How many poor families are paying a lot more than $300 month and still have utility bills that the cardboard house doesn't need? Plenty, I bet. I bet you are too.
Don't forget that you have to put the house on some land. Make sure to add in the cost of the land and property taxes.
For some reason, someone thinks my land line is a fax machine. 2 or 3 times a month, I get a phone call in the middle of the night, which sounds like "Beep Beep Beep"
So, I hooked up a computer to receive faxes.. and got something trying to get me to invest in gold.
It was really bad one day, where my wife got 10 calls over the afternoon. She called Verizon using her cell right after the call had happened.. and they told her that they couldn't tell where the call was coming from. There is a * code to put a trace on a phone call, but of course.. it didn't work.
So, my question is this: How can the phone company not know who is calling me? Verizon's only offer was to change my phone number -- a move that they would charge me for.. and one that would make me wait 3 months to get back on the do not call registry.
Some calling cards have a feature generally called 'pinless dialing', where you can set up a list of numbers. If you call from one of these numbers, you do not have to enter your PIN.
So, if you know someone who uses that, you might pay more per minute than they are paying for the calling card.:-)
Either way, pretty serious risk for people who use cards to call other countries.
I tried some of the new flourescent bulbs, after being unimpressed with the ones I tried a few years ago. The old ones took a few minutes to get to full brightness, especially when it was cool in the room.
The new ones (with QuickStart Technology, according to the package) fire up almost as quickly as an incandescent bulb. I bought a 5 pack for 10 USD. I'll be replacing my 60 watt bulbs with these as they burn out, using only 14 watts! The light is a much brighter white than the sickly yellow glow they produced several years ago.
The only down side is that I have to find a way to dispose of them when they finally die in 10 years -- they contain mercury.. so I can't just throw them out.
When I was a kid, tornados went through our town, and the power was out for a week. My parents were very ticked that the phone still worked. We got telemarketing calls all day long! Usually no one was home to answer, so we had no idea how often they happened.
So, it is nice for redundancy, but some quiet is also nice at times.:-)
I supposedly have a "choice" in my cable provider, but I can only pick RCN. Service Electric is around, but I guess they split up the market with RCN. (If you call, they will say "Oh, you live in an RCN neighborhood")
I am all for my community running fiber. Then I could at least get broadband. As it is now, my dialup connection is generally 21.6 - 24kbps.
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How many poor families are paying a lot more than $300 month and still have utility bills that the cardboard house doesn't need? Plenty, I bet. I bet you are too.
Don't forget that you have to put the house on some land. Make sure to add in the cost of the land and property taxes.
Those devices probably have at least 4 times more pixels, so it is a similar agreement.
Where do you get tinfoil? I can only find aluminum foil at my grocery store.
People, where do you get your hats???
most bluetooth (all?) headphones that I have seen have not been stereo. Do they make stereo bt headphones?
if you use windows, try DJ.
It's the best java decompiler I have found.
For some reason, someone thinks my land line is a fax machine. 2 or 3 times a month, I get a phone call in the middle of the night, which sounds like "Beep Beep Beep"
So, I hooked up a computer to receive faxes.. and got something trying to get me to invest in gold.
It was really bad one day, where my wife got 10 calls over the afternoon. She called Verizon using her cell right after the call had happened.. and they told her that they couldn't tell where the call was coming from. There is a * code to put a trace on a phone call, but of course.. it didn't work.
So, my question is this: How can the phone company not know who is calling me? Verizon's only offer was to change my phone number -- a move that they would charge me for.. and one that would make me wait 3 months to get back on the do not call registry.
Any telco experts out there?
Some calling cards have a feature generally called 'pinless dialing', where you can set up a list of numbers. If you call from one of these numbers, you do not have to enter your PIN.
:-)
So, if you know someone who uses that, you might pay more per minute than they are paying for the calling card.
Either way, pretty serious risk for people who use cards to call other countries.
Boo Hoo Hoo. I'm stuck on dialup. I would do ANYTHING for your "slow" dsl.
Not even regular dialup. 21.6 - 28.8 dialup.
BG&E was a great game. They had it completely set up for a sequel. However, due to poor sales, I doubt we will ever see one.
set general.useragent.override to GoogleBot/2.1 (+http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html)
I did it through about:config.
My useragent is set to GoogleBot. That way, I can see articles which are set to be open to google indexing. IGN does this a lot.
Doesn't look like ANYONE voted against it. A few no-votes.. but all Yea's.
I plugged in two mice once. It worked fine. Both mice would fight over the pointer. :-)
I tried some of the new flourescent bulbs, after being unimpressed with the ones I tried a few years ago. The old ones took a few minutes to get to full brightness, especially when it was cool in the room.
The new ones (with QuickStart Technology, according to the package) fire up almost as quickly as an incandescent bulb. I bought a 5 pack for 10 USD. I'll be replacing my 60 watt bulbs with these as they burn out, using only 14 watts! The light is a much brighter white than the sickly yellow glow they produced several years ago.
The only down side is that I have to find a way to dispose of them when they finally die in 10 years -- they contain mercury.. so I can't just throw them out.
ahh yes. I don't want to be drinking #2. :-)
Thanks!
I've seen them in the Allentown, PA area.
I see billboards in my area for recycled water. (Outhouse Springs?)
Anyway, their tag line is "We're number two!!"
Humerous, but I don't know if I would drink it. I don't mind drinking recycled water, but the name just turns me off.
maybe they can see the sky? Try doing that in NYC! :-)
It is using IE in the background, hence 7 megs.
The authentication dialog is from Internet Explorer. It's not using iexplore.exe, but one of the dlls.
I think that ppltelcom actually does have fiber along the power lines, at least in the allentown pa area. anyone know for sure?
When I was a kid, tornados went through our town, and the power was out for a week. My parents were very ticked that the phone still worked. We got telemarketing calls all day long! Usually no one was home to answer, so we had no idea how often they happened.
:-)
So, it is nice for redundancy, but some quiet is also nice at times.
The ended up taking the phone off the wall.
It is amazing the number of little kids who love the taste of beer. It may be an aquired taste for some, but not all.
It's all relative.. :-)
You're hip and you don't even know it!
You don't ride trains. I'm not sure if they would be allowed on airplanes... but there are places where it is inappropriate to "holla".
Sorry, 630780 is too high. You'll never be hip here.
and I can only get 1 way cable.
RCN doesn't have two nickels to rub together.
I supposedly have a "choice" in my cable provider, but I can only pick RCN. Service Electric is around, but I guess they split up the market with RCN. (If you call, they will say "Oh, you live in an RCN neighborhood")
I am all for my community running fiber. Then I could at least get broadband. As it is now, my dialup connection is generally 21.6 - 24kbps.