"Here at the Phone Company we handle eighty-four billion calls a year. Serving everyone from presidents and kings to scum of the earth.
We realize that every so often you can't get an operator, for no apparent reason your phone goes out of order [snatches plug out of switchboard], or perhaps you get charged for a call you didn't make.
We don't care. Watch this! [bangs on a switch panel like a cheap piano] just lost Peoria. You see, this phone system consists of a multibillion-dollar matrix of space-age technology that is so sophisticated, even we can't handle it. But that's your problem, isn't it?
Next time you complain about your phone service, why don't you try using two Dixie cups with a string. We don't care. We don't have to. We're the Phone Company!"
-- Lily Tomlin from "Saturday Night Live: The First 20 Years" (1994 Cader Company).
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Augh I hate that too! Let me know if you fix it!
I automatically permanently delete about 50-100 messages per day, but that little notification icon pops up about 25% of the time.
Then I feel disappointed when I go check my inbox and there is in fact no new mail to peruse. Bummer.
I can't find the article, but I read a good piece about an IT Manager in Boston was forced to outsource to save money by the CEO of their company.
Instead, he looked at what they would pay an Indian contractor including costs of working with him overseas ($42,000) and hired people locally, like college graduates, to do the work instead. So granted, some poor programmer making $65,000 is out of a job, but at least that job stayed in the USA and went to some college graduate.
Hopefully this will be the trend, I don't like the fact that everyone in IT is going to be looking at a pay cut, but it's better than losing all our jobs/productivity to India.
What a wishy-washy article. To sum up and save you the 2 minutes of your life to read that article, all 4 techs are good, and they are all good for something, bad at others. I wonder if the author could have sat on the fence any MORE when comparing the codecs.
I for one, will continue to obey my DivX Masters, they have always been good to me. It seems that the author had a hard-on for QuickTime and M$, both of which annoy the ever living crap out of me... QuickTime, with it's little icon in the toolbar that just won't go away, and Microsoft because I just can't trust them to not tell MPAA which movies I have on my HDD.
$0.02 Flamebaiting, Trolling response concluded. (and my Karma just got back to Neutral, dang it)
I feel for you guys... I only watch two channels, Comedy Central and Cartoon Network (both of which, I believe, you lost for a day or two with this whole Viacom shenanigan).
I honestly don't know what I'd do without my Comedy Central and Adult Swim on Cartoon network. I nearly LOST it on my cable company when I moved to a new place DOWN THE STREET from my old place, and had a different cable 'offering' that excluded Comedy Central. I was bouncing off the walls trying to find things to do with my life instead of watch Comedy Central all day long.
Now I have a baby girl. Guess I found something to do instead of watch TV.
I don't know if it would be an issue or not, but how heavy is this thing? Generally it's not a good idea to plug things into your PC ports that are anywhere close to having a significant weight. I'd hate to bend or break my USB ports from plugging this thing in...
Me neither. Time to dust off the old skills and get my S license (never could get that license). I have my nephew coming into town in a few weeks, I'm sure I'll have find plenty of time to re-vamp my driving prowness playing with him.
Another great reason for owning a PS2 - Utilizing the REPLAY optin in Gran Turismo to show the entire race between you and your friend. Unbelievable, really it is. The graphics are stunning.
Yeah, but will they have Rampage? That was hands-down my favorite game ever. Monotonous, tedious (especially when those tanks came rolling in) but a large portion of my allowance went into that particular video game as a kid. (As an adult, too, if I can find it the game)... last place I saw a working model was at Starland, in Hanover, Massachusetts.
Already here, my friend. Ever play any racing games? I see billboards and banners everywhere in my games displaying marketing (although it is mainly car-related). It shows up in the replays, as well.
Soft drinks are all over games, Pepsi this, Mountain Dew that... at least they aren't making me actually sit and watch an ad before I play the game, but the advertisers are already in the games.
I'm not a huge fan of sports games, but I know Nike, Adidas, amongst others have gotten their name brands into a bunch of console sports games as well.
The game-makers know that this is tolerable, maybe even expected (what racetrack / sports arena doesn't have advertising billboards), but they will notice their revenues dropping off quite quickly if they pump commercials into games that we PAY FOR. Which is the big difference. TV is free (for the most part, not including cable). I pay good hard earned money for my video games, I don't expect to pay for commercials to waste my time in them.
But you could be right - look at DVD's. Anyone else buy a DVD or three that has previews at the beginning that you can't skip, or fast forward through? Annoying, to say the least. Flatout commercials can't be far behind.
All I can say is that I am an old school MS-DOS guy, and it constantly drives me nuts when I see people using Windows Explorer to find a file, select it, go to the menubar, select Edit, Copy, and then navigate to a different directory in Windows Explorer, menubar, Edit, Paste.
Maybe it's because I type 80wpm (at least when doing sysadmin work in MS-DOS I do), but things I do in MS-DOS seem to take 50-75% less time than to do similar tasks using a mouse & windows only.
Dr. Vosknocker: Now, I want you to say "doggy". Cartman: Doggy. Dr. Vosknocker: [to audience] Notice, that nothing happens. [to Cartman] Now, say "montana". Cartman: Montana. Dr. Vosknocker: Good. Now, "pillow". Cartman: Pillow. Dr. Vosknocker: Alright. Now I want you to say "horse f*cker". Mrs. Cartman: Go on, honey. It's alright. Cartman: Horse fu-- [gets shocked by the V-chip] That hurts, god damn it! [gets shocked again] Dr. Vosknocker: Now I want you to say "big floppy donkey dick". Cartman: No! Dr. Vosknocker: [to audience] Success! The child doesn't want to swear! Cartman: This isn't fair, you sons of bi-- [gets shocked repeatedly]
Well at least I'm not the only one. I've recently used some somewhat difficult algebra, using multiple variables, which I was somewhat proud of myself to figure out how to do. But I see that no one else (aside from a quick note about shock absorbers) really uses this stuff either.
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sorry...
"Here at the Phone Company we handle eighty-four billion calls a year. Serving everyone from presidents and kings to scum of the earth.
We realize that every so often you can't get an operator, for no apparent reason your phone goes out of order [snatches plug out of switchboard], or perhaps you get charged for a call you didn't make.
We don't care. Watch this!
[bangs on a switch panel like a cheap piano]
just lost Peoria. You see, this phone system consists of a multibillion-dollar matrix of space-age technology that is so sophisticated, even we can't handle it. But that's your problem, isn't it?
Next time you complain about your phone service, why don't you try using two Dixie cups with a string.
We don't care.
We don't have to.
We're the Phone Company!"
-- Lily Tomlin from "Saturday Night Live: The First 20 Years" (1994 Cader Company).
Augh I hate that too! Let me know if you fix it!
I automatically permanently delete about 50-100 messages per day, but that little notification icon pops up about 25% of the time.
Then I feel disappointed when I go check my inbox and there is in fact no new mail to peruse. Bummer.
Christening the maiden. Why does that sound so very naughty to me?
CLICKY HERE
http://www.matrix-at.org/states.htm
Here is the Wired article that was posted here a day or two ago, which has more info on which states are involved...
CLICKY HERE http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,62564,00. html?tw=wn_tophead_1
I can't find the article, but I read a good piece about an IT Manager in Boston was forced to outsource to save money by the CEO of their company.
Instead, he looked at what they would pay an Indian contractor including costs of working with him overseas ($42,000) and hired people locally, like college graduates, to do the work instead. So granted, some poor programmer making $65,000 is out of a job, but at least that job stayed in the USA and went to some college graduate.
Hopefully this will be the trend, I don't like the fact that everyone in IT is going to be looking at a pay cut, but it's better than losing all our jobs/productivity to India.
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That's the problem, nobody won. It was a 3-way tie, and a blue ribbon of participation to the 4th contestant.
I hate three way ties. Declare a WINNER and a LOSER, dang it!
Ooo shiny thing! What were we talking about?
What a wishy-washy article. To sum up and save you the 2 minutes of your life to read that article, all 4 techs are good, and they are all good for something, bad at others. I wonder if the author could have sat on the fence any MORE when comparing the codecs.
I for one, will continue to obey my DivX Masters, they have always been good to me. It seems that the author had a hard-on for QuickTime and M$, both of which annoy the ever living crap out of me... QuickTime, with it's little icon in the toolbar that just won't go away, and Microsoft because I just can't trust them to not tell MPAA which movies I have on my HDD.
$0.02 Flamebaiting, Trolling response concluded.
(and my Karma just got back to Neutral, dang it)
I feel for you guys... I only watch two channels, Comedy Central and Cartoon Network (both of which, I believe, you lost for a day or two with this whole Viacom shenanigan).
I honestly don't know what I'd do without my Comedy Central and Adult Swim on Cartoon network. I nearly LOST it on my cable company when I moved to a new place DOWN THE STREET from my old place, and had a different cable 'offering' that excluded Comedy Central. I was bouncing off the walls trying to find things to do with my life instead of watch Comedy Central all day long.
Now I have a baby girl. Guess I found something to do instead of watch TV.
Oh no! Someone leaked their source! Call Microsoft, maybe they can help track down who leaked this to the internet...
oh, wait... nevermind.
I don't know if it would be an issue or not, but how heavy is this thing? Generally it's not a good idea to plug things into your PC ports that are anywhere close to having a significant weight. I'd hate to bend or break my USB ports from plugging this thing in...
I've seen the first, original one. Seems the DVD I rented somehow got recorded in Black and White, not color, so I didn't really like that movie.
Immediately springing to mind is the scene from 'Ocean's Eleven' when the Monster truck is racing the R/C mini-monster truck, and it runs it over.
.. I'd pay to see that...
This is the Department of Defense, after all, so maybe they will allow 'extra programming' to be done to find competitors (foes?) and destroy them?
Turn this whole thing into a huge BattleBots contest instead of a Cannonball Run contest
Shh.
Fnord.
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Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Me neither. Time to dust off the old skills and get my S license (never could get that license). I have my nephew coming into town in a few weeks, I'm sure I'll have find plenty of time to re-vamp my driving prowness playing with him.
Another great reason for owning a PS2 - Utilizing the REPLAY optin in Gran Turismo to show the entire race between you and your friend. Unbelievable, really it is. The graphics are stunning.
Sorry, had to post this. If you like racing games at all, there is a reason to buy PS2.
Gran Turismo. Single-handedly the best game I've ever played in my life.
And I'm eagerly waiting for the next version of that game.
- owner of PS2 & GameCube
Yeah, but will they have Rampage? That was hands-down my favorite game ever. Monotonous, tedious (especially when those tanks came rolling in) but a large portion of my allowance went into that particular video game as a kid. (As an adult, too, if I can find it the game)... last place I saw a working model was at Starland, in Hanover, Massachusetts.
http://astrobio.net/news/print.php?sid=835
CLICKY HERE
Already here, my friend. Ever play any racing games? I see billboards and banners everywhere in my games displaying marketing (although it is mainly car-related). It shows up in the replays, as well.
Soft drinks are all over games, Pepsi this, Mountain Dew that... at least they aren't making me actually sit and watch an ad before I play the game, but the advertisers are already in the games.
I'm not a huge fan of sports games, but I know Nike, Adidas, amongst others have gotten their name brands into a bunch of console sports games as well.
The game-makers know that this is tolerable, maybe even expected (what racetrack / sports arena doesn't have advertising billboards), but they will notice their revenues dropping off quite quickly if they pump commercials into games that we PAY FOR. Which is the big difference. TV is free (for the most part, not including cable). I pay good hard earned money for my video games, I don't expect to pay for commercials to waste my time in them.
But you could be right - look at DVD's. Anyone else buy a DVD or three that has previews at the beginning that you can't skip, or fast forward through? Annoying, to say the least. Flatout commercials can't be far behind.
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All I can say is that I am an old school MS-DOS guy, and it constantly drives me nuts when I see people using Windows Explorer to find a file, select it, go to the menubar, select Edit, Copy, and then navigate to a different directory in Windows Explorer, menubar, Edit, Paste.
Maybe it's because I type 80wpm (at least when doing sysadmin work in MS-DOS I do), but things I do in MS-DOS seem to take 50-75% less time than to do similar tasks using a mouse & windows only.
Have the little blue bombs from Zelda. Those were cool. Pricey, but cool.
Dr. Vosknocker: Now, I want you to say "doggy".
Cartman: Doggy.
Dr. Vosknocker: [to audience] Notice, that nothing happens. [to Cartman] Now, say "montana".
Cartman: Montana.
Dr. Vosknocker: Good. Now, "pillow".
Cartman: Pillow.
Dr. Vosknocker: Alright. Now I want you to say "horse f*cker".
Mrs. Cartman: Go on, honey. It's alright.
Cartman: Horse fu-- [gets shocked by the V-chip] That hurts, god damn it!
[gets shocked again]
Dr. Vosknocker: Now I want you to say "big floppy donkey dick".
Cartman: No!
Dr. Vosknocker: [to audience] Success! The child doesn't want to swear!
Cartman: This isn't fair, you sons of bi--
[gets shocked repeatedly]
Well at least I'm not the only one. I've recently used some somewhat difficult algebra, using multiple variables, which I was somewhat proud of myself to figure out how to do. But I see that no one else (aside from a quick note about shock absorbers) really uses this stuff either.