totally offtopic, but when I read the title of this post I tought: why would anyone want to get DST permanently or even eventualy?
you see, in brazil, DST means Sexually Transmisible Diseases.
wish I had mod points. Why do most people think naming their company "websomething" or "something something net" is gonna make them sound edgy?
Most good sticky names derive from the silliest things. And do not tie you to anything in particular. Look at google and Yahoo, for instance.
It seems weird to me, that you'd need to get someone to do them or buy a software to help you. But I wonder what's the big differences between doing taxes here in Brazil and in the US.
I've been doing my own (business and personal) for two years now. I always feared the time I'd have to do it myself (my parents used to do it for me:)
I found out it's the easiest thing, provided that you saved receipts for education, healthcare and employment or work done. The government provides a free (as in beer) software that helps you fill it up and you can send the file through the same application or deliver a paper or disc version on post offices.
I have to fill it up for me and my husband for all our work/home expenses and it doesn't take me half an hour.
What goes with US taxes? Too many calculations? I'm completely clueless about this...
ahh, the good days of Mosaic. I remember "What's the most popular graphic browser these days?" or something being a question on the test I took to get into university!
I have that one for family calls (I just love this one!), and the mario star theme for the husband and what I consider the best ever: Monkey Island theme, for all other calls, because it's such a great ring! I'm still looking for a Loom midi that doesn't suck to use on my mobile.
Yes, I'm a ringtone addict, but since my lovely mobile uses MIDI, I don't pay for it:)
talk about cut up episodes. I love SNL and I used to watch it on cable here in Brazil, but I had no idea, for four years or so, that they cut up almost half of the show to fit in the 1h time slot they had available. I was apalled to know I lost so many skits, when I started reading info on the episodes. Worst thing is, there are no "complete season DVDs" of SNL, as they do with other series. Miserable bastards!
Oh god, I felt so sad right now... you were talking about the PSAT score and I remembered when I took my TOEFL exam (Test of English as a Foreign Language). The best you can do in the computer test is 300 points for the test part and 6 on the essay. I got 270/5.5.
May sound like a silly example for english speakers, but it was THE test for me. And that grade should be good enough, given I've never studied english, but I kept feeling sad about the.5 I didn't score and wondering WTF I did wrong. Incompetent came to my mind a few times and I still want to take it again...:-(
I don't have that kind of problem. I come from a long line of computer geeks. My parents taught me how to install hardware, my baby sister can fix up her own computer, both my brothers (and my husband) are programmers. Now, my in-laws... whole other kettle of fish.
Only thing I don't get: my sisters still use IE. Insane, completely insane.
As good as it is, it still has to let the user do what user thinks he wants to do. Firefox, or any browser for that matter, can't preview how stupid people can and WILL get.
People don't read. And they'll try to do the most pathetic things because they think they know what they're doing.
And eventually they'll come to you and ask what's wrong with their malware-infested computer, in total inocence. And of course they'll never admit they installed something without checking what it was first.
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they also still have the WTC towers on their maps.
totally offtopic, but when I read the title of this post I tought: why would anyone want to get DST permanently or even eventualy? you see, in brazil, DST means Sexually Transmisible Diseases.
wish I had mod points. Why do most people think naming their company "websomething" or "something something net" is gonna make them sound edgy? Most good sticky names derive from the silliest things. And do not tie you to anything in particular. Look at google and Yahoo, for instance.
now we're talking! scaring them into working things right might be just what the lusers need.
the difference is: cars, if not properly used, can kill people inside or outside the car, computers (mostly) don't do this.
this link just made me lose all respect I had between co-workers. I'm still laugh-crying.
blurb? that's more like a sermon to me!
Internaute is a very sexy word, indeed. We use "internauta" in portuguese (even though it's a no-no here in my company). Very sexy...
now that makes a whole lot of sense :)
Reading comentaries that came in later, I realized not everybody has a hard time with taxes... I think you're totally right.
It seems weird to me, that you'd need to get someone to do them or buy a software to help you. But I wonder what's the big differences between doing taxes here in Brazil and in the US.
:)
I've been doing my own (business and personal) for two years now. I always feared the time I'd have to do it myself (my parents used to do it for me
I found out it's the easiest thing, provided that you saved receipts for education, healthcare and employment or work done. The government provides a free (as in beer) software that helps you fill it up and you can send the file through the same application or deliver a paper or disc version on post offices.
I have to fill it up for me and my husband for all our work/home expenses and it doesn't take me half an hour.
What goes with US taxes? Too many calculations? I'm completely clueless about this...
ahh, the good days of Mosaic. I remember "What's the most popular graphic browser these days?" or something being a question on the test I took to get into university!
AND, she was the freakish ghost kid in Sixth Sense!
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Someone must already have said that, but it popped to my mind as soon as I saw the news:
Episode III: Revenge of the Seth
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this joke is for insiders only, thank you.
I have that one for family calls (I just love this one!), and the mario star theme for the husband and what I consider the best ever: Monkey Island theme, for all other calls, because it's such a great ring! I'm still looking for a Loom midi that doesn't suck to use on my mobile.
:)
Yes, I'm a ringtone addict, but since my lovely mobile uses MIDI, I don't pay for it
eep app ork ah ah
[trans: I love you]
I'm thinking Catch 22 (Soldier in White, anyone?).
The editors will end up just swapping yesterday's front page with today's front page, whenever one is done. Not that they're not already doing this...
I looked once quickly then looked again and almost squirted my seaweed tea out of my nose.
I had no idea Sponge Bob read slashdot!
without dupes I'd have to start doing actual work.
hopefully this will prevent me from having to accompany my boyfriend to the movie.
talk about cut up episodes. I love SNL and I used to watch it on cable here in Brazil, but I had no idea, for four years or so, that they cut up almost half of the show to fit in the 1h time slot they had available. I was apalled to know I lost so many skits, when I started reading info on the episodes. Worst thing is, there are no "complete season DVDs" of SNL, as they do with other series. Miserable bastards!
Oh god, I felt so sad right now... you were talking about the PSAT score and I remembered when I took my TOEFL exam (Test of English as a Foreign Language). The best you can do in the computer test is 300 points for the test part and 6 on the essay. I got 270/5.5.
.5 I didn't score and wondering WTF I did wrong. Incompetent came to my mind a few times and I still want to take it again... :-(
May sound like a silly example for english speakers, but it was THE test for me. And that grade should be good enough, given I've never studied english, but I kept feeling sad about the
Or, it could be a benefit for the "M$ is evil" crowd if Microsoft had kept him :P
I don't have that kind of problem. I come from a long line of computer geeks. My parents taught me how to install hardware, my baby sister can fix up her own computer, both my brothers (and my husband) are programmers. Now, my in-laws... whole other kettle of fish.
Only thing I don't get: my sisters still use IE. Insane, completely insane.
As good as it is, it still has to let the user do what user thinks he wants to do. Firefox, or any browser for that matter, can't preview how stupid people can and WILL get.
People don't read. And they'll try to do the most pathetic things because they think they know what they're doing.
And eventually they'll come to you and ask what's wrong with their malware-infested computer, in total inocence. And of course they'll never admit they installed something without checking what it was first.
Bah, she probably just faked her death to escape freaking **AA. I know I would.