Saving $40 a month is almost $500 a year which goes a long way towards paying off hefty healthcare bills and credit cards to make up for our lack of services.
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!
If you think $500 a year will even put a dent in healthcare bills here in the US, I suggest you put down the crack pipe. A good friend of mine recently was laid off where I work. His healthcare insurance premium, for himself and his wife, for appalingly mediocre benefits, is over $800 a MONTH. Have you EVER had to go to a doctor for anything remotely major and pay for it out of your own pocket? It'll cost a hell of a lot more than that roughly $10,000 than my friend is now expected to shell out per year.
Now if they'd open up their storerooms and warehouses, that would be pretty incredible. I've done exhibits there, and seen a very small part of their stores... they usually only have 5% or less of their collections on display at any time.
"Now let's see... where did we put that Ark again?"
...ever bothered to pick up a copy of Infinite Energy magazine?
If you had, you might have noticed that there have been papers posted from labs around the world with consistent, reproducible results, for the past 10 years. I realize it's fashionable in some circles to read Skeptical Inquirer and be devotees of The Annoying Randi, but an open mind and a real scientific inquiry is actually sometimes needed. Rejecting something out of hand because you don't understand what's occurring doesn't qualify as objective scientific inquiry, no matter what experts are doing the rejection. (And yes, that's exactly what the reaction was of many of the experts in both the fusion and fission communities... "I don't understand what's happening here and it contradicts all my pet theories, and, more importantly, may affect my sources of funding and research grants... so it MUST be a lot of crap. Even though I've never investigated it, I just know it.")
BTW, for the tinfoil hat crowd, shortly after the DoE announced that they going to reinvestigate the published research, the founder and editor of Infinite Energy magazine, Dr. Eugene Mallove, was found murdered in his home. Make of it what you will.
My boss asked me to look at a bill for fixing her teenaged daughter's computer. $1500 to get rid of all the spyware, adware, trojans, etc... This was on an old Compaq PIII-500, with nothing on it so valuable they couldn't have just wiped the hard drive and reinstalled 98 or XP, for God's sake. And it STILL didn't boot right once they were done.
I called the company and, feigning ignorance, asked what they'd done to justify the charges. I got a lot of drivel about how they'd had to "inspect each file to make sure that all the viruses, adware, etc... were removed." My response was, essentially, "OK, so you ran a virus scanner and a copy of Ad-Aware on it. What else? And why won't it still boot right? BTW, you do know you could have just reformatted the HD and installed XP and it would have been a hell of a lot cheaper, don't you? For that matter, you do know you could have replaced it with a BRAND NEW COMPUTER and it still would have been less expensive?"
After about ten seconds of silence, the bill was dropped to $50. The cost of a standard service on the machine.
More thieves milking the ignorant. And no, I'm sorry, ignorance isn't something that should be punished. Corrected, yes. Punished, no.
Interesting that the DOE is cancelling the FIRE program only a couple of months after finally deciding a review of the substantial research in the past decade into cold fusion. (And yes, before you flame me or accuse me of hitting the crack pipe, look it up - there's been some very interesting research going on outside of the US.) And for the tinfoil hat brigade, the fact that the editor/publisher of Infinite Energy magazine was recently found murdered adds just the right dash of conspiracy.
Although there is little evidence that child pornography or other criminal activities unrelated to copyright issues are any more prevalent on peer-to-peer networks than elsewhere on the Internet, entertainment companies and some policymakers have increasingly pointed to these issues as reason to impose new regulations on the networks and technology.
Won't someone think of the profits? Uhm... children. I meant, think of the children...
But we DO get yet another new, hip, happening crappy camera.
Just once, I wish someone in the pda/phone/mobile attachment would get it right. It's not about how hip the damned thing is. It's about how functional it is. If Danger (or Handspring, or Sharp, or whoever) could get it right, I'd only have to carry one device on my belt instead of three.
Please, God, Treo 610. And none too soon.
We love the FCC when they stay within their mandated role of regulating technical issues.
We hate the FCC when they overstep their mandate and attempt to regulate content.
All clear now?
from the webpage...
MS-DOS 7.10 is the best and the most up-to-date version of MS-DOS in the world, and it's also the most powerful, useful and high-performance DOS today (besides GNU GPLed FreeDOS). Thanks Microsoft!
BESIDES GNU GPLED FREEDOS.
NOWHERE on the page does it say that MS-DOS is released under the GPL.
As if Bill would actually give anything away.
SO very cool...
Anyone have colossal cave anywhere? We spent days of overtime playing it on a Teletype in Sunnyvale connected by phone to a mainframe in Chicago and mapping the damned thing.
Dilbert: "But then, I'm dating myself"
Dogbert: " It's OK, it's not like anyone else would."
Because the fucking morons modding this thread have an attention span of about 20 seconds and no appreciation for anything older than, say, last Tuesday. After all, newer is better, right?
Orrin Hatch has been in the pocket of the recording industry for ages. Could it have something to do with the disproportionate royalties he receives for his avocation as a "popular song writer?"
...that Europeans are somehow more free or loving of their freedom than Americans.
"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death our right to say it." - Voltaire.
And yes, contrary to the comment posted above, many good men have fought and died, and many more are willing to fight and die, for those noble sentiments.
But then, that Voltaire feller... he was one of those damned French, wasn't he?
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Saving $40 a month is almost $500 a year which goes a long way towards paying off hefty healthcare bills and credit cards to make up for our lack of services.
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!
If you think $500 a year will even put a dent in healthcare bills here in the US, I suggest you put down the crack pipe. A good friend of mine recently was laid off where I work. His healthcare insurance premium, for himself and his wife, for appalingly mediocre benefits, is over $800 a MONTH. Have you EVER had to go to a doctor for anything remotely major and pay for it out of your own pocket? It'll cost a hell of a lot more than that roughly $10,000 than my friend is now expected to shell out per year.
The present day MP3 refuses to die!!!
Now if they'd open up their storerooms and warehouses, that would be pretty incredible. I've done exhibits there, and seen a very small part of their stores... they usually only have 5% or less of their collections on display at any time. "Now let's see... where did we put that Ark again?"
...ever bothered to pick up a copy of Infinite Energy magazine?
If you had, you might have noticed that there have been papers posted from labs around the world with consistent, reproducible results, for the past 10 years. I realize it's fashionable in some circles to read Skeptical Inquirer and be devotees of The Annoying Randi, but an open mind and a real scientific inquiry is actually sometimes needed. Rejecting something out of hand because you don't understand what's occurring doesn't qualify as objective scientific inquiry, no matter what experts are doing the rejection. (And yes, that's exactly what the reaction was of many of the experts in both the fusion and fission communities... "I don't understand what's happening here and it contradicts all my pet theories, and, more importantly, may affect my sources of funding and research grants... so it MUST be a lot of crap. Even though I've never investigated it, I just know it.")
BTW, for the tinfoil hat crowd, shortly after the DoE announced that they going to reinvestigate the published research, the founder and editor of Infinite Energy magazine, Dr. Eugene Mallove, was found murdered in his home. Make of it what you will.
...when the journalists have a better grasp of reality than the so-called leaders on the town council...
My boss asked me to look at a bill for fixing her teenaged daughter's computer. $1500 to get rid of all the spyware, adware, trojans, etc... This was on an old Compaq PIII-500, with nothing on it so valuable they couldn't have just wiped the hard drive and reinstalled 98 or XP, for God's sake. And it STILL didn't boot right once they were done. I called the company and, feigning ignorance, asked what they'd done to justify the charges. I got a lot of drivel about how they'd had to "inspect each file to make sure that all the viruses, adware, etc... were removed." My response was, essentially, "OK, so you ran a virus scanner and a copy of Ad-Aware on it. What else? And why won't it still boot right? BTW, you do know you could have just reformatted the HD and installed XP and it would have been a hell of a lot cheaper, don't you? For that matter, you do know you could have replaced it with a BRAND NEW COMPUTER and it still would have been less expensive?" After about ten seconds of silence, the bill was dropped to $50. The cost of a standard service on the machine. More thieves milking the ignorant. And no, I'm sorry, ignorance isn't something that should be punished. Corrected, yes. Punished, no.
Interesting that the DOE is cancelling the FIRE program only a couple of months after finally deciding a review of the substantial research in the past decade into cold fusion. (And yes, before you flame me or accuse me of hitting the crack pipe, look it up - there's been some very interesting research going on outside of the US.) And for the tinfoil hat brigade, the fact that the editor/publisher of Infinite Energy magazine was recently found murdered adds just the right dash of conspiracy.
Oh good, the astroturfing has already started!
No, No... you're thinking of Damien.
...it's XFree86's way of going into mourning following the idiotic license change that caused every distro to drop them like a hot rock.
Although there is little evidence that child pornography or other criminal activities unrelated to copyright issues are any more prevalent on peer-to-peer networks than elsewhere on the Internet, entertainment companies and some policymakers have increasingly pointed to these issues as reason to impose new regulations on the networks and technology.
Won't someone think of the profits?
Uhm... children. I meant, think of the children...
No Bluetooth.
No sync.
No world standard GSM.
No storage slot.
But we DO get yet another new, hip, happening crappy camera. Just once, I wish someone in the pda/phone/mobile attachment would get it right. It's not about how hip the damned thing is. It's about how functional it is. If Danger (or Handspring, or Sharp, or whoever) could get it right, I'd only have to carry one device on my belt instead of three. Please, God, Treo 610. And none too soon.
I'm not sure... let's ask him.
John?
*ducks*
We love the FCC when they stay within their mandated role of regulating technical issues. We hate the FCC when they overstep their mandate and attempt to regulate content. All clear now?
from the webpage... MS-DOS 7.10 is the best and the most up-to-date version of MS-DOS in the world, and it's also the most powerful, useful and high-performance DOS today (besides GNU GPLed FreeDOS). Thanks Microsoft! BESIDES GNU GPLED FREEDOS. NOWHERE on the page does it say that MS-DOS is released under the GPL. As if Bill would actually give anything away.
Uhm... just to piss off morons like you?
And modding my comment as a troll merely proves my point.
SO very cool... Anyone have colossal cave anywhere? We spent days of overtime playing it on a Teletype in Sunnyvale connected by phone to a mainframe in Chicago and mapping the damned thing. Dilbert: "But then, I'm dating myself" Dogbert: " It's OK, it's not like anyone else would."
Because the fucking morons modding this thread have an attention span of about 20 seconds and no appreciation for anything older than, say, last Tuesday. After all, newer is better, right?
...where are Gorf and Crazy Climber?
You don't get the old, dimly-lit smoke-filled rooms with drug deals going on in the back, but still, it's damn close.
You haven't been around my house on the weekends, obviously...
Orrin Hatch has been in the pocket of the recording industry for ages. Could it have something to do with the disproportionate royalties he receives for his avocation as a "popular song writer?"
...we should instead place our trust in all those benevolent capitalists, like Hitachi... ...oops, never mind. ;)
...that Europeans are somehow more free or loving of their freedom than Americans.
"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death our right to say it." - Voltaire.
And yes, contrary to the comment posted above, many good men have fought and died, and many more are willing to fight and die, for those noble sentiments.
But then, that Voltaire feller... he was one of those damned French, wasn't he?
"Those who fail to learn from history, are condemned to repeat it."
And the rest of us are condemned to hearing that quote over and over and over...