I'll admit that I like the geolocation with the built in GPS, could care less about wifi.
Yet I probably won't upgrade my 5D mark I (ancient), but I might buy that luscious 16-30 EF f/2.8L. That looks scrumptious.
Ah, Whiplash. That was fun. I followed a similar path. I think I built a new rig every year to keep up. Even the the Gravis. Thanks for the memories...
Never underestimate how lazy artisanal hipster douchebags can get. A colleague commented that life for a 30ish male tech worker in SF has remarkably little friction with all the fucking startups focused on handling life's chores. From burrito delivery, to parking services, and now fuel delivery.
Okay, serious now. Why this particular district is so popular for patent trolls? Easy to bought corrupt judges? Or too stupid judge to realize the malicious intent of the troll? Both?
I can answer this, having been through the wringer wrought by a patent troll.
It has the appropriate US district court presence. This is pretty important, as patent infringement cases are brought to a US district court.
It is an area that has a mediocre pool of jurors. Not highly educated, not too ignorant, but enough to be dangerous.
It is really really hard to get to. You fly into College Station and drive hours east, or into Louisiana and drive hours west. Yes, this is part of the patent troll modus operandi. Make it super inconvenient for the players to get to. Look it up in google maps, and see.
Back to the jurors, the pool is made of people who are at the bottom of the middle class or close to poverty. They view big companies as deceitful, and the bad guys. The patent trolls' lawyers play on this David vs. Goliath, and the jurors love having the power to put the hurt on.
Almost all the major patent toll companies have a small presence in the county, so as to be able to file and force the suit to go through Marshall Texas.
The 12 hours I was deposed was probably the worst 12 hours of my life, and the 30 days of rigorous prep I had to do beforehand was just awful.
I have comcast, in silicon valley, and compared to Cox where I lived in Phoenix until mid 2014, it licks donkey balls. About as reliable as a candle in a hurricane, and at times, Jesus Christ can't resurrect the link.
While when it is running, it is fine, and I get plenty of bandwidth, the several hours each week where the T3 uplink is just not responding (so sayeth the log on the cable modem), it might as well be dialup.
Cox in the 12 years I lived there had probably 12 hours total of down time. I probably have that much down time per week here. Of course, my only alternative is AT&T U-Verse which makes Comcast look golden.
There is a really good use for it. I am a cyclist. I use Strava to track my rides and the minutia (heart rate, cadence, speed, distance). I can mount my iPhone on my bars (meh) or keep it in my shirt back pocket. But there I can't see my stats unless I pull it out. Risky while riding, as I am sweaty and fumble fingered.
There is a third party blue tooth computer display (Wahoo Fitness Reflekt), but I haven't bought one yet. The reviews on it are so so, thus I haven't dropped the $120 for it. However, the Apple watch will display all my stats on my wrist. It works with Strava, so I will be satisfied. So I am likely to buy it solely for bicycling. The problems the watch will solve are out there, but they will take time to mature.
No, but increasingly, part of the vetting process for being hired is a credit report, and a shaky credit score is about 4 demerits in the balance. I know because I have had HR drones nix good candidates for positions I had open due to a 500ish credit score.
This is Arizona you are talking about. The whiny religitards, and their republican puppets get their way, be damned.So glad I was able to move away. Even gladder that I didn't have kids in their schools.
The real sad thing is that the schools in SE Phoenix are a lot better funded and better than the public schools back here in my hometown of San Jose (I moved back about four months ago. My colleagues with kids are appalled at the fact that they have to pay extra money for sports and music programs to participate. All paid for in Chandler schools near Phoenix. Crazy)
Since the book(s) have all the action in the background, and the big reveal in the post crisis recap, I am sure the movie will suck. The temptation to turn it into a special effects Michael Bay-like cinema enema will ruin the complex story line. But the CGI teams will win a shit-tonne of awards.
Damn, and me without mod points. This physics M.Sc. remembers the orbital mechanics he studied, and the energy requirements to escape the gravity well, and you sum it up nicely.
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I'll admit that I like the geolocation with the built in GPS, could care less about wifi. Yet I probably won't upgrade my 5D mark I (ancient), but I might buy that luscious 16-30 EF f/2.8L. That looks scrumptious.
A douche nozzle
Well, CxO salaries have easily gone up 300%, so prolly
Ah, Whiplash. That was fun. I followed a similar path. I think I built a new rig every year to keep up. Even the the Gravis. Thanks for the memories...
He is "Shit with feet".
Never underestimate how lazy artisanal hipster douchebags can get. A colleague commented that life for a 30ish male tech worker in SF has remarkably little friction with all the fucking startups focused on handling life's chores. From burrito delivery, to parking services, and now fuel delivery.
Shit, my mod points expired this morning too.
500K people torrented Kanye? What the fuck is this world coming to.
Okay, serious now. Why this particular district is so popular for patent trolls? Easy to bought corrupt judges? Or too stupid judge to realize the malicious intent of the troll? Both?
I can answer this, having been through the wringer wrought by a patent troll.
Almost all the major patent toll companies have a small presence in the county, so as to be able to file and force the suit to go through Marshall Texas.
The 12 hours I was deposed was probably the worst 12 hours of my life, and the 30 days of rigorous prep I had to do beforehand was just awful.
I have comcast, in silicon valley, and compared to Cox where I lived in Phoenix until mid 2014, it licks donkey balls. About as reliable as a candle in a hurricane, and at times, Jesus Christ can't resurrect the link.
While when it is running, it is fine, and I get plenty of bandwidth, the several hours each week where the T3 uplink is just not responding (so sayeth the log on the cable modem), it might as well be dialup.
Cox in the 12 years I lived there had probably 12 hours total of down time. I probably have that much down time per week here. Of course, my only alternative is AT&T U-Verse which makes Comcast look golden.
I used to think that way about SAP. Then I went to work for a company that uses Oracle ERP. Give me SAP any day.
There is a really good use for it. I am a cyclist. I use Strava to track my rides and the minutia (heart rate, cadence, speed, distance). I can mount my iPhone on my bars (meh) or keep it in my shirt back pocket. But there I can't see my stats unless I pull it out. Risky while riding, as I am sweaty and fumble fingered.
There is a third party blue tooth computer display (Wahoo Fitness Reflekt), but I haven't bought one yet. The reviews on it are so so, thus I haven't dropped the $120 for it. However, the Apple watch will display all my stats on my wrist. It works with Strava, so I will be satisfied. So I am likely to buy it solely for bicycling. The problems the watch will solve are out there, but they will take time to mature.
It is still on?
Damn, I wish I had mod points to mod you up
And EUV lithography. Fab of the future...
No, but increasingly, part of the vetting process for being hired is a credit report, and a shaky credit score is about 4 demerits in the balance. I know because I have had HR drones nix good candidates for positions I had open due to a 500ish credit score.
Holy shit, that is EXACTLY my experience...
That needs to be read in a Morpheus voice...
Um, not in my world. Itunes copies (and leaves the original intact) when I add music to my library.
This is Arizona you are talking about. The whiny religitards, and their republican puppets get their way, be damned.So glad I was able to move away. Even gladder that I didn't have kids in their schools.
The real sad thing is that the schools in SE Phoenix are a lot better funded and better than the public schools back here in my hometown of San Jose (I moved back about four months ago. My colleagues with kids are appalled at the fact that they have to pay extra money for sports and music programs to participate. All paid for in Chandler schools near Phoenix. Crazy)
See, I think Game of Thrones sucks, so I am not too hopeful.
Since the book(s) have all the action in the background, and the big reveal in the post crisis recap, I am sure the movie will suck. The temptation to turn it into a special effects Michael Bay-like cinema enema will ruin the complex story line. But the CGI teams will win a shit-tonne of awards.
Damn, and me without mod points. This physics M.Sc. remembers the orbital mechanics he studied, and the energy requirements to escape the gravity well, and you sum it up nicely.
Actually, Private Industry: 4 (three were killed in an engine test a few years ago)
that will get endlessly trotted out to emphasize how bad GMO's are, and how wonderful organic(tm) produce is.