So you don't currently have a smart phone? How do you know you need an unlimited plan? I just took my first foray into smartphone world about a month ago and found that I don't use nearly as much data as I thought I would. My usage for the first month is just a shade over 2GB and that's using the smartphone like a fiend since it's still a new shiny toy to me. FWIW, the T-Mobile Value plan, Straight Talk, Virgin Mobile, Simple Wireless, and Cricket all have plans with data in the ballpark of $50/mo.
AC didn't say spell check. AC specifically said squiggly lines under misspelled words. This was big for me. It was a lot less of a PITA for me to see the misspelled words as I was typing them than to completely finish what I was writing and run a spell check on it after the fact.
Indeed. I survive just fine using the Ty Webb method:
Judge Smails: Ty, how was your evaluation?
Ty Webb: Oh, Judge, I don't keep score.
Judge Smails: Then how do you measure yourself with other workers?
Ty Webb: By height.
"Sure, people can just forget silly things like bills, student loan payments, medical insurance, and hell even food. A lot of people simply can't afford to quit or look for a new job (I know, and have worked for, some employers who would initiate termination if the found out one of their employees was seriously considering moving to a competitor)."
Well, you've obviously already forgotten saving so sure, why not? But ideally, you just wouldn't tell your new employer you were looking until you had a written offer. Some companies will initiate termination if they find out sooner than that, but they are few and far between as long as your job search doesn't seriously impact your work day.
I'd side with the masses. It's not particularly important what the author intended. It only matters what people take away from it. However, a contradiction between those two parties doesn't mean an author sucks at getting his/her point across. It just means when the work was released and took on a life of its own, the takeaway was different than what the author originally envisioned. There's nothing wrong with that.
These situations rarely work out well, but you're going to have to deal with it for now or find a new job. It sounds like you're going to have to think about how to organize your projects for outside development. I'll let you in on a little hint that will help you: Your software libraries aren't worth as much as you think they are. If you have specific pieces that are outright trade secrets, lock them down, but don't be overprotective of your product as a whole. That should be handled through contracts and litigation.
That's assuming the Linux shovelware is installed via package management. If Dell is not above shovelware, they may also not be above an install process that bypasses APT. That would make removing the software problematic unless you knew exactly what you're looking for.
15 - 20 years ago, asking for when the last time a radar gun was calibrated during discovery was practically a get-out-of-ticket-free card. (These days police forces are smart enough to calibrate and record that they did it.) Unless they're going to compel you to have your unit checked out regularly, it's going to be hard to use that information in a court of law.
Whether or not you were speeding does not always affect who is at fault. Furthermore, how do they know you were speeding? You black box gets that information from your speedometer which is not regularly calibrated and can be affected by something as simple as changing your tire size. No judge or jury is going to take that information as gospel.
Well, that depends on your definition of "scam." They do have to follow the law. As long as they wrote out the actual details of their scam and put it somewhere on display like in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard' then they're fine. If they don't do that legal legwork, they could get into trouble.
First they came for the American lager
And I didn't speak out because I don't like Bud Light
Then they came for the mass-produced European lagers
And I didn't speak out because I don't have the money to blow on fancy schmancy imports.
Then they came for the stouts.
And I didn't speak up. Do I look Irish to you?
Then they came for the IPA's.
And it was about damn time. I like hops but I don't like to rub them in my eyeballs while I'm drinking beer.
But then they came for the Kolsch.
And there was no one left to speak out for me.
Yeah, but I have Sams Club and Costco for that. Not only are they cheaper, but they have better customer service, generous return policies, and they don't hassle me about extended warranties.
Especially when you're returning to the market so soon. This is only counting those who are already moving on to new cars, ignoring those who are trying to be more environmentally friendly and not buy a car every 5 years. Maybe the folks who are happy with their hybrid are actually holding onto the one they have instead of wasting resources on a new one?
BluRay player, Apple TV, Roku, game consoles? I hate to break it to you but those are computers. My interface is a little clunkier but in exchange for that I get a little more flexibility in what I can run.
Besides, if your wife is suffering "even more" with a PC then that means she's suffering to watch shows to begin with. If your family is suffering just to watch TV then it sounds like you're the one whose lives revolve around the computer. If I ever feel "suffering" while just trying to watch a show, I'll turn the damn thing off and just read a book.
Look for the jack on the back of your TV labelled VGA. If your TV was made within the last decade or so, it probably has one. That plus a computer made some time in the 21st century is usually enough to get video on a big screen pretty painlessly. My uncle is pretty much a luddite but he managed to set such a system up by himself once Glen Beck left FoxNews and was only available online.
If you made sure they were plausible within the confines of the literature, you didn't make up the meanings. You derived meaning from the work. Congratulations. You did the assignment. That's why you got decent grades even if that meaning wasn't what your teacher originally had in mind.
Hey, that's a great idea! Best Buy could do it. And instead of just selling electronics, they could branch out and sell all sorts of things. Of course they'd have to change their name. Maybe something more generic like Best Products. Oh wait... that idea is over a century old and died a painful death just as online shopping began picking up steam.
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So you don't currently have a smart phone? How do you know you need an unlimited plan? I just took my first foray into smartphone world about a month ago and found that I don't use nearly as much data as I thought I would. My usage for the first month is just a shade over 2GB and that's using the smartphone like a fiend since it's still a new shiny toy to me. FWIW, the T-Mobile Value plan, Straight Talk, Virgin Mobile, Simple Wireless, and Cricket all have plans with data in the ballpark of $50/mo.
AC didn't say spell check. AC specifically said squiggly lines under misspelled words. This was big for me. It was a lot less of a PITA for me to see the misspelled words as I was typing them than to completely finish what I was writing and run a spell check on it after the fact.
Indeed. I survive just fine using the Ty Webb method:
Judge Smails: Ty, how was your evaluation?
Ty Webb: Oh, Judge, I don't keep score.
Judge Smails: Then how do you measure yourself with other workers?
Ty Webb: By height.
"Sure, people can just forget silly things like bills, student loan payments, medical insurance, and hell even food. A lot of people simply can't afford to quit or look for a new job (I know, and have worked for, some employers who would initiate termination if the found out one of their employees was seriously considering moving to a competitor)."
Well, you've obviously already forgotten saving so sure, why not? But ideally, you just wouldn't tell your new employer you were looking until you had a written offer. Some companies will initiate termination if they find out sooner than that, but they are few and far between as long as your job search doesn't seriously impact your work day.
I'm bad!
Indeed. Their forum helped me find a local mechanic I could trust. I didn't always catch their show, but I'll certainly miss them.
I'd side with the masses. It's not particularly important what the author intended. It only matters what people take away from it. However, a contradiction between those two parties doesn't mean an author sucks at getting his/her point across. It just means when the work was released and took on a life of its own, the takeaway was different than what the author originally envisioned. There's nothing wrong with that.
These situations rarely work out well, but you're going to have to deal with it for now or find a new job. It sounds like you're going to have to think about how to organize your projects for outside development. I'll let you in on a little hint that will help you: Your software libraries aren't worth as much as you think they are. If you have specific pieces that are outright trade secrets, lock them down, but don't be overprotective of your product as a whole. That should be handled through contracts and litigation.
"Re:I agree that BitTorrent is a tool, but...."
so is Wil Wheaton.
There are far fewer people like Jeffery Dahmer out there than there are Steve Wozniak. Therefore, Dahmer > Woz.
ex-Star Trek script writer maybe. Nobody has actually written anything approaching a script for Star Trek since DS9 went off the air.
That's assuming the Linux shovelware is installed via package management. If Dell is not above shovelware, they may also not be above an install process that bypasses APT. That would make removing the software problematic unless you knew exactly what you're looking for.
15 - 20 years ago, asking for when the last time a radar gun was calibrated during discovery was practically a get-out-of-ticket-free card. (These days police forces are smart enough to calibrate and record that they did it.) Unless they're going to compel you to have your unit checked out regularly, it's going to be hard to use that information in a court of law.
Whether or not you were speeding does not always affect who is at fault. Furthermore, how do they know you were speeding? You black box gets that information from your speedometer which is not regularly calibrated and can be affected by something as simple as changing your tire size. No judge or jury is going to take that information as gospel.
Well, that depends on your definition of "scam." They do have to follow the law. As long as they wrote out the actual details of their scam and put it somewhere on display like in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard' then they're fine. If they don't do that legal legwork, they could get into trouble.
First they came for the American lager
And I didn't speak out because I don't like Bud Light
Then they came for the mass-produced European lagers
And I didn't speak out because I don't have the money to blow on fancy schmancy imports.
Then they came for the stouts.
And I didn't speak up. Do I look Irish to you?
Then they came for the IPA's.
And it was about damn time. I like hops but I don't like to rub them in my eyeballs while I'm drinking beer.
But then they came for the Kolsch.
And there was no one left to speak out for me.
Yeah, but I have Sams Club and Costco for that. Not only are they cheaper, but they have better customer service, generous return policies, and they don't hassle me about extended warranties.
Especially when you're returning to the market so soon. This is only counting those who are already moving on to new cars, ignoring those who are trying to be more environmentally friendly and not buy a car every 5 years. Maybe the folks who are happy with their hybrid are actually holding onto the one they have instead of wasting resources on a new one?
That's a flippin' sweet reference.
BluRay player, Apple TV, Roku, game consoles? I hate to break it to you but those are computers. My interface is a little clunkier but in exchange for that I get a little more flexibility in what I can run.
Besides, if your wife is suffering "even more" with a PC then that means she's suffering to watch shows to begin with. If your family is suffering just to watch TV then it sounds like you're the one whose lives revolve around the computer. If I ever feel "suffering" while just trying to watch a show, I'll turn the damn thing off and just read a book.
Look for the jack on the back of your TV labelled VGA. If your TV was made within the last decade or so, it probably has one. That plus a computer made some time in the 21st century is usually enough to get video on a big screen pretty painlessly. My uncle is pretty much a luddite but he managed to set such a system up by himself once Glen Beck left FoxNews and was only available online.
If you made sure they were plausible within the confines of the literature, you didn't make up the meanings. You derived meaning from the work. Congratulations. You did the assignment. That's why you got decent grades even if that meaning wasn't what your teacher originally had in mind.
Chick-Fil-A had a product showroom?
Hey, that's a great idea! Best Buy could do it. And instead of just selling electronics, they could branch out and sell all sorts of things. Of course they'd have to change their name. Maybe something more generic like Best Products. Oh wait... that idea is over a century old and died a painful death just as online shopping began picking up steam.
Blame the taste buds? That's like blaming the controller when you suck at video games.