I've got that nerve deafness that makes it hard to understand speech when there's background noise. My right ear works at about 10% of normal, the left maybe 70%. In the quiet surroundings I work and live in, I get by without using my hearing aid, since it's just like being deaf only louder.
I have, on occasion, approached a transit boarding gate in a hurry. I could easily miss a plainclothes officer speaking to me, not notice or think that someone shouting in a crowded area meant to get my attention. I could get shot for being deaf!
I've used Outlook Express or Outlook for at least 5 years. Yes, it knows my password. I also keep my antivirus software up to date. I get practically no spam, and here's why:
When I started hearing about and getting viruses that use Outlook's address book to propogate, I decided to deprive them and keep it empty. I keep that information elsewhere - a little inconvenient, but not so much.
I keep two email addresses - one on my ISP, the other on Yahoo. People I know get the one on my ISP. Web sites I use that require an email address for whatever reason get the yahoo address. I think of it as my spam collector. I look in it once or twice a month, save anything I want and mark the rest as spam. I just deleted two weeks worth of spam from it - it all fit on one screen.
That way, you get to express yourself, and keep the advantage of indirection: "Not YOU, of course. Or maybe YOU, especially". Let the reader decide, and have a laugh, too.
When my stress level maxed out, I posted a price list for questions, akin to the mechanics' price list that starts out "If you fixed it first...", and "If you watch...". The highest price on my list was for "Why..." questions. These days, it might be on your web form users fill in to alert you to their particular brand of misery. Then, it was posted in my cubicle.
I realize it's early Sunday morning, so the likelihood of a slight misquote is running a bit high, but this one's a whopper! Copied and pasted (damn, am I infringing some IP doing that?) from the Microsoft page: "If You want a license from Microsoft to implement one or more Protocol(s)..."
For a group of people who claim to be intelligent, a lot of moderators aren't very particular about what they think is insightful.
I've replaced all of the heating type appliances in my house with their natural gas counterparts. Gas log in the fireplace requires no electricity or venting, and the gas hot water tank has a pilot light and thermocoulple. Gas range top burners work with no power if I can find a match, but not the oven. I can cook, shower, and hang out in the living room by the fireplace if the electricity goes out. Power outages aren't usually long where I live (Seattle area), but my biggest worry when it happens is getting bored, not cold. If I had your UPS I wouldn't be bored, assuming whatever took out the power didn't also kill the cable internet.
There are propane heaters you can run off a small tank if natural gas isn't available in your area or you just need to cover this need on a tight budget. You do have to be aware of their oxygen consumption (open a door now and then, sleep with a window open), but gas burns pretty clean.
Keeping it low-tech has one advantage: a hand count is done by people who are in the presence of others. Automated vote-counting can be rigged by programmers and excused by businessmen. An excerpt from Bev Harris' book Black Box Voting details over 100 incidents where automated voting went wrong, and has an extensive list of sources. Read it!
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"Police have said they shot a man dead at Stockwell Tube station in south London after he was challenged and refused to obey an order."
I've got that nerve deafness that makes it hard to understand speech when there's background noise. My right ear works at about 10% of normal, the left maybe 70%. In the quiet surroundings I work and live in, I get by without using my hearing aid, since it's just like being deaf only louder.
I have, on occasion, approached a transit boarding gate in a hurry. I could easily miss a plainclothes officer speaking to me, not notice or think that someone shouting in a crowded area meant to get my attention. I could get shot for being deaf!
Reason number six, actually.
I've used Outlook Express or Outlook for at least 5 years. Yes, it knows my password. I also keep my antivirus software up to date. I get practically no spam, and here's why:
When I started hearing about and getting viruses that use Outlook's address book to propogate, I decided to deprive them and keep it empty. I keep that information elsewhere - a little inconvenient, but not so much.
I keep two email addresses - one on my ISP, the other on Yahoo. People I know get the one on my ISP. Web sites I use that require an email address for whatever reason get the yahoo address. I think of it as my spam collector. I look in it once or twice a month, save anything I want and mark the rest as spam. I just deleted two weeks worth of spam from it - it all fit on one screen.
RTFA:Donald Rumsfeld likely will stay on for a year or two to continue restructuring the U.S. military.
With the draft reinstated.
That way, you get to express yourself, and keep the advantage of indirection: "Not YOU, of course. Or maybe YOU, especially". Let the reader decide, and have a laugh, too.
When my stress level maxed out, I posted a price list for questions, akin to the mechanics' price list that starts out "If you fixed it first...", and "If you watch...". The highest price on my list was for "Why..." questions. These days, it might be on your web form users fill in to alert you to their particular brand of misery. Then, it was posted in my cubicle.
Sounds like a possible income source for some suppliers of GPS devices...
I realize it's early Sunday morning, so the likelihood of a slight misquote is running a bit high, but this one's a whopper! Copied and pasted (damn, am I infringing some IP doing that?) from the Microsoft page: "If You want a license from Microsoft to implement one or more Protocol(s)..."
For a group of people who claim to be intelligent, a lot of moderators aren't very particular about what they think is insightful.
I've replaced all of the heating type appliances in my house with their natural gas counterparts. Gas log in the fireplace requires no electricity or venting, and the gas hot water tank has a pilot light and thermocoulple. Gas range top burners work with no power if I can find a match, but not the oven. I can cook, shower, and hang out in the living room by the fireplace if the electricity goes out. Power outages aren't usually long where I live (Seattle area), but my biggest worry when it happens is getting bored, not cold. If I had your UPS I wouldn't be bored, assuming whatever took out the power didn't also kill the cable internet.
There are propane heaters you can run off a small tank if natural gas isn't available in your area or you just need to cover this need on a tight budget. You do have to be aware of their oxygen consumption (open a door now and then, sleep with a window open), but gas burns pretty clean.
Notify the geologists, we have a volunteer to man the closeup camera for the night shift!
Don't bother to pack a sweater, but bring some really good boots, eh?
And high-tech should be able to help an election
Keeping it low-tech has one advantage: a hand count is done by people who are in the presence of others. Automated vote-counting can be rigged by programmers and excused by businessmen. An excerpt from Bev Harris' book Black Box Voting details over 100 incidents where automated voting went wrong, and has an extensive list of sources. Read it!
"I think we need to organize public awareness campaigns about how easily the votes can be tampered with..."
Here's a link to one