How about for starters we quit inspecting the 80 year old grandmas, 5 year old kids, pilots in uniform with ID, and go back to the common sense inspections? Middle Eastern males between the ages of 18-40?
I noticed a trend in the kind of person that attacked on 9/11.
Oh wait, that's racial profiling, and we can't do that. We have to waste EVERYBODY's time to make sure some people's feelings aren't hurt.
From Wikipedia..
Buried Car
During Oklahoma's 50th Anniversary, a new 1957 Plymouth Belvedere was sealed in a concrete enclosure as a time capsule near downtown Tulsa. It was unearthed June 14, 2007 during the state's centennial celebrations, and was publicly unveiled on June 15.
In line with the Cold War realities of late 1950s America, the concrete enclosure was advertised as having been built to withstand a nuclear attack.
The concrete enclosure, however, was not airtight and allowed water to leak in, which caused significant damage to the vehicle.
The controversial televised vehicle customizer Boyd Coddington would have been the first to start the unburied car, had it been operable.
The car was the prize of a 1957 contest to guess the population of Tulsa in the year 2007. The winning entrant, one Raymond Humbertson, guessed 384,743 vs. the actual figure of 382,457. However, Mr. Humbertson died in 1979 and now only distant relatives remain.
In 1998 Tulsa buried another car, to be opened in 2048. Story can be found at http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2009&articleid=6570&articlemid=5603#5603Articles
The discussion is about the current generation using IM instead of emails. I've noticed that my 14 year old daughter and her friends do everything via text messaging on their phones. I asked her a while about about the MSN's and Yahoo programs, and she told me that "none" of her friends use that anymore.
It makes sense for them. They all have cell phones, and with an unlimited text message package, they can fire off a message to another phone number. They don't have to sit at the computer and have a conversation.
What is ironic is that the people with minor hits on their record actually live their lives even "cleaner" than us folks with no pending arrests or warrants. If you have a minor warrant out for you, you're going to come to a complete stop every time, always use your signal, etc. If you go 10-20 years living like a perfect perfect, your minor infraction should be dropped, because you've already served your "time".
If one was stuck with Vista, I could see VMWare being quite popular. Just run all of your "other activities" under a VMware computer. If the computer ever falls into enemy hands, just wipe out the virtual computer and you're good to go.
Take that Oklahoma City!!! As somebody who lives in Oklahoma City, I'm happy that this happened in Tulsa. You're the one on world news with a rusted car, not us!
This must be a slow news day with both Oklahoma City AND Tulsa are mentioned in the comments.
The best part of the NASA TV coverage is no idiotic commentary from the news stations. FOX, CNN, MSNBC, etc all figure that they have to talk over the NASA Public Affairs officials to explain what's going on. If they would just shut up, we could actually listen and figure it out for ourselves.
It was a good launch, now I'm looking forward to the HD video.
So they nailed you because you used your credit card. I'm curious what would have happened if you paid for the monitor with cash. If the "free" trial is included in the price, and you never give your credit card, what happens in six months when the free trial ends?
My friends only have a couple of hours on a Friday to spend for themselves. The rest of the time is with the kids (helping w/ homework, etc.) or the wife (going out to dinner, married life)
I was just mentioning this to my wife the other day. With a wife and four kids and a full time job, gone are the days when I could tinker with a problem for days to get it to work. Free time is very precious, and when I do finally get time to sit at the computer, I need things to work now.
But one thing that I like is VMware. I have it on the notebook, and when I go on business trips, I use that time to play around with various OS and Linux. That's my geek time.
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My daughters XP machine has been crapping out lately, so in an attempt to get the files off of it before I fragged it, I inserted a Knoppix Cd in there and booted it up. Suddenly the computer was running stable! She was really impressed with it, so I decided to just ditch XP and install Linux for her.
I went with Ubuntu, and after downloading 6.10 I had a couple of questions about the install, so I headed over to IRC, where three people jumped at the chance to help me out, and the questions were answered in a matter of minutes. They knew I was a linux newbie, and there was no attitude, just a desire to get somebody else running Linux. Hats off to them!
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After they stop at your house they can stop at mine. Two of my four love the tackles, throws, launches, etc we do in the living room and around the house. My son (1.5 years) favorite game is "jump on dad from a great height". He's received his share of bruises, and so have I. Thanks to my son, I'm a proud member of the "busted nose" club.
We'll continue to play rough in our house, the kids love it, and I've noticed that I'm actually losing a few pounds chasing them all around. It's good for everybody.
As for them getting older, homeschooling is the way to go.
Recently I had one of the many direct tv companies call, even though we're on the DNC list. The very first thing she said when I picked up the phone was "Hello, and just in case we get disconnected, what is your name and phone number?"
I had to laugh! It showed that they were simply autodialing, and had no idea who they were calling. Then if they got me to give up that information, it established a "prior" business relationship, and then they would be free to call anytime.
I just laughed at her and hung up. I have the same policy as one of the previous posters, our family buys NOTHING from telemarketers. If for some reason a pitch sounds interesting, I'll investigate it on my own time and call THEM back at my convenience.
Even with the DNC list, the charities and political calls were getting out of hand, so I sprung for the $25 and changed out phone number. Stopped that cold.
I still use Windows 98 as one of my virtual machines. I'll keep it around for quite a while for a few reasons.
1. I use Win98 as a test bed for software I download from the internet. If I don't know what will happen, I'll fire it up under the Win98 virtual machine, and see what happens.
2. Going back to the virtual machines, I use Win98 for all of my Azureus downloading. For some reason, I get the dreaded BSOD when using it on my desktop running XP, but running Azureus under a virtual machine can run for days without a problem.
3. I have my three year old use the computer under a virtual machine. She can have at it on the computer, and if she destroys or deletes anything critical, I simply go back and load a copy from the clone I made and she's back on it.
4. I still have some old games from the 90's that simply refuse to run under XP's compatibility. They don't require the latest video graphics, the video that VMWare work for it. By running them under a virtual machine, I can still play them.
Just bought the Turbo Tax Deluxe from the local Sam's Club. Decent price, and I'll have my taxes done by the end of the weekend.
The only thing that burns me is the "electronic filing fees". Just call them what they are (profit) and be done with it.
Ignition interlocks require a breath test, which takes 30 seconds to complete, to start the car as well as random 'rolling retests' to discourage others from taking the test for you.
Is this really going to be forced on all the cars in the US? What about the US military? Will they put these things in the tanks? Why stop there, how about the civilian aircraft pilots?
What happens the first time somebody has to go to the hospital, and they have to wait for 30 seconds for the test to complete, before they can start the car? I'm sure the EMT folks will love it.
But on the flip side, this should cut down on the amount of cars being carjacked and stolen.
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That game was "Rescue Raiders".
Wiki Link..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_raiders
How about for starters we quit inspecting the 80 year old grandmas, 5 year old kids, pilots in uniform with ID, and go back to the common sense inspections? Middle Eastern males between the ages of 18-40?
I noticed a trend in the kind of person that attacked on 9/11.
Oh wait, that's racial profiling, and we can't do that. We have to waste EVERYBODY's time to make sure some people's feelings aren't hurt.
Or even easier would be to just arm everybody.
Buried Car During Oklahoma's 50th Anniversary, a new 1957 Plymouth Belvedere was sealed in a concrete enclosure as a time capsule near downtown Tulsa. It was unearthed June 14, 2007 during the state's centennial celebrations, and was publicly unveiled on June 15.
In line with the Cold War realities of late 1950s America, the concrete enclosure was advertised as having been built to withstand a nuclear attack.
The concrete enclosure, however, was not airtight and allowed water to leak in, which caused significant damage to the vehicle.
The controversial televised vehicle customizer Boyd Coddington would have been the first to start the unburied car, had it been operable.
The car was the prize of a 1957 contest to guess the population of Tulsa in the year 2007. The winning entrant, one Raymond Humbertson, guessed 384,743 vs. the actual figure of 382,457. However, Mr. Humbertson died in 1979 and now only distant relatives remain.
In 1998 Tulsa buried another car, to be opened in 2048. Story can be found at http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2009&articleid=6570&articlemid=5603#5603Articles
The discussion is about the current generation using IM instead of emails. I've noticed that my 14 year old daughter and her friends do everything via text messaging on their phones. I asked her a while about about the MSN's and Yahoo programs, and she told me that "none" of her friends use that anymore. It makes sense for them. They all have cell phones, and with an unlimited text message package, they can fire off a message to another phone number. They don't have to sit at the computer and have a conversation.
Just what we need, even MORE advertisements! As if I'm not already bombarded with advertising via spam, TV, radio, theaters, etc.
So you'll be listening to a MP3 and halfway through the song you'll hear an advertisement for Vista?
What is ironic is that the people with minor hits on their record actually live their lives even "cleaner" than us folks with no pending arrests or warrants. If you have a minor warrant out for you, you're going to come to a complete stop every time, always use your signal, etc. If you go 10-20 years living like a perfect perfect, your minor infraction should be dropped, because you've already served your "time".
If one was stuck with Vista, I could see VMWare being quite popular. Just run all of your "other activities" under a VMware computer. If the computer ever falls into enemy hands, just wipe out the virtual computer and you're good to go.
Another reason I'm sticking with XP.
This must be a slow news day with both Oklahoma City AND Tulsa are mentioned in the comments.
The best part of the NASA TV coverage is no idiotic commentary from the news stations. FOX, CNN, MSNBC, etc all figure that they have to talk over the NASA Public Affairs officials to explain what's going on. If they would just shut up, we could actually listen and figure it out for ourselves. It was a good launch, now I'm looking forward to the HD video.
So they nailed you because you used your credit card. I'm curious what would have happened if you paid for the monitor with cash. If the "free" trial is included in the price, and you never give your credit card, what happens in six months when the free trial ends?
I was just mentioning this to my wife the other day. With a wife and four kids and a full time job, gone are the days when I could tinker with a problem for days to get it to work. Free time is very precious, and when I do finally get time to sit at the computer, I need things to work now.
But one thing that I like is VMware. I have it on the notebook, and when I go on business trips, I use that time to play around with various OS and Linux. That's my geek time.
My daughters XP machine has been crapping out lately, so in an attempt to get the files off of it before I fragged it, I inserted a Knoppix Cd in there and booted it up. Suddenly the computer was running stable! She was really impressed with it, so I decided to just ditch XP and install Linux for her. I went with Ubuntu, and after downloading 6.10 I had a couple of questions about the install, so I headed over to IRC, where three people jumped at the chance to help me out, and the questions were answered in a matter of minutes. They knew I was a linux newbie, and there was no attitude, just a desire to get somebody else running Linux. Hats off to them!
After they stop at your house they can stop at mine. Two of my four love the tackles, throws, launches, etc we do in the living room and around the house. My son (1.5 years) favorite game is "jump on dad from a great height". He's received his share of bruises, and so have I. Thanks to my son, I'm a proud member of the "busted nose" club.
We'll continue to play rough in our house, the kids love it, and I've noticed that I'm actually losing a few pounds chasing them all around. It's good for everybody.
As for them getting older, homeschooling is the way to go.
Isn't that preaching to the choir around here? The only thing I could making it worse is to be using AOL to fire up IE, then hit myspace.
Recently I had one of the many direct tv companies call, even though we're on the DNC list. The very first thing she said when I picked up the phone was "Hello, and just in case we get disconnected, what is your name and phone number?" I had to laugh! It showed that they were simply autodialing, and had no idea who they were calling. Then if they got me to give up that information, it established a "prior" business relationship, and then they would be free to call anytime. I just laughed at her and hung up. I have the same policy as one of the previous posters, our family buys NOTHING from telemarketers. If for some reason a pitch sounds interesting, I'll investigate it on my own time and call THEM back at my convenience. Even with the DNC list, the charities and political calls were getting out of hand, so I sprung for the $25 and changed out phone number. Stopped that cold.
1. I use Win98 as a test bed for software I download from the internet. If I don't know what will happen, I'll fire it up under the Win98 virtual machine, and see what happens.
2. Going back to the virtual machines, I use Win98 for all of my Azureus downloading. For some reason, I get the dreaded BSOD when using it on my desktop running XP, but running Azureus under a virtual machine can run for days without a problem.
3. I have my three year old use the computer under a virtual machine. She can have at it on the computer, and if she destroys or deletes anything critical, I simply go back and load a copy from the clone I made and she's back on it.
4. I still have some old games from the 90's that simply refuse to run under XP's compatibility. They don't require the latest video graphics, the video that VMWare work for it. By running them under a virtual machine, I can still play them.
There's room for all God's creatures.. right next to the mashed potatoes.
Just bought the Turbo Tax Deluxe from the local Sam's Club. Decent price, and I'll have my taxes done by the end of the weekend. The only thing that burns me is the "electronic filing fees". Just call them what they are (profit) and be done with it.
Is this really going to be forced on all the cars in the US? What about the US military? Will they put these things in the tanks? Why stop there, how about the civilian aircraft pilots?
What happens the first time somebody has to go to the hospital, and they have to wait for 30 seconds for the test to complete, before they can start the car? I'm sure the EMT folks will love it.
But on the flip side, this should cut down on the amount of cars being carjacked and stolen.
"Honey, should we get the name brand HP Notebook, or save a few dollars and get the off brand?"