Do they have a marketing company that follows the laws?
Half of all illegal phone calls i get are from DirecTv, leaving the rest of the world for the other half. Oddly enough half of the rest are for their competitor!
I've thought about satelite since i've a grudge against the cableco, but they strike me as at least as sleazy so i have neither:(
I bet i have gotten dozens of automated marketing calls from them...WA state is supposed to be 100% live callers.
hehe, i took the cover off our mini computer drive once to watch it run. Quite incredible to watch in action, the magnetic head is the size of my fist bouncing back and forth!
Dust smust, that thing would take pebbles on the disk to bring it down.
Only really applies to BIG credit card users tho:(
It is up to the Bank to tell us what we should be doing since we are on the bottom tier of retailers. Bank doesnt really care to give us much help or specifics. Not even due yet for the little guys. I really have no idea what they expect:(
The data is however on a diferent box than the internet accesable billing program but only because i wanted it that way;) If the others had their way it would be in the comment section of the customer file with thier other data:(
Many companies have one to record damaged merch they have received. A pic of the pallet with a forklift hole in the middle is worth a thousand words.....
I got a catalog with a zillion DVDs for sale. No hardcore porn.
Guess how many show the rating???... Less than half, all the rest are NR because of additional content i assume. Stuff like Prime time TV, black and white movies, 30-year-old TV, most everything is listed as NR with no references to anything. How is this helpful?
At least most of the games tell you SOMETHING. It isn't a bell curve rating nor should it be. The silly report is explained by a bunch of others here so i'll skip that.
I hate to say it but movies, music, and games should give you some clue. Should i have to purchase and play every game and movie before i buy one for my neice? And why do i want to give her an opened and used game/movie then?
Tried this and it worked fine. I found a micro transmitter preassembled witha jack for a wall wart for like $30 or so. Simply find an appropriate transformer (had one laying around) and a cable (i came from my stereo, computer and TV go into stereo first)
Bonus, i can slap on some FM headphones and go to 7-11 without missing a beat:)
Might check your radio dial for nice large dead spot, although i didnt even need to change defaults on mine.
As long as this solution doesn't become too popular;)
Why should they care that you care...you won't help their next quarterly report now that you're bankrupt!
Maybe you are supposed to delete them and reload them with the bankrupt flag set so they know not to steal your personal data. This would be funnier if it wasn't the best reason i could think of for said requirement.....
He thinks property taxes should relate to what it costs to support said land instead of simply what it costs. IE. the closer to city center the lower the tax rate at least for residential. Maybe apply sales tax to land sales, then a property tax related to distance. Then you need a break for farmers, then....
Bah everything gets so complicated so quick nowdays:(
Then what was fascinating was the people that ripped off Compaq IP to make computers.
I have an unauth clone of the original Compaq. Less than 50% hardware match (has to be patent infringed on keyboard tho) with some improvements. Surely the software was stolen and certainly had a unpurchased version of DOS when new. Actually had some good improvements that may have stood on their own.
Terribly interesting as NOTHING inside or outside is labeled above the chip level. Not even any part numbers on anything, even the power supply was unlabeled. THE boot screen simply says bios 23.3.8 or whatever number, no name or brand.
"Final versions are generally considerably faster and less resource-hungry than beta versions. Or, "it'll run better on the required hardware, which is more than just a processor."
Or it may be slowed down by all the DRM making sure it IS running on Apply hardware.......
If i can't put it on a toshiba laptop, Why do i care about performance on a toshiba laptop?
We are sure that all the pieces would move the same due to gravity then?
Won't some parts of the astroid be much closer to the tug (especially as TFA mentioned hover) than others thus more affected by the gravity. If pieces are prone to breaking off (this is why we are not simply hitting it in the first place) couldn't this pull some of the pieces toward the tug much sooner than others ?!? Could pieces be drawn all the way to the tug since they are talking decades? I assume Bad Things happen at that point or before:O
Seems like you may get that same result as hitting/pushing it but taking decades to do it.
You're right about the weight. But now it seems like 20 tonnes isnt very much. How precise (close) would you have to be to make that work. They speak of 'hovering', that sounds close for a remote device. It would need to be able to do the job without much help from home i would think. Hours of lag don't make for precise handling. It would really suck to pull it for 10 years then accidently bump it back to where it was:O
Since they want to retire the shuttles anyway.
Just fill the hold with fuel and hookup a remote control and use the old shuttles. Stick a couple small rockets in there if ya need a boost out of orbit just poke em out an light em. Should be plenty of fuel with a extra tank in the bay to get there and back (if desired) to orbit since you wouldn't be limited in time by oxygen supply + etc.
Of course a couple (redundancy) smaller craft that simply push the astroid off course still sounds much simpler. Although if the gravity thing isnt working fast enough i suppose the same big rig could do that as plan B also.
All the talk of an astroid breaking up if pushed wouldnt apply to pulling? All pieces of it are equally attracted to the original astroid? What if some pieces are 'looser' than others and your ship start atracting little pieces coming at you before the bulk moves???
Or use the/. technique:) Build a ship that unfurls into a flat piece (/) park it in front of astroid (.) and redirect thusly/. When you get the dot away from the slash you are safe !
How long has the ROKR been out? Long enough for people to be off current contracts? Virtually no phone will be hot enough to break a contract , even if it held 1000 songs.
100 songs on a phone should be ok. I see no problem with expecting them to buy an ipod for more (or wait for super overpriced model or something) Heck my home stereo only does 6 CDs or 6 tapes at a time for about 60-70 songs and that goes all afternoon.
If you listen to a music player full-time, perhaps you should get a full-time music player...
How long does a phone battery last playing music? Can it even play 100 songs at a time?
It seems there is very little stuff named Windows xxxx. The 1st 200 titles i pulled i only found Windows Washer. There are lots of "xxx for Windows" (including an accounting program we use). On the other hand most everything from MS is in the form of MICROSOFT xxxx.
I guess the easy answer is they should have bought it (either name or entire thing) from him for a tidy sum and then everyone is happy. A years income for programmer dude vs a couple minutes? income for MS would have hurt what exactly?
I beat him also. My code (including 2-terminal battleship) is on an 11" Wang platter, i am not sure there aren't more working punchcard readers around than Wang Hard drives;)
I do however happen to have one of the few complete ones left !
For the ACs: A scanner actually sounds like it might work. Our community college had the cardreader in use also in 83...even used it ONCE.
Yes, trying to unplug from the internet and make their own would be silly at the moment.
What if they went to IPv6 and we (US) don't. What exactly happens then?
Hell we already don't know how cold they are or how fast they drive....at least they taught us when we thought we would be metric 25 years ago, now they hardly even bother:(
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Aye, thats one of my biggest complaints.
WTF is 'Feedback left after positive feedback is recieved' ?!?
I did my part and paid, whether or not i leave feedback is irrelevent to my satisfying my half of transaction.
I would like to warn ppl of poor packageing , but if you dont leave positive feedback they leave a negative.
And since when is neutral redefined as bad ?!?
Do they have a marketing company that follows the laws?
:(
Half of all illegal phone calls i get are from DirecTv, leaving the rest of the world for the other half. Oddly enough half of the rest are for their competitor!
I've thought about satelite since i've a grudge against the cableco, but they strike me as at least as sleazy so i have neither
I bet i have gotten dozens of automated marketing calls from them...WA state is supposed to be 100% live callers.
hehe, i took the cover off our mini computer drive once to watch it run. Quite incredible to watch in action, the magnetic head is the size of my fist bouncing back and forth!
Dust smust, that thing would take pebbles on the disk to bring it down.
Only really applies to BIG credit card users tho :(
:(
;) If the others had their way it would be in the comment section of the customer file with thier other data :(
It is up to the Bank to tell us what we should be doing since we are on the bottom tier of retailers. Bank doesnt really care to give us much help or specifics. Not even due yet for the little guys. I really have no idea what they expect
The data is however on a diferent box than the internet accesable billing program but only because i wanted it that way
You forgot a big one.
Many companies have one to record damaged merch they have received. A pic of the pallet with a forklift hole in the middle is worth a thousand words.....
How about the wonderful rating for movies?
...
I got a catalog with a zillion DVDs for sale. No hardcore porn.
Guess how many show the rating???
Less than half, all the rest are NR because of additional content i assume. Stuff like Prime time TV, black and white movies, 30-year-old TV, most everything is listed as NR with no references to anything. How is this helpful?
At least most of the games tell you SOMETHING. It isn't a bell curve rating nor should it be. The silly report is explained by a bunch of others here so i'll skip that.
I hate to say it but movies, music, and games should give you some clue. Should i have to purchase and play every game and movie before i buy one for my neice? And why do i want to give her an opened and used game/movie then?
Aye, that was my first thought.
.exe it finds in the stream ?!?
:(
What make the SETI receivers so special?
What about the receiver for the space station traffic?, satelites? DishTV? Radio telescope arrays? etc?
Will the analyzing software autoexecute an
I'd be much more worried about terrestial mischief with the client and stuff
And made good tapes...many of which are still good 20+ years later :)
;p
;)
SONY turntable to radioshack EQ to SONY tape deck to SONY tape. They may have had a small hand in copying in the past, hehe.
Can you believe as a teen i actually used quality tape to copy my albums !
Thanks Sony you saved my record collection from extinction i wouldn't want to buy all those again...now pull your heads out please
Ok, i actually have most of my original albums.
Do they still make blank tapes...might be willing to still buy those from Sony
That was what i was gonna say.
:)
;)
Tried this and it worked fine. I found a micro transmitter preassembled witha jack for a wall wart for like $30 or so. Simply find an appropriate transformer (had one laying around) and a cable (i came from my stereo, computer and TV go into stereo first)
Bonus, i can slap on some FM headphones and go to 7-11 without missing a beat
Might check your radio dial for nice large dead spot, although i didnt even need to change defaults on mine.
As long as this solution doesn't become too popular
hehe, i can't resist.
:) It even had 'bonus tracks' on it(outtakes and retakes)
:)
"How long has it passed that any of you has even SEEN or touched a vinyl disc ??"
12 hours
Bought a new one last week...Syd Barrett. No DRM on it either
Played it last night
Predictable and consistant are not always good ;)
;)
I can predict Windows will consistantly crash more. Not sure how that is a selling point tho
It is fairly easy to manage, just press reboot every now and then. Ok, they probably have that point.
Why should they care that you care...you won't help their next quarterly report now that you're bankrupt!
Maybe you are supposed to delete them and reload them with the bankrupt flag set so they know not to steal your personal data. This would be funnier if it wasn't the best reason i could think of for said requirement.....
Aye, dad and i were just discussing that.
:(
He thinks property taxes should relate to what it costs to support said land instead of simply what it costs. IE. the closer to city center the lower the tax rate at least for residential. Maybe apply sales tax to land sales, then a property tax related to distance. Then you need a break for farmers, then....
Bah everything gets so complicated so quick nowdays
Then what was fascinating was the people that ripped off Compaq IP to make computers.
I have an unauth clone of the original Compaq. Less than 50% hardware match (has to be patent infringed on keyboard tho) with some improvements. Surely the software was stolen and certainly had a unpurchased version of DOS when new. Actually had some good improvements that may have stood on their own.
Terribly interesting as NOTHING inside or outside is labeled above the chip level. Not even any part numbers on anything, even the power supply was unlabeled. THE boot screen simply says bios 23.3.8 or whatever number, no name or brand.
"Final versions are generally considerably faster and less resource-hungry than beta versions. Or, "it'll run better on the required hardware, which is more than just a processor."
Or it may be slowed down by all the DRM making sure it IS running on Apply hardware.......
If i can't put it on a toshiba laptop, Why do i care about performance on a toshiba laptop?
Tell me how to make a withdrawal from Daylight Savings and they can have a few seconds from me and put them whereever they like ;)
:(
I'll worry about it when my $2000 computer comes close to keeping time as good as my $2 watch
We are sure that all the pieces would move the same due to gravity then?
:O
Won't some parts of the astroid be much closer to the tug (especially as TFA mentioned hover) than others thus more affected by the gravity. If pieces are prone to breaking off (this is why we are not simply hitting it in the first place) couldn't this pull some of the pieces toward the tug much sooner than others ?!? Could pieces be drawn all the way to the tug since they are talking decades? I assume Bad Things happen at that point or before
Seems like you may get that same result as hitting/pushing it but taking decades to do it.
You're right about the weight. But now it seems like 20 tonnes isnt very much. How precise (close) would you have to be to make that work. They speak of 'hovering', that sounds close for a remote device. It would need to be able to do the job without much help from home i would think. Hours of lag don't make for precise handling. It would really suck to pull it for 10 years then accidently bump it back to where it was :O
/. technique :) /.
:)
Since they want to retire the shuttles anyway.
Just fill the hold with fuel and hookup a remote control and use the old shuttles. Stick a couple small rockets in there if ya need a boost out of orbit just poke em out an light em. Should be plenty of fuel with a extra tank in the bay to get there and back (if desired) to orbit since you wouldn't be limited in time by oxygen supply + etc.
Of course a couple (redundancy) smaller craft that simply push the astroid off course still sounds much simpler. Although if the gravity thing isnt working fast enough i suppose the same big rig could do that as plan B also.
All the talk of an astroid breaking up if pushed wouldnt apply to pulling? All pieces of it are equally attracted to the original astroid? What if some pieces are 'looser' than others and your ship start atracting little pieces coming at you before the bulk moves???
Or use the
Build a ship that unfurls into a flat piece (/) park it in front of astroid (.) and redirect thusly
When you get the dot away from the slash you are safe !
.
/
Slashdot could save the world
Good points.
How long has the ROKR been out?
Long enough for people to be off current contracts?
Virtually no phone will be hot enough to break a contract , even if it held 1000 songs.
100 songs on a phone should be ok. I see no problem with expecting them to buy an ipod for more (or wait for super overpriced model or something) Heck my home stereo only does 6 CDs or 6 tapes at a time for about 60-70 songs and that goes all afternoon.
If you listen to a music player full-time, perhaps you should get a full-time music player...
How long does a phone battery last playing music? Can it even play 100 songs at a time?
I was thinking the same thing...
but
It seems there is very little stuff named Windows xxxx. The 1st 200 titles i pulled i only found Windows Washer. There are lots of "xxx for Windows" (including an accounting program we use). On the other hand most everything from MS is in the form of MICROSOFT xxxx.
I guess the easy answer is they should have bought it (either name or entire thing) from him for a tidy sum and then everyone is happy. A years income for programmer dude vs a couple minutes? income for MS would have hurt what exactly?
hehe, nice
;)
:)
I beat him also.
My code (including 2-terminal battleship) is on an 11" Wang platter, i am not sure there aren't more working punchcard readers around than Wang Hard drives
I do however happen to have one of the few complete ones left !
For the ACs:
A scanner actually sounds like it might work.
Our community college had the cardreader in use also in 83...even used it ONCE.
Hurfy
Online gamer for 25 years
Yes, trying to unplug from the internet and make their own would be silly at the moment.
:(
What if they went to IPv6 and we (US) don't. What exactly happens then?
Hell we already don't know how cold they are or how fast they drive....at least they taught us when we thought we would be metric 25 years ago, now they hardly even bother
They either need to honor it or you file a complaint for false advertising for the 'been in business since xxxx' claim.
;)
;)
They shouldn't get both.
Small claims is probably worth a shot.
Try asking them to appear on Judge Judy or your favorite equivalant
IANAL, but was involved in bankrupt/name/ownership changes... and we make a similiar been in business claim
yup
Shouldn't they have at least SOMETHING to charge them with before they picked them up and take the computer?
What do they say when they 'not-arrest' them anyways?
You are under arrest for the murder of joe doe
vs
You are being kidnapped for the investigation of something that we'll figure out someday.
Just doesnt have the same ring to it.
Not that it matters, they would just do it in secret or let the US have them since years doesn't seem to bother ol' bushhead.
Either cut down the mast or file this under: Too good to be true......