I was born in 1984 in Seattle, so my recollection of the event is, well, negative. However, my family has a few hundred acre farm up Columbia Heights Road. The farm was covered in a sheet of dust and the sky grew dark.
I grew up hearing about the eruption and its effects on the town (and of course about Harry Truman.)
I actually agree with the parent post. Everyone should be required to take all money, and the government should replace fake bills with real ones for poor business owners that get nailed. (Ok, they need some incentive to examine the bills at the register--how about the govt pays 75% back?)
What the fuck? The government should replace fake bills with real ones ?! The government should make counterfeiting lucrative for both the counterfeiter and the business?
India and China have a good tech industry, fewer problems with copyright, etc, but don't really have enough high-speed infrastructure to make VoIP realistic, right now.
That's pretty much false, with regards to India anyway. I work for a small telecommunications company. About 95% of our business is in sending minutes to India. There's a shitload of people there running "gray" routes - gray meaning it's not legal for them to run these routes in India. In any case, with a couple-to-a-few thousand dollars startup, one can set up a VoIP route anywhere in the world that they can get broadband. And no matter where in India your route is located, you can make calls to anywhere within India for pretty cheap.
As for your statement, broadband is prevalent in urban and suburban areas in India, but uncommon in rural areas. Much like in the US.
Who else reads shampoo and conditioner bottles when there's nothing else to read in the bathroom? Alternately I play the game on my cellphone, or pretend that my cellphone is a starship treading the unknown depths of inter-fixture space. In that case, the bottles become outposts or security emplacements.
I feel like pooping creates some kind of subtle change in my... energy. That's the right word.
While Toyota's creations are coordinating on a brassy number, GM's robots are sitting in a circle like a group of Ralph Wiggums, playing rubber-band shoebox, wax-paper kazoo, and triangle.
I've had DirecTV for years and it's great. I live out in the sticks in Washington State and the signal is great; it will get glitchy maybe twice a year during heavy storms. Also occasionally a bush or tree will grow in the dish's line of sight to the sky and has to be trimmed.
I personally don't care for most dish systems (like DISH-on-Demand or whatever) and I really dislike digital cable. Some relatives in the city got digital cable and they seemed to like it, but every time I go over there it seems to be giving a poor signal, or the box takes forever to respond to the remote.
I'd propose a 10-second test. If you can test drive your cable and satellite options at a store or friend's houses, push the "Info" button to try and retrieve program information (synopsis, review, rating information, cast, etc.) In my experience, good quality systems, whether dish or cable, will return the information under 10 seconds. Crappy systems will take 20, 30, 60 seconds, or will just hang and never return.
Good luck!
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I was born in 1984 in Seattle, so my recollection of the event is, well, negative. However, my family has a few hundred acre farm up Columbia Heights Road. The farm was covered in a sheet of dust and the sky grew dark.
I grew up hearing about the eruption and its effects on the town (and of course about Harry Truman.)
Hah, agreed with other poster. Have you SEEN Google News?
While I don't condone racism, I do condone calling Indian food SHIT.
What the fuck? The government should replace fake bills with real ones ?! The government should make counterfeiting lucrative for both the counterfeiter and the business?
That is a pretty bad idea.
India and China have a good tech industry, fewer problems with copyright, etc, but don't really have enough high-speed infrastructure to make VoIP realistic, right now.
That's pretty much false, with regards to India anyway. I work for a small telecommunications company. About 95% of our business is in sending minutes to India. There's a shitload of people there running "gray" routes - gray meaning it's not legal for them to run these routes in India. In any case, with a couple-to-a-few thousand dollars startup, one can set up a VoIP route anywhere in the world that they can get broadband. And no matter where in India your route is located, you can make calls to anywhere within India for pretty cheap.
As for your statement, broadband is prevalent in urban and suburban areas in India, but uncommon in rural areas. Much like in the US.
Props indeed! Helpdesk batallion, lmao.
Wish I had mod points for ya, cause that deserves at least one Funny point.
The Telegraph says, The government says it has stocks of petrol, paraffin and rice to last about two weeks. It seems the rebels haven't even set up any roadblocks. They control 80% of the country and are maintaining the blockade through threats.
But I think they'll be alright when their basketball team comes home.
Duh.
I'd mod both this and parent redundant!
Did you RTFA? They discuss the different methods of file-sharing, and Napster is included in the discussion!!!
Take that Hatch, indeed.
Definitely. Free information online is teh best and guaranteed reliable or your MONEY BACK!
You know, fuck you! This is hella neat. Why don't you go back to your breakfast of boners and toast?
Who else reads shampoo and conditioner bottles when there's nothing else to read in the bathroom? Alternately I play the game on my cellphone, or pretend that my cellphone is a starship treading the unknown depths of inter-fixture space. In that case, the bottles become outposts or security emplacements.
I feel like pooping creates some kind of subtle change in my... energy. That's the right word.
I think an even more important question for them is what side dishes go well with human?
Man is delicious; Marsh-wiggle requires somewhat more dressing to be palatable.
Did you mean this?
Hah!
Was it that schmuck Ken Schram? He's always all, "I'm Ken Schram, blah blah blah"
Agreed. Sterling comes out of this looking like a child.
Perhaps I do not realize the full potential of the Find utility in Windows, but MAN does it suck.
This is something even the greatest of technophobes could understand and use with ease.
You are giving people too much credit.
While Toyota's creations are coordinating on a brassy number, GM's robots are sitting in a circle like a group of Ralph Wiggums, playing rubber-band shoebox, wax-paper kazoo, and triangle.
Anyone remember shareware "Thor: God of Thunder?"
That was rad.
This is lovely!
Guess what? I just want a watch that tells time. I don't want that's tacky, but most digital watches come with this ungainly feature.
I've had DirecTV for years and it's great. I live out in the sticks in Washington State and the signal is great; it will get glitchy maybe twice a year during heavy storms. Also occasionally a bush or tree will grow in the dish's line of sight to the sky and has to be trimmed.
I personally don't care for most dish systems (like DISH-on-Demand or whatever) and I really dislike digital cable. Some relatives in the city got digital cable and they seemed to like it, but every time I go over there it seems to be giving a poor signal, or the box takes forever to respond to the remote.
I'd propose a 10-second test. If you can test drive your cable and satellite options at a store or friend's houses, push the "Info" button to try and retrieve program information (synopsis, review, rating information, cast, etc.) In my experience, good quality systems, whether dish or cable, will return the information under 10 seconds. Crappy systems will take 20, 30, 60 seconds, or will just hang and never return. Good luck!
The backlight on my Nokia 5000 series is bright enough to read, write, and find the trail by.