the services pointing to some rediculous 'inside wiring' or such sole ownership of BA.. Now I will call the NYSPSC.. as well as MCI and BA itself (and threaten with a lawsuit if necessary), but I've been told people were able to get around this stupidity by other means. If anyone cares to share, I'd be much appreciative.
2002-08-16 16:33:47 FBI warchalking (articles,news) (rejected)
He also has a site.
The horrible, high-pitched squeal they produce is definately at the fringe of what a New Yorker's (!) ears can take.
I say bring back the red birds! (jk, I like the a/c too much..)
or fortunately
Demonstration at Federal Metropolitan Detention Center, to protest continuing detentions of immigrants. Demonstrations will continue on the first Saturday of every month: MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW FOR SATURDAY AUGUST 3 AND SEPTEMBER 7.
Rally take place in Brooklyn at 29th Street and 3rd Avenue, M/N/R train to 25th St/4th Avenue.
from "WHY BOTHER? Getting a Life in a Locked-down Land" p35
"Why would a hard-won democracy willingly drift in such a direction? One reason is that if one is going to tolerate a growing divide between rich and poor, between those with power and those without, it is necessary to deal with the anger and alienation that results. If the traditional democratic approach - making the system fairer - is ruled out, then some form of oppression is ruquired."
A year+ ago I've purchased an AOpen HX08 full tower (good case btw). Brand new.. thick styrofoam packaging, etc.. the top removable part (see pic) was bent ~4 inches inward in one place toward the front. The impact, so great, bent one of the interior floppy drive brackets.
Corrupted sectors..
Called them up to see if I could get the replacement drive first before shipping broken one out, they declined.. even after I proposed giving them my cc#. Turn around time stated to me was "about 14 days after we get it."
I went ahead and ordered a Seagate drv..
Communism has always been a system of economy.. obviously everything else outgrows from that....
China is NOT a communist state.
If you can imaging "revising" Communism until it becomes Capitalism.. you'll get China today.
Those who rule there merely hide behind the "Communist" label to keep them in power.. it's just a dictatorial regime.
Koei (www.koei.co.jp/bgate/english/index.htm) used to make some awesome series for SNES.. like RoTK (www.3kingdoms.net), PTO, etc. I guess for U.S. market they didn't find too many customers.. and it seemed slightly harder to get their games here. Over time the support for classic series (for snes and other consoles, as well as pc) for ENGLISH speaking audiences.. almost disapeared. Their page (www.koeigames.com) is updated once a year it seems.. I've emailed them several times.. about why they won't release more titles for the English-speaking market.. first (and only) email I got a reply to.. was assuring me that the company wasn't in financial trouble (I offered to keep their site up to date (for free ofcourse).. as they don't seem to have enough people around for that ?)
Last KOEI game I bought was RoTKVI for PS, even thought I don't own one (nephew does).. just to support their efforts in my market.
Hrm...
I went ahead and deleted all my info (plus an open order).. followed up by an email to Amazon asking to delete my account (apparently it can't be done on their site ?) and telling them the reasons behind my decision to cancel.
In most discussions about "the Chinese Government" it is important to remember that "Communist" is nothing more than a word when used with Chinese Government of today.
As with the Soviet Union, communism early on [read Gulag Archepilago for partial insight] morphed into (more or less) facism, with Chinese version become ever more revisionist (of communist ideals). Today it is not a communist state, primarely in economic system sense of the word, but also in everything else that is the outcome of such an economic system. It is a state with authoritarian government which main aim is to stay in power. The "communist" jargon is just a smokescreen..
From Longman Dictionary of American English: /sik/ adv Latin (usu. in brackets after a word in writing) written in this wrong way intentionally; not my mistake.
sic
Usually when you're quoting someone in your writing you'd use it, but it can work to indicate sarcasm and such in your own writing.
Having been born and lived in Europe.. I was initially shocked at the lack of educational and/or non-moronic contect on non-cable news channels in U.S. when I moved here (lived 9yrs so far).
.gov (think about it) that wants to keep the unwashed masses where they are.. or both.. the end result is dumbing down of people living in U.S. (remember, talking about non-cable tv).
Now, whether it's big business that controls the stations or the
When you turn on your n o'clock news.. which run general for 30min or 1hr(not nearly enough time).. you basically have 50% of content dealing with people being found dead.. overdosing.. etc etc etc. Other news involve less "demended" [sic] local scandals.. with a blur about how our [sic] president/mayor/etc are doing a good job regarding some issue.. and ofcourse the sports and weather.
International news from what I've seen usually take up 5%, of news coverage (and you wonder why people can't point to Canada on the map), anything that talk unfavorably about the owner company (which usually owns so many other enterprises it's hard to talk negatively about any idustry/etc!)
I could go on and on.. but I think most of us recognize the problem.. let me just give you an example of lack of / disinformation that your local news is.. ask your average Joe about "Socialism."
P.S. Here in NYC there are 2 (more?) nice PBS stations: WNET13 and WLIW21. You can catch BBC World News (U.S. edition) on latter one.