You have my sincerest apologies from all of Australia. I've just had a quick look at their website, and other than looking like it clawed it's way out of Geocities by the skin of it's teeth, the venue itself looks like it is the product of nightmares triggered by a combination of the consumption of bad shellfish and a clown phobia.
The previous owner of our house went bankrupt. The first couple of years we were getting bailiff at the doorstep at all sorts of hours asking for him and not believing us when we said we didn't know where he was or how to find him.
One house I lived in used to get a lot of wrong numbers, we set up the outbound message on the answering machine to "Blind, Drunk and Legless, Solicitor at the Bar".
I could be going out on a limb here - but given they are coming pre-installed with course ware, I don't think the intended purpose is to teach kids to be IT nerds - it's to teach them english, spanish, maths, chemistry, accounting, etc... The teaching staff don't want to become glorified helpdesk, so there needs to be support staff and training on how to resolve common issues when Janey's older brother decides it would be cool to jailbreak the thing and then erases all her textbooks (I've done IT support in a school before, what's your credentials on the topic).
At some point I hope they are taught how to write - with a pen and paper - not type. Sometimes moving away from the constraints of an application is what you need to create. It also removes all the faffing around with point size and font that people use to procrastinate.
That said, the Logitech bluetooth keyboard I have for my iPad, combined with WriteRoom, is a pretty nifty combo for getting content down.
In fact there are three freely convertible currencies in the Galaxy, but none of them count. The Altairian Dollar has recently collapsed, the Flainian Pobble Bead is only exchangeable for other Flainian Pobble Beads, and the Triganic Pu has its own very special problems. Its exchange rate of eight Ningis to one Pu is simple enough, but since a Ningi is a triangular rubber coin six thousand eight hundred miles along each side, no one has ever collected enough to own one Pu. Ningis are not negotiable currency, because the Galactibanks refuse to deal in fiddling small change. From this basic premise it is very simple to prove that the Galactibanks are also the product of a deranged imagination.
As a woman, it's friday at down here and for work today I am wearing dark jeans, high top sneakers, a Dr Who T-shirt, I had short (though coloured) hair and am wearing no make up. I don't consider myself a tom boy and get flirted with plenty. I'm also on the cuddly side as far as size goes.
Not all of us buy into the whole "I must out-glamour my sisters-in -arms or I am a failure as a woman" concept. I also don't read women's magazines unless I forget to take a book when waiting in dentist or doctor's offices, and I don't watch commercial TV.
Maybe things would get better if 'girls worth meeting' weren't solely contained within the sub set of 'pretty girls'. Women can be judged on more than just their appearance. If you are wanting them to make that assessment about you guys, maybe turnabout is fair play.
The thing I've found is for everyone one who does know how to pirate media online, there are a number of friends and family who use some variety of sneaker net to get their shows from the person in the know.
Caveat: posting from Australia where DRM means we generally can't even pay for content if we wanted to due to region locking, so probably have a higher per capita pirate population.
While the beard question may have been the most egregious offence, it was by no means the only one during her 3 years at the helm. Look at Allan Jones, Tony Abbott and Germaine Greer and their ilk for other examples.
It's been frankly embarrassing how the local media has treated Gillard (to the point of asking if her defacto partner was gay on a public radio broadcast, implying she was merely his beard.
I can only hope that by the time we get our next female Prime Minister the rest of the pollies or mass media can find it in themselves to treat the position with respect even if they are still a bunch of misogynistic pricks.
Sadly, the voters who will decide the next election are largely aspirational voters with a poor understanding of the impacts of FTTH vs FTTN. Many of them are rents who annually spend more on their cars than on their housing.
That and the xenophobia the conservatives have whipped up regarding the 457 visa and asylum seekers sometimes makes me ashamed to be Australian - a country which has been founded on immigration from all corners of the globe.
Do you have a landline? 'Cause that's the infrastructure they plan on using for copper to the home.
As a childless woman who works in IT, is a heavy user of the internet and has a partner with chronic health issues, there's a lot for me to worry about if (when) Abbott get's into the lodge.
Descoping of the NBN, 456 Visa's putting my job at risk, increased taxes to pay for other people's childcare. So much to look forward to.
I've had 'grey' streaks off the temples since I was in my teens. I've dyed my hair various shades since I was about 18. I doubt I even remember what my natural hair colour is anymore, currently sporting a fire engine red bob.
Mmmm... eclairs. Nothing like twinkies which are a form of commercial sponge cake filled with artificial cream, vs an elcair which is light choux pastry filled with fresh creme and iced with chocolate on top. Now I want to wander down to the bakery around the corner to see if they've sold out yet.
Dammit, I just spent the last of my mod points, though you were already modded to +5. I nearly LOL'd at work and would have to have explained myself - I don't think I could.
Two things would survive a nuclear war, roaches and Microsoft Office.
The last MacOSX update (10.8) killed my Office 2001 install, I tried to update with 2010 (I think it was that version) and it failed to install - didn't recognise the license key that came with the CD, when I tried calling the MS support number you had to enter your install code to get support - and guess what - it wouldn't recognise the key and there was no way to talk to a person through the menu system without a code. So at home at least, MS Office is dead to me.
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You have my sincerest apologies from all of Australia. I've just had a quick look at their website, and other than looking like it clawed it's way out of Geocities by the skin of it's teeth, the venue itself looks like it is the product of nightmares triggered by a combination of the consumption of bad shellfish and a clown phobia.
The previous owner of our house went bankrupt. The first couple of years we were getting bailiff at the doorstep at all sorts of hours asking for him and not believing us when we said we didn't know where he was or how to find him.
One house I lived in used to get a lot of wrong numbers, we set up the outbound message on the answering machine to "Blind, Drunk and Legless, Solicitor at the Bar".
I could be going out on a limb here - but given they are coming pre-installed with course ware, I don't think the intended purpose is to teach kids to be IT nerds - it's to teach them english, spanish, maths, chemistry, accounting, etc... The teaching staff don't want to become glorified helpdesk, so there needs to be support staff and training on how to resolve common issues when Janey's older brother decides it would be cool to jailbreak the thing and then erases all her textbooks (I've done IT support in a school before, what's your credentials on the topic).
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At some point I hope they are taught how to write - with a pen and paper - not type. Sometimes moving away from the constraints of an application is what you need to create. It also removes all the faffing around with point size and font that people use to procrastinate.
That said, the Logitech bluetooth keyboard I have for my iPad, combined with WriteRoom, is a pretty nifty combo for getting content down.
In fact there are three freely convertible currencies in the Galaxy, but none of them count. The Altairian Dollar has recently collapsed, the Flainian Pobble Bead is only exchangeable for other Flainian Pobble Beads, and the Triganic Pu has its own very special problems. Its exchange rate of eight Ningis to one Pu is simple enough, but since a Ningi is a triangular rubber coin six thousand eight hundred miles along each side, no one has ever collected enough to own one Pu. Ningis are not negotiable currency, because the Galactibanks refuse to deal in fiddling small change. From this basic premise it is very simple to prove that the Galactibanks are also the product of a deranged imagination.
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
As a woman, it's friday at down here and for work today I am wearing dark jeans, high top sneakers, a Dr Who T-shirt, I had short (though coloured) hair and am wearing no make up. I don't consider myself a tom boy and get flirted with plenty. I'm also on the cuddly side as far as size goes.
Not all of us buy into the whole "I must out-glamour my sisters-in -arms or I am a failure as a woman" concept. I also don't read women's magazines unless I forget to take a book when waiting in dentist or doctor's offices, and I don't watch commercial TV.
My definition of well dressed and what booth babes are typically attired in do not overlap in any well designed venn diagram.
Maybe things would get better if 'girls worth meeting' weren't solely contained within the sub set of 'pretty girls'. Women can be judged on more than just their appearance. If you are wanting them to make that assessment about you guys, maybe turnabout is fair play.
The thing I've found is for everyone one who does know how to pirate media online, there are a number of friends and family who use some variety of sneaker net to get their shows from the person in the know.
Caveat: posting from Australia where DRM means we generally can't even pay for content if we wanted to due to region locking, so probably have a higher per capita pirate population.
While the beard question may have been the most egregious offence, it was by no means the only one during her 3 years at the helm. Look at Allan Jones, Tony Abbott and Germaine Greer and their ilk for other examples.
It's been frankly embarrassing how the local media has treated Gillard (to the point of asking if her defacto partner was gay on a public radio broadcast, implying she was merely his beard.
I can only hope that by the time we get our next female Prime Minister the rest of the pollies or mass media can find it in themselves to treat the position with respect even if they are still a bunch of misogynistic pricks.
Sadly, the voters who will decide the next election are largely aspirational voters with a poor understanding of the impacts of FTTH vs FTTN. Many of them are rents who annually spend more on their cars than on their housing.
That and the xenophobia the conservatives have whipped up regarding the 457 visa and asylum seekers sometimes makes me ashamed to be Australian - a country which has been founded on immigration from all corners of the globe.
Do you have a landline? 'Cause that's the infrastructure they plan on using for copper to the home.
As a childless woman who works in IT, is a heavy user of the internet and has a partner with chronic health issues, there's a lot for me to worry about if (when) Abbott get's into the lodge.
Descoping of the NBN, 456 Visa's putting my job at risk, increased taxes to pay for other people's childcare. So much to look forward to.
I've had 'grey' streaks off the temples since I was in my teens. I've dyed my hair various shades since I was about 18. I doubt I even remember what my natural hair colour is anymore, currently sporting a fire engine red bob.
Mmmm... eclairs. Nothing like twinkies which are a form of commercial sponge cake filled with artificial cream, vs an elcair which is light choux pastry filled with fresh creme and iced with chocolate on top. Now I want to wander down to the bakery around the corner to see if they've sold out yet.
Surely given the context it's obvious we are referring to a shit-ton.
Dammit, I just spent the last of my mod points, though you were already modded to +5. I nearly LOL'd at work and would have to have explained myself - I don't think I could.
That, and a good does of bleach.
(Yes, I'm aware the parent was an aphorism.)
Have you read the specs for XBone?
I thought parasite was the most common real-life profession of congresscritters.
That's not how dyeing industries work.
You negative attitude is colouring your response.
Two things would survive a nuclear war, roaches and Microsoft Office.
The last MacOSX update (10.8) killed my Office 2001 install, I tried to update with 2010 (I think it was that version) and it failed to install - didn't recognise the license key that came with the CD, when I tried calling the MS support number you had to enter your install code to get support - and guess what - it wouldn't recognise the key and there was no way to talk to a person through the menu system without a code. So at home at least, MS Office is dead to me.
The internet is for Porn?