One guy lives in Utah, another goes to Colorado University, another lives in Southern California, and there are a few more. I regularly get emails for these guys regarding classes, vehicles, rental properties, etc. I also get signed up for lots of spam and unwanted porn crud. I did create a label and look through it from time to time to make sure there isn't anything meant for me. I think the best solution is to create a new email address that is somewhat unique and forward the old one to it until the people you want email from know it. Also, I would never get rid of the old address. You never know what online account you barely use that you forgot to change over.
Just tell them no. Do you think they will be able to pay for repairs if they can not afford their own? One simple drop and you may not only have a broken laptop, but, unless you have an SSD, you also probably just lost all of your data. Even if they can afford to replace your laptop, they will not be able to replace your hard work.
I really do not care as much about price as I do about weight. I lugged this: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:G40 around for a while. Of all the Eee PCs out there the 1000 looks the best. It's light. It comes with a reasonable keyboard. The SSD is just gravy. Imagine walking around downtown Chicago two winters in a row with a G40 weighing you down along with various server/computer parts in your hands during the winter (not to mention all of your tools etc.).
Oh, and for those who did not like my comment: http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=601273&cid=24027169 on a previous story; it is now my sig. You just might be too young to get it or have spent too long in your parent's basement. Apologies to those who do not have a basement.
Replacing PCs in a car battery manufacturer. Envision pallets of lead, lead dust, and moving forklifts stirring up the dust. They did not even offer any sort of mask. I had to ask for one and brought my own the second day.
Replacing PCs, printers, servers, network equipment at a construction/Remodel site. Lots of union type construction guys cutting chunks of steel overhead who probably never made it past a week without a workplace injury. Hard hat!?! They ran out!!!
Driving to up to eight places a day (minimum 5) across three states even during blizzards. Yep, that is why I currently own an AWD vehicle. I saw so many people spinning past me on icy roads and careen into other vehicles. The looks on their faces as they passed me just can not be described. I know they had to wipe. Hell, I was involved in three wrecks (none my fault).
So yeah, going to one place every day that has A/C, at least a coffee maker, good hours, and benefits for that kind of money. Pfft! The guy that wrote this article needs to print it out and shove it somewhere. No offense.
Yeah, laugh it up. We still use floppies at work for one old PC that is not allowed on the network. We are also having a lot of budget cuts that do not allow for new floppy disks. I have been forced to use old Windows 95 floppies because the current floppies are failing. Yeah, we actually had some in a drawer in the original plastic. So, while you think this is funny...it just depresses me.
CHARLIE: What's it taste like?
VIOLET: Madness! It's tomato soup! It's hot and creamy. I can actually feel it running down my throat! It's delicious!
WONKA: Stop, don't . ..
CHARLIE: Why doesn't she listen to Mr. Wonka?
GRANDPA JOE: Because, Charlie, she's a nitwit.
VIOLET: (continuous) And every chew gets better and better! Mmmm...this sure is great soup. Hey, second course is coming up! Roast beef and a baked potato! Mmmm.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: With sour cream? (He laughs.) What's for dessert, baby?
VIOLET: Dessert? Here it comes. Blueberry pie and cream! It's the most marvelous blueberry pie that I've ever tasted!
CHARLIE: Look at her face!
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Holy Toledo, what's happening to your face?
VIOLET: Cool it, Dad! Lemme finish.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Yeah, but your face is turning blue! Violet, you're turning violet, Violet!
VIOLET: What are you talking about?
WONKA: I told you I hadn't got it quite right yet.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: You can say that again. Look what it's done to my kid!
WONKA: It always goes wrong when we come to the dessert. Always.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Violet, what are you doing now?!? You're blowing up!
VIOLET: I feel funny.
GRANDPA JOE: I'm not surprised.
VIOLET: What's happening?
MR. BEAUREGARDE: You're blowing up like a balloon!
WONKA: Like a blueberry.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Somebody do something! Call a doctor!
MRS. TEEVEE: Stick her with a pin.
CHARLIE: She'll pop!
WONKA: It happens every time! They all become blueberries.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: You've really done it this time, haven't you, Wonka. I'll break you for this.
WONKA: Oh, well, I'll get it right in the end.
VIOLET: Help! Help!
(Wonka plays the pipe whistle.)
MR. BEAUREGARDE: We've got to let the air out of her, quick!
WONKA: There's no air in there.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Hmm?
WONKA: That's juice.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Juice?!?
WONKA: (to an Oompa Loompa) Would you roll the young lady down to the juicing room at once, please.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: What for?
WONKA: For squeezing. She has to be squeezed immediately before she explodes.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Explodes?!?
WONKA: It's a fairly simple operation.
"Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak Saturday blasted Steve Jobs' decision to drop the price of the iPhone by $200 just two months after the product was launched.
Translation: I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
I just got tired of reading anti-kdawson posts and really some of the kdawson posts are pretty Digg-like (Crappy fluff that I do not care for). I think I am going to create another account that just looks at certain sections and only comments that rate 5 funny. I was just pointing out a way these folks could easily become kdawson free.
As far as the big box store thing. I do not like/dislike big box stores. If they would have brought their brand name laptop to my last job and it was a brand we could get parts for; we would have fixed it warranty or not. The dude may have been charged if it was not under warranty or if it looked like end user abuse. We would not have turned him away because it had a certain OS on it.
And as far as buying drinks; i will get the first couple of rounds. After all, it is my Friday.
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One guy lives in Utah, another goes to Colorado University, another lives in Southern California, and there are a few more. I regularly get emails for these guys regarding classes, vehicles, rental properties, etc. I also get signed up for lots of spam and unwanted porn crud. I did create a label and look through it from time to time to make sure there isn't anything meant for me. I think the best solution is to create a new email address that is somewhat unique and forward the old one to it until the people you want email from know it. Also, I would never get rid of the old address. You never know what online account you barely use that you forgot to change over.
This one is pretty good too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08K_aEajzNA
No landing but it is still pretty impressive.
Oh...no...there goes Tokyo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJoy_0dJEjY
Just tell them no. Do you think they will be able to pay for repairs if they can not afford their own? One simple drop and you may not only have a broken laptop, but, unless you have an SSD, you also probably just lost all of your data. Even if they can afford to replace your laptop, they will not be able to replace your hard work.
My two cents and I expect change...
R S T L N E...
I would like to give credit to Pat Sajak and the always beautiful Vanna White for helping me solve the FBI Cryptanalysis Challenge 2008.
Here is a link to the main Homestar site:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html
Here is a link to Strong Bad animated emails:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html
I highly recommend the following episode:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html
Multiple repetitions of 12 ounce curls BoC (Beverage of Choice).
I really do not care as much about price as I do about weight. I lugged this: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:G40 around for a while. Of all the Eee PCs out there the 1000 looks the best. It's light. It comes with a reasonable keyboard. The SSD is just gravy. Imagine walking around downtown Chicago two winters in a row with a G40 weighing you down along with various server/computer parts in your hands during the winter (not to mention all of your tools etc.).
Oh, and for those who did not like my comment: http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=601273&cid=24027169 on a previous story; it is now my sig. You just might be too young to get it or have spent too long in your parent's basement. Apologies to those who do not have a basement.
I want my!
I want my!
I want my Eee PC!
Holding out for the Eee PC 1000...
Replacing PCs in a car battery manufacturer. Envision pallets of lead, lead dust, and moving forklifts stirring up the dust. They did not even offer any sort of mask. I had to ask for one and brought my own the second day.
Replacing PCs, printers, servers, network equipment at a construction/Remodel site. Lots of union type construction guys cutting chunks of steel overhead who probably never made it past a week without a workplace injury. Hard hat!?! They ran out!!!
Driving to up to eight places a day (minimum 5) across three states even during blizzards. Yep, that is why I currently own an AWD vehicle. I saw so many people spinning past me on icy roads and careen into other vehicles. The looks on their faces as they passed me just can not be described. I know they had to wipe. Hell, I was involved in three wrecks (none my fault).
So yeah, going to one place every day that has A/C, at least a coffee maker, good hours, and benefits for that kind of money. Pfft! The guy that wrote this article needs to print it out and shove it somewhere. No offense.
With these odds being slightly better than roulette; someone might as well start collecting money*...
50/50
Success/Lawn Dart
*Collection fees non negotiable
Yeah, laugh it up. We still use floppies at work for one old PC that is not allowed on the network. We are also having a lot of budget cuts that do not allow for new floppy disks. I have been forced to use old Windows 95 floppies because the current floppies are failing. Yeah, we actually had some in a drawer in the original plastic. So, while you think this is funny...it just depresses me.
"Don't finish! You never finish!"
You can always take a look at Nova.
This reminds me of that movie Runaway. The hypodermic robot spiders dripping with acid used to give me awful dreams as a kid.
This shark may be big enough.
All you guys with cats! YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF PU...*gasp*(grabs chest)...(THUMP)...
CHARLIE: What's it taste like? .
VIOLET: Madness! It's tomato soup! It's hot and creamy. I can actually feel it running down my throat! It's delicious!
WONKA: Stop, don't . .
CHARLIE: Why doesn't she listen to Mr. Wonka?
GRANDPA JOE: Because, Charlie, she's a nitwit.
VIOLET: (continuous) And every chew gets better and better! Mmmm...this sure is great soup. Hey, second course is coming up! Roast beef and a baked potato! Mmmm.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: With sour cream? (He laughs.) What's for dessert, baby?
VIOLET: Dessert? Here it comes. Blueberry pie and cream! It's the most marvelous blueberry pie that I've ever tasted!
CHARLIE: Look at her face!
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Holy Toledo, what's happening to your face?
VIOLET: Cool it, Dad! Lemme finish.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Yeah, but your face is turning blue! Violet, you're turning violet, Violet!
VIOLET: What are you talking about?
WONKA: I told you I hadn't got it quite right yet.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: You can say that again. Look what it's done to my kid!
WONKA: It always goes wrong when we come to the dessert. Always.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Violet, what are you doing now?!? You're blowing up!
VIOLET: I feel funny.
GRANDPA JOE: I'm not surprised.
VIOLET: What's happening?
MR. BEAUREGARDE: You're blowing up like a balloon!
WONKA: Like a blueberry.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Somebody do something! Call a doctor!
MRS. TEEVEE: Stick her with a pin.
CHARLIE: She'll pop!
WONKA: It happens every time! They all become blueberries.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: You've really done it this time, haven't you, Wonka. I'll break you for this.
WONKA: Oh, well, I'll get it right in the end.
VIOLET: Help! Help!
(Wonka plays the pipe whistle.)
MR. BEAUREGARDE: We've got to let the air out of her, quick!
WONKA: There's no air in there.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Hmm?
WONKA: That's juice.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Juice?!?
WONKA: (to an Oompa Loompa) Would you roll the young lady down to the juicing room at once, please.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: What for?
WONKA: For squeezing. She has to be squeezed immediately before she explodes.
MR. BEAUREGARDE: Explodes?!?
WONKA: It's a fairly simple operation.
You must not have seen Harptallica yet... http://harptallica.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xppNIBGzxYs
"Don't Tase me, bro!"
My wallet just told me to go take a hike!
So according to this; 3G is getting EDGED out?
Translation: I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
I just got tired of reading anti-kdawson posts and really some of the kdawson posts are pretty Digg-like (Crappy fluff that I do not care for). I think I am going to create another account that just looks at certain sections and only comments that rate 5 funny. I was just pointing out a way these folks could easily become kdawson free. As far as the big box store thing. I do not like/dislike big box stores. If they would have brought their brand name laptop to my last job and it was a brand we could get parts for; we would have fixed it warranty or not. The dude may have been charged if it was not under warranty or if it looked like end user abuse. We would not have turned him away because it had a certain OS on it. And as far as buying drinks; i will get the first couple of rounds. After all, it is my Friday.
For all the kdawson haters out there (don't worry...I am a self admitted KDH too).
Go do the following:
Preferences -> Homepage -> Customize Stories on the Homepage -> Authors
uncheck kdawson (AKA [shatner voice]kkkkkkkkkkkkkkdawson[/shatner voice])
Only then, will your homepage stop looking like Digg.
Good Luck! You are only a few clicks away from sanity.