I used to think that it would be legal by the time I was thirty.
I high school (circa 1977), at least 70% of the kids smoked regularly or occasionally.
25% didn't care if anyone smoked it and only 5% were against it. (These numbers are all personal observation so take with a grain of salt.) The point is -- I was a geek, I occasionally did imbibe, I didn't care if anyone else smoked all day long.
Fast forward a couple decades. Those same pot-heads are now republicans and swear that they never, ever smoked pot. In fact they believe it is immoral to do so. And anyone who does should be thrown in jail. Amazing how raising kids changes your perspective.
I believe that alcohol is far worse than pot to your body and to society as a whole. BTW, I quit smoking pot years ago, but that doesn't mean you should.
BTW, anyone can get breast cancer. It doesn't have to do with boobs, it has to do with estrogen. Guys and gals have both estrogen and testosterone. So guys too might be able to benefit by eating magic brownies as well. Just do not eat too many and call 911 (especially if you are a cop.
What a dope I am!
Didn't even think about identical twins. You got me there.
And to think I have a degree in science and one in math.
Guess I just need more coffee....back in sec.
I have a wireless Optical Mouse. I can use it on the couch arm, I can even use it on my pants leg. So table space for a mouse is irrelevant. I also have an old GyroPoint mouse that works in the air by measuring G-forces as you move the mouse without touching anything. However the GyroPoint mouse does have a significant motor-muscular learning curve.
My projects are ALL MINE. I rarely require assistance from the other guys. I am the Network Admin, Database Admin, Coder, Tester, Q.A., Documenter -- everything for my projects.
When there is a problem or a simple request, I can usually get the work done before the end of the day. When there is a request for a totally new procedure, it depends on the complexity of the procedure and whether or not I have a similar procedure already in place.
My work requires web sites, WSDLs, cron jobs, UNIX, Linux, MS, Backups, Help pages, Automation, SQL, Perl, PHP, C++, Shell scripts, VB, and anything else I determine is necessary. I have the luxury of using what I need. I have never had to go to a two hour meeting with 10 managers to get a permission to use a $50 software package.
So a short answer is multiply by a fact of 3 for every level of development (Q.A., DB design, Web interface, etc) and multiple that by 10 for every level of management. If only one person is the end all and be all (and is not too overworked, and LOVES his job) then only multiply by 1.
Do we really want the answer to the heredity/environment question?
If you clone me and raise the clone in a different environment than I had growing up, and the clone's personality turns out to be a lot like me, then everything I am was more-or-less predetermined from birth. That would really SUCK.
However, if the clone was a unique individual no matter what I guess it would be ok.
I guess I really just want the answer I want!
Let's not get into a discussion that the clone might not have a soul. Or maybe it would have a fractional soul (like Voldomort).
Just say you are having your lawyer check out the contract before signing.
Then find a new job. The company asking you to sign will slowly go out of business because only unskilled or stupid workers would sign such a thing. I was asked to sign a similar contract when starting a job at a company. I made them reword the contract to say that they had rights to all the programming I did "ON THEIR TIME", so that I could still twiddle work my crap at home on my time.
If a company wants to buy my free time (or any time away from work) it would have to come with a huge salary that I haven't been offered yet.
I feel no remorse because the jobs they do are mind-numbingly boring.
Most of the time I simply free up people to do the more important work -- so no one actually loses their job. However, if you work at a job that is so boring that I can totally automate it, then you will be looking for a new job soon. Sometimes people will stay in a rut until forced to do otherwise.
Earlier in my career, I had been in a position that was coming to an end. Forcing me to actually go find a better job was the best thing in the world for me.
Also, check out the HLLAPI libraries for telnet sessions (TN3270) and www.Automate.com -- these tools might help you automate things you thought you couldn't before.
*** "Joe, why are you so angry all the time?"
*** "Because ignorance is bliss."
Presently Americans are perceived as a bunch of imbeciles, due to you-know-who.
Most physicists believe in God, however they know that man is ultimately responsible for all of his own actions.
At least we could have someone that could "do the math" when facing deficit spending or when facing an increasing body count, or when facing with rising global temperatures, or when facing with .
OK. I have a great internet connection. If you do not have a great internet connection, then you probably hate Vonage.
All calls are crystal clear, they Email me my messages (as WAV file attachments), I can access my account on line, caller ID, etc. etc.
Other pluses. If someone calls and doesn't leave a message, I call them back, I don't care if they live in Alaska, it doesn't cost me anything. Here is a big one, when calling, say, an Internet vendor about a problem, I never call the 800 number, I call direct. I get faster response and again it doesn't cost me anything more.
I hope Vonage can stay afloat -- I would really hate to give it up.
The biggest reason there have been no hijackings is that WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED ON 9/11.
Do you really think any hijacker would stand a chance on a plane anymore?
I know that I would rip the tray table off of the seat in front of me and use it as a weapon against any terrorist activity on a plane. Sure I would probably die, but doing nothing, I would probably die as anyway.
The bad guys know this. They know they cannot get control of the plane as long as one person is still alive. That is why there have been no hijackings, we would rather die fighting than cowering.
Rootkits can hide themselves in flash bios for your hardware. Like a videocard for example. Swapping harddrives or even a formet will not get rid of those rootkits. www.rootkit.com
This setup sound suspicously like the Transputer created with wires connecting computational nodes. The language OCCAM has since been ported to other platforms and could serve as a semantic starting point for the programming language to operate this new beast.
I have had coffee, coke, and beer spill into my keyboard more times than I care to admit.
I used to just buy a new keyboard, or take an old one out of the closet.
Several spills ago, I immediately took the keyboard outside and rinsed it out thoroughly with the hose. I then shook out all of the water I could, blew it out with a hair dryer on low heat, and let it dry overnight.
This method has worked three different times on two different keyboards, and hasn't ruined a keyboard yet.
Heck, I am thinking about cleaning the crumbs out of my keyboards this way too!!
The US has vast supplies of helium. When Germany made the Hindenberg, they did not, and the US was very reluctant to give Germany any. Also, I am sure there is extensive compartmentation and spare helium. You would have to puncture a lot of different compartments in order to bring one down. I guess some kind of high altitude flak bombs could do the trick.
When a problem arises in a Microsoft program, a reboot often solves the problem.
I never think twice about this, even if it is a secure database program... I just move along and shrug "It's Microsoft."
When working on any non-Microsoft platform, when a problem arises, reboots rarely ever fix the problem, if they do, I get really worried and dig deep until I understand the nature of the problem and fix it.
How many other people accept the inconsistent behaviour of Microsoft products, but really get worried when inconsistancies arise on non-Microsoft platforms?
Just something to think about.
I live the greatest adventure one could ever desire. - Tosk the Hunted
My next vehicle will be a 1954 Chevy half ton pickup. With 454 c.i. engine, tons of horsepower, air conditioning, on top of a camaro frame, with narrowed rear-end... You get the picture.
Sure I will still drive my GM car with OnStar and all the other gadgets.
Sometimes, it is just that low tech(?) is much more fun!
I live the greatest adventure one could ever desire. - Tosk the Hunted.
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Are lawyers services taxed in Maryland?
Many politicians are also lawyers or have friends who are lawyers. I bet they wouldn't want their services taxed.
I used to think that it would be legal by the time I was thirty.
I high school (circa 1977), at least 70% of the kids smoked regularly or occasionally.
25% didn't care if anyone smoked it and only 5% were against it. (These numbers are all personal observation so take with a grain of salt.) The point is -- I was a geek, I occasionally did imbibe, I didn't care if anyone else smoked all day long.
Fast forward a couple decades. Those same pot-heads are now republicans and swear that they never, ever smoked pot. In fact they believe it is immoral to do so. And anyone who does should be thrown in jail. Amazing how raising kids changes your perspective.
I believe that alcohol is far worse than pot to your body and to society as a whole. BTW, I quit smoking pot years ago, but that doesn't mean you should.
Perhaps eating it will help.
BTW, anyone can get breast cancer. It doesn't have to do with boobs, it has to do with estrogen.
Guys and gals have both estrogen and testosterone.
So guys too might be able to benefit by eating magic brownies as well. Just do not eat too many and call 911 (especially if you are a cop.
What a dope I am!
Didn't even think about identical twins. You got me there.
And to think I have a degree in science and one in math.
Guess I just need more coffee....back in sec.
I have a wireless Optical Mouse. I can use it on the couch arm, I can even use it on my pants leg. So table space for a mouse is irrelevant. I also have an old GyroPoint mouse that works in the air by measuring G-forces as you move the mouse without touching anything. However the GyroPoint mouse does have a significant motor-muscular learning curve.
I work in a company of 4 people.
My projects are ALL MINE. I rarely require assistance from the other guys. I am the Network Admin, Database Admin, Coder, Tester, Q.A., Documenter -- everything for my projects.
When there is a problem or a simple request, I can usually get the work done before the end of the day. When there is a request for a totally new procedure, it depends on the complexity of the procedure and whether or not I have a similar procedure already in place.
My work requires web sites, WSDLs, cron jobs, UNIX, Linux, MS, Backups, Help pages, Automation, SQL, Perl, PHP, C++, Shell scripts, VB, and anything else I determine is necessary. I have the luxury of using what I need. I have never had to go to a two hour meeting with 10 managers to get a permission to use a $50 software package.
So a short answer is multiply by a fact of 3 for every level of development (Q.A., DB design, Web interface, etc) and multiple that by 10 for every level of management. If only one person is the end all and be all (and is not too overworked, and LOVES his job) then only multiply by 1.
Do we really want the answer to the heredity/environment question?
If you clone me and raise the clone in a different environment than I had growing up, and the clone's personality turns out to be a lot like me, then everything I am was more-or-less predetermined from birth.
That would really SUCK.
However, if the clone was a unique individual no matter what I guess it would be ok.
I guess I really just want the answer I want!
Let's not get into a discussion that the clone might not have a soul. Or maybe it would have a fractional soul (like Voldomort).
SCRAM = Super Critical Reactor Axe Man
Just say you are having your lawyer check out the contract before signing.
Then find a new job.
The company asking you to sign will slowly go out of business because only unskilled or stupid workers would sign such a thing.
I was asked to sign a similar contract when starting a job at a company. I made them reword the contract to say that they had rights to all the programming I did "ON THEIR TIME", so that I could still twiddle work my crap at home on my time.
If a company wants to buy my free time (or any time away from work) it would have to come with a huge salary that I haven't been offered yet.
You are so right.
My job is to automate people out of their job.
I feel no remorse because the jobs they do are mind-numbingly boring. Most of the time I simply free up people to do the more important work -- so no one actually loses their job. However, if you work at a job that is so boring that I can totally automate it, then you will be looking for a new job soon. Sometimes people will stay in a rut until forced to do otherwise.
Earlier in my career, I had been in a position that was coming to an end. Forcing me to actually go find a better job was the best thing in the world for me.
Also, check out the HLLAPI libraries for telnet sessions (TN3270) and www.Automate.com -- these tools might help you automate things you thought you couldn't before.
*** "Joe, why are you so angry all the time?"
*** "Because ignorance is bliss."
How could a scientist possibly be worse?
At very least there should be a minimum G.P.A.
Presently Americans are perceived as a bunch of imbeciles, due to you-know-who.
Most physicists believe in God, however they know that man is ultimately responsible for all of his own actions.
At least we could have someone that could "do the math" when facing deficit spending or when facing an increasing body count, or when facing with rising global temperatures, or when facing with .
OK. I have a great internet connection. If you do not have a great internet connection, then you probably hate Vonage.
All calls are crystal clear, they Email me my messages (as WAV file attachments), I can access my account on line, caller ID, etc. etc.
Other pluses. If someone calls and doesn't leave a message, I call them back, I don't care if they live in Alaska, it doesn't cost me anything. Here is a big one, when calling, say, an Internet vendor about a problem, I never call the 800 number, I call direct. I get faster response and again it doesn't cost me anything more.
I hope Vonage can stay afloat -- I would really hate to give it up.
Hmm.. Let's see.
It doesn't cost anything == Free as in beer.
I can use it, change it, republish it, however I want and I break no laws == Free as in speech.
Clearly, I don't understand the saying, please explain.
I am always the first to work.
Someone came into the building before anyone else gets here and scared the crap out of me.
I had a ball point pen in hand (ala Bourne Identity) ready to stab the shit out of the intruder.
To my surprise it was a cop! He was checking on an alarm that had gone off in the next suite.
He was a little take aback by the look in my eye.
So if you want to see who is an internet pussy, try coming into my building before 9AM.
I hope it comes close enough to hitch a ride!
Read Jules Verne "Off on a Comet", at Gutenburg
Decent story if you can get past the antisemitism.
Best of all -- it's free (as in beer and in speech).
The biggest reason there have been no hijackings is that WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED ON 9/11.
Do you really think any hijacker would stand a chance on a plane anymore?
I know that I would rip the tray table off of the seat in front of me and use it as a weapon against any terrorist activity on a plane. Sure I would probably die, but doing nothing, I would probably die as anyway.
The bad guys know this. They know they cannot get control of the plane as long as one person is still alive. That is why there have been no hijackings, we would rather die fighting than cowering.
Already been done in science fiction. But just add one Mule, and the results get severely skewed.
Rootkits can hide themselves in flash bios for your hardware. Like a videocard for example. Swapping harddrives or even a formet will not get rid of those rootkits. www.rootkit.com
This setup sound suspicously like the Transputer created with wires connecting computational nodes. The language OCCAM has since been ported to other platforms and could serve as a semantic starting point for the programming language to operate this new beast.
I have had coffee, coke, and beer spill into my keyboard more times than I care to admit.
I used to just buy a new keyboard, or take an old one out of the closet.
Several spills ago, I immediately took the keyboard outside and rinsed it out thoroughly with the hose. I then shook out all of the water I could, blew it out with a hair dryer on low heat, and let it dry overnight.
This method has worked three different times on two different keyboards, and hasn't ruined a keyboard yet.
Heck, I am thinking about cleaning the crumbs out of my keyboards this way too!!
The US has vast supplies of helium.
When Germany made the Hindenberg, they did not, and the US was very reluctant to give Germany any.
Also, I am sure there is extensive compartmentation and spare helium.
You would have to puncture a lot of different compartments in order to bring one down.
I guess some kind of high altitude flak bombs could do the trick.
Mel Brooks makes political and social commentary by the absurdity in many of his movies.
If you can't see this, then you don't "get it".
Kind of like Archie Bunker showed us, through humor, how funny it can be to laugh at, not with, a racist bigot.
When a problem arises in a Microsoft program, a reboot often solves the problem.
I never think twice about this, even if it is a secure database program...
I just move along and shrug "It's Microsoft."
When working on any non-Microsoft platform, when a problem arises, reboots rarely ever fix the problem, if they do, I get really worried and dig deep until I understand the nature of the problem and fix it.
How many other people accept the inconsistent behaviour of Microsoft products, but really get worried when inconsistancies arise on non-Microsoft platforms?
Just something to think about.
I live the greatest adventure one could ever desire. - Tosk the Hunted
My next vehicle will be a 1954 Chevy half ton pickup.
With 454 c.i. engine, tons of horsepower, air conditioning, on top of a camaro frame, with narrowed rear-end...
You get the picture.
Sure I will still drive my GM car with OnStar and all the other gadgets.
Sometimes, it is just that low tech(?) is much more fun!
I live the greatest adventure one could ever desire. - Tosk the Hunted.
Nice hitchhikers guide to the galaxy reference!
I cannot believe my fellow geeks have not caught it yet.
I live the greatest adventure anyone could wish for. - Tosk the Hunted.