> the RNC said it felt the telecom agency should clear the way for organizations — including, apparently, itself — to auto-dial directly to voicemail inboxes with prerecorded pitches. Failing to permit the practice, the RNC warned, could threaten the First Amendment rights of political groups.
> “Political organizations like the RNC use all manner of communications to discuss political and governmental issues and to solicit donations — including direct-to-voicemail messages,” the RNC told the FCC. “The Commission should tread carefully so as not to burden constitutionally protected political speech without a compelling interest.”
The gall. The fucking GALL of these people...
I will gladly pay for the "luxury" of owning my own car simply to avoid playing Let's Scan For Vomit/Urine/Feces/Cum/Spit every single time that I enter a vehicle.
Hell, I bought a four dollar case (on sale for half off) on Monoprice. I've dropped my iPhone SE at least a dozen times and it's still fine. Even if you don't want to buy a great case, ANY case is better than nothing.
You should have given the poor guy an old keyboard, the WebTV had a PS/2 input. Then again, it sounds like you would have been doing the web a disservice...
My nephew is pushing the boundaries of what can be accomplished with Scratch. It was my intent to get him into Python next but what would you suggest instead?
> Google has likely registered the sound clip from the ad to disable unwanted Home triggers, as it does with its own Google Home commercials.
This leaves me wondering if the actors from these commercials are unable to use the service. "OK, Google. *ahem* OK, Google. HEY! OK, GOOGLE! Dammit, it's really me this time!"
Honestly, discovering that a few inches of duct tape could keep the memory expansion pack from wiggling and dumping all of the work that I'd keyed into my ZX81 is by far my fondest computer memory. The sheer JOY of realizing that I'd only have to pound a program into that hellish little keyboard once...
My experience with "iPhone people" is that they are very mildly concerned with their phone being able to run the latest OS and _very_ concerned with their phone being able to run the latest incarnation of Messages.
Keeping iMessage up to date literally drags the rest of the OS along for the ride.
I'm still using the same keyfob that I got when they were first offered. eBay still asks for the code but a year or two ago Paypal changed their setup. Now when I log in to them I have to type in my password with the code tacked onto the end. (example: password123456) Perhaps your email client ate the memo?
My favorite show as a kid was The Transformers. If we're to be honest it was first and foremost a half hour commercial for the Hasbro toy line. This is nothing new.
He watched R. Daneel leave, then said to Clousarr, "You're a chemist?"
"I'm a zymologist, if you don't mind."
"What's the difference?"
Clousan looked lofty. "A chemist is a soup-pusher, a stink- operator. A zymologist is a man who helps keep a few billion people alive. I'm a yeast-culture specialist."
"All right," said Baley.
But Clousarr went on, "This laboratory keeps New York Yeast going. There isn't one day, not one damned hour, that we haven't got cultures of every strain of yeast in the company growing in our kettles. We check and adjust the food factor requirements. We make sure it's breeding true. We twist the genetics, start the new strains and weed them out, sort out their properties and mold them again.
"When New Yorkers started getting strawberries out of season a couple of years back, those weren't strawberries, fella. Those were a special high-sugar yeast culture with true-bred color and just a dash of flavor additive. It was developed right here in this room."
When I was introduced to (pre-WOW) Warcraft I would annihilate a level by _almost_ completing it. For example, if a requirement was that I needed three buildings to clear the level I'd only build two. Then I'd put the peons to work chopping down every tree, emptying every mine, sucking up every last bit of oil... Once there was nothing more that could be done to rape the landscape THEN I'd move on to the next level. Don't ask me why, it wasn't exactly fun sitting there waiting for them to finish. I just had the urge to take it ALL...
I think I was meant to be an upper level executive instead of an admin.:P
> Our society provides food stamps to help the > hunger issue in the United States. Providing food > stamps (for food) to the poor seems to be a > reasonable way of helping - tax payers and > administrators feel good (and approve)
Excuse me? I don't feel good about it, OR approve.
I work. I have worked since I was old enough to get a job. I have never been on welfare and I don't believe in welfare.
Food. Yeah, right. Maybe if they gave them just enough for basic (I mean BASIC) survival. My experience with welfare has been...
Family and (ex)friends who get food stamps try to sell them to me for pennies on the dollar. If you're kids are hungry why exactly do you have hundreds of dollars worth of stamps to sell?
And MANY times I have been in the checkout line at the supermarket with my cart full of generic cereal, generic pasta, whatever fruit happened to be on a really good sale and maybe some hamburger. (For the generic hamburger helper, of course.) My attention will be drawn to the person or persons in front of me, often because they have a level of ignorance and/or stupidity that is so powerful you can sense it. I note the items going up on the belt: Steak... Steak... More steak... Steak... A turkey... Steak... The "good" hot dogs... More steak... The cashier gives them the total, and they have to "get rid o some stuff" because they only have X amount of food stamps.
I work my ass off at LEAST forty hours a week every single week and eat cheap because I PAY FOR IT and value a paid off mortage more than a day at the grill.
These people who do NOTHING eat much better than I do and have all day to sit around and grill. Nice. Very nice.
I have changed my mind, not only do I approve of welfare I also have a good feeling about it. Thank you for showing me the light. I think I'll go celebrate with a nice big bowl of "Fruit Flavored O's" cereal.
Now, not only do I pay taxes to fund schools for children that aren't mine and never will be mine, but I ALSO get to pay taxes to brainwash said children.
You know, at least it was tolerable back in the old days when they'd actually teach kids stuff like... Oh, I don't know. How to read and write? And spell. Garbage like that.
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> the RNC said it felt the telecom agency should clear the way for organizations — including, apparently, itself — to auto-dial directly to voicemail inboxes with prerecorded pitches. Failing to permit the practice, the RNC warned, could threaten the First Amendment rights of political groups. > “Political organizations like the RNC use all manner of communications to discuss political and governmental issues and to solicit donations — including direct-to-voicemail messages,” the RNC told the FCC. “The Commission should tread carefully so as not to burden constitutionally protected political speech without a compelling interest.” The gall. The fucking GALL of these people...
I will gladly pay for the "luxury" of owning my own car simply to avoid playing Let's Scan For Vomit/Urine/Feces/Cum/Spit every single time that I enter a vehicle.
Hell, I bought a four dollar case (on sale for half off) on Monoprice. I've dropped my iPhone SE at least a dozen times and it's still fine. Even if you don't want to buy a great case, ANY case is better than nothing.
Ah yes, I'll just shoot this URL to my nephew. I'm sure his parents will be pleased.
Our customers are just waiting for the tenth anniversary edition. Yep. Nothing to see here.
You should have given the poor guy an old keyboard, the WebTV had a PS/2 input. Then again, it sounds like you would have been doing the web a disservice...
My nephew is pushing the boundaries of what can be accomplished with Scratch. It was my intent to get him into Python next but what would you suggest instead?
Just assume that every single email that you send is eventually being copied to every single person in the company. Problem solved.
$30 for that?! Just spend $8 on the actual part that needs replaced. http://www.mcmelectronics.com/...
> Google has likely registered the sound clip from the ad to disable unwanted Home triggers, as it does with its own Google Home commercials. This leaves me wondering if the actors from these commercials are unable to use the service. "OK, Google. *ahem* OK, Google. HEY! OK, GOOGLE! Dammit, it's really me this time!"
Honestly, discovering that a few inches of duct tape could keep the memory expansion pack from wiggling and dumping all of the work that I'd keyed into my ZX81 is by far my fondest computer memory. The sheer JOY of realizing that I'd only have to pound a program into that hellish little keyboard once...
How DARE you?! I want my kid to grow up to be Steve Wozniak.
My experience with "iPhone people" is that they are very mildly concerned with their phone being able to run the latest OS and _very_ concerned with their phone being able to run the latest incarnation of Messages. Keeping iMessage up to date literally drags the rest of the OS along for the ride.
I'm still using the same keyfob that I got when they were first offered. eBay still asks for the code but a year or two ago Paypal changed their setup. Now when I log in to them I have to type in my password with the code tacked onto the end. (example: password123456) Perhaps your email client ate the memo?
My favorite show as a kid was The Transformers. If we're to be honest it was first and foremost a half hour commercial for the Hasbro toy line. This is nothing new.
He watched R. Daneel leave, then said to Clousarr, "You're a chemist?" "I'm a zymologist, if you don't mind." "What's the difference?" Clousan looked lofty. "A chemist is a soup-pusher, a stink- operator. A zymologist is a man who helps keep a few billion people alive. I'm a yeast-culture specialist." "All right," said Baley. But Clousarr went on, "This laboratory keeps New York Yeast going. There isn't one day, not one damned hour, that we haven't got cultures of every strain of yeast in the company growing in our kettles. We check and adjust the food factor requirements. We make sure it's breeding true. We twist the genetics, start the new strains and weed them out, sort out their properties and mold them again. "When New Yorkers started getting strawberries out of season a couple of years back, those weren't strawberries, fella. Those were a special high-sugar yeast culture with true-bred color and just a dash of flavor additive. It was developed right here in this room."
I know, right? Danged whipper-snappers are so easy to impress these days.
Actually, it should be "her mother".
Have fun with THAT one.
You're welcome.
When I was introduced to (pre-WOW) Warcraft I would annihilate a level by _almost_ completing it. For example, if a requirement was that I needed three buildings to clear the level I'd only build two. Then I'd put the peons to work chopping down every tree, emptying every mine, sucking up every last bit of oil... Once there was nothing more that could be done to rape the landscape THEN I'd move on to the next level. Don't ask me why, it wasn't exactly fun sitting there waiting for them to finish. I just had the urge to take it ALL... I think I was meant to be an upper level executive instead of an admin. :P
> (love it when the firewalls ask to be registered
> before working, and need an internet connection to
> be registered!)
I ordered the free security update cd the Microsoft has out.
I do a clean Win98SE install on a friend's computer.
Onboard video won't go above 640x480 without the driver.
I don't have the driver.
I try to install the critical updates before I go online for the first time.
Disc doesn't work under 800x600. ^-^
(Yes, the update files you need are on the disc but how is Jo Sixpack supposed to figure out which ones to use?!?)
> Our society provides food stamps to help the
> hunger issue in the United States. Providing food
> stamps (for food) to the poor seems to be a
> reasonable way of helping - tax payers and
> administrators feel good (and approve)
Excuse me? I don't feel good about it, OR approve.
I work. I have worked since I was old enough to get a job. I have never been on welfare and I don't believe in welfare.
Food. Yeah, right. Maybe if they gave them just enough for basic (I mean BASIC) survival. My experience with welfare has been...
Family and (ex)friends who get food stamps try to sell them to me for pennies on the dollar. If you're kids are hungry why exactly do you have hundreds of dollars worth of stamps to sell?
And MANY times I have been in the checkout line at the supermarket with my cart full of generic cereal, generic pasta, whatever fruit happened to be on a really good sale and maybe some hamburger. (For the generic hamburger helper, of course.) My attention will be drawn to the person or persons in front of me, often because they have a level of ignorance and/or stupidity that is so powerful you can sense it. I note the items going up on the belt: Steak... Steak... More steak... Steak... A turkey... Steak... The "good" hot dogs... More steak... The cashier gives them the total, and they have to "get rid o some stuff" because they only have X amount of food stamps.
I work my ass off at LEAST forty hours a week every single week and eat cheap because I PAY FOR IT and value a paid off mortage more than a day at the grill.
These people who do NOTHING eat much better than I do and have all day to sit around and grill. Nice. Very nice.
I have changed my mind, not only do I approve of welfare I also have a good feeling about it. Thank you for showing me the light. I think I'll go celebrate with a nice big bowl of "Fruit Flavored O's" cereal.
Sounds oddly familiar... :)
Why, yes. Yes I do.
In fact, I'll give you a twenty if you'll just press a finger into this Silly Putty for me...
Now, not only do I pay taxes to fund schools for children that aren't mine and never will be mine, but I ALSO get to pay taxes to brainwash said children.
You know, at least it was tolerable back in the old days when they'd actually teach kids stuff like... Oh, I don't know. How to read and write? And spell. Garbage like that.
Only problem?
:(
We're perfectly in line with the sphere's axis.