I sometimes miss the days when I could use Google to find all kinds of neat stuff, user generated silliness. I sometimes miss the Google of 1999. I do like the fact that it knows all about WoW search terms, and puts them at the top.....one thing I complained about a lack of back when The Sims was the game of the moment. Of course, back in 1999, I complained about the lack of finding places to shop. Of course, sometimes, it's not a lot better...take the search terms "diet mt dew delivery". I get the 'rankup' promotion of the moment, and for whatever reason Mazzio's 50th. The first result is BeverageUniverse, and Drsoda. The 3rd result is the Wikipeida entry...and from what I can tell, there isn't anything on the Wiki page that tells me exactly where I can purchase Diet Dew...so why is it even in the result? Oh I see, cause I chose 'Everything'. So I click Shopping. I am met with Info.com and yahoo.com ad at the top. Everything else is Die Cast vehicles. I just want to know how I can purchase cases of Diet Mountain Dew and have them delivered to my door. No, I don't want to go thru Amazon, have you SEEN those prices per case? $19.99 a case-$31.58 a case. Even 3 cases for $36.00 is too freaking expensive.
Stop thinking locally, and think globally. If something happened in Southwest Missouri (let's say the earth opened a huge sinkhole and took out all of Springfield), how exactly would information about that go out in a way that would let everyone know? My mom doesn't get cable or sat out on the farm, she only gets 'over the air'.... and remember, all the TV stations just fell into the huge sinkhole.......There needs to be a really big 'ohshit' button that sends out info to all mediums....
I had totally forgotten there was supposed to be a test until I read this. I was like...oh ya. My browsers didn't tell me, my OS didn't tell me, my email didn't tell me, even the news stations that I have apps on my phone for didn't even tell me (KNWA, 40/29, KY3, Discovery, NPR, Cnet, CBSNews, Fox10 (Florida), TNT, Action News (Florida), ABCNews, The Weather Channel..all set up to push notifications...didn't get a single one...nothing from Google+ or Facebook...Nothing from Pandora.). . Inside the server room, we can't even hear tornado sirens when they go off, so I wouldn't know anyway if the 'test' was successful or not here in Northwest Arkansas. If the existing tests on the existing broadcast systems are this broken, there is no way that alerts to 'new media' is gonna be in place.
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Amen. I would love to be able to deploy these things out to the shop floor...it would help, IT, and supervisors, heck, even the regular Joe running a CNC machine. We have several applications that only have Windows versions. I was working on a DesignJet 4000 printer in the Eng office yesterday. Even on my jailbroken iPhone, the pdf file was hard to read, and didn't allow me to make notes in the pdf file, so I ended up printing a copy of the service tech pdf so I could make notes about which step in the instructions that the printer failed/gave errors. Tablets still have a ways to go, in order to meet every business need. Having a decently priced, non-neutered version of Windows is one step.
If this is true, and this is the way the world is leaning, what we may be witnessing with these children that we deem as 'retarded/autistic' is nature in the process of evolving to compensate for the environment change. Spend some time with a highly functioning autistic person. You will see moments of sheer genius.There is also one other thing I have seen come out of these kind of children, less emotion. That may or may not be a good thing. At least, if anything, it would be the death of reality tv!
You will get there 'papa'. Mine is now 21. She has a job (dishwasher at the state college), she takes the bus herself to get her where she wants to go. She does still live with me, but she's also in the local program that gives people like her a school to go to. She even makes money from the paintings and crafts she does in her Art class. She plays on the computer a lot, and is a wiz at movie trivia.
I never imagined, back when I first was given the diagnosis, that I would ever be able to see her doing those things.
That sounds funny and all, but back when my kids were in grade school, I went with them out to the school bus stop 2 days before Halloween. Down the street from us was a guy that always decorated for all holidays. As we stood at the bus stop, we thought, hey, he added a new decoration: a guy hanging from a noose.
About an hour later, we saw cops and ambulances in his yard. Yes, indeed, he had hung himself in the yard among his other Halloween decorations.
What's it gonna take? When the world decides that it will no longer bow to the big content creators, won't go to the movies, cuts the TV cord, supports only independent artists that know how to connect with fans, and gives a big fat finger to MPAA/RIAA. Stop watching the regurgitated garbage they keep shoving down our throats, over charging us, demanding we fit THEIR time windows of when you are allowed to watch something. We are the customer here. Not them. The only way to hit em where it hurts is to stop giving them money, and stop watching their stuff (legally or illegally). They will either adapt, or die. Spend your money on someone who will treat you right, and actually provide decent entertainment!
I spend 3 hrs on Rated BG's on Sat night, and then wait till AV weekend to fill in the rest. I have my 4 pc Ruthless. I have done more grinding for my PvE set than I have my PvP set. *shrug*
From a corporate standpoint that doesn't use ink, but toner, it's a no brainer to get only HP toner. I'm sorry, but all that off-shoot/refurb/refill stuff doesn't cut it. We tried it once as a cost cutting measure. After 2 ruined printers, 3x the amount of toner had to purchase, and more IT man hours in dusting out the printers since the toner leaked everywhere.....we didn't save anything on off brand toner.
1. I was able to peel out the people that had found me on Facebook, and leave them on Facebook. Google+ is all about the ones I really wanna talk to without some random person interjecting into the conversation. 2. Zynga took over my Facebook, my fault, I know. So now Facebook is for games, and Google+ is for conversation and posting about us. 3. My kids aren't on Google+, and I hope it stays that way!
I am probably one of the minority that wasn't negatively affected by the split. I was annoyed at not having a 'streaming only' option, mostly because the family unit would order a DVD, then it would get lost in the car, under the couch, etc. I welcomed the time in which I didn't have to go looking for the red envelope under the guinea pig cage....
Not a Netflix shill, I'm just sayin'.....one less thing to keep up with physically....in my world.....where things mysteriously disappear....only to reappear a billion miles from where it was expected to. I think I either have an infestation of gnome rogues, or someone has been playing with teleportation devices.
Amen on the bad idea part. On the surface, it seems good, but I can think of too many memes that could get in the way when looking for something real. Maybe just add the +1 as a filter on the Advanced Search.....
Probably because they had some software they use that requires Admin in order to even function. Talk to Autodesk and UPS about that one.....although, if there were more human eyes looking at 'suspect emails' in the first place........excuse me, time to run some kids off my lawn....
You don't think this won't spiral into other aspects of hardware? I can tell you right now that for all the squawk about 'lucrative printer business' try getting parts for any of their high end Plotters. Those parts already don't exist....not to mention a few months ago when the 'HP LaserJet Printer' supply magically disappeared.....while they were "moving the plants to Mexico". Unless you are one of the daily business customers of HP, you have no clue what they 'slight of hand' they are gonna pull. Those of us that have depended on them being reliable is being left with a horrid feeling of having to start all over again.
Unless you can convince Apple to start making a way to run Autodesk Inventor products without having to go to the whole Boot Camp thing (aka double licensing on a single work station is not a smart option for manufacturing)....then no, they won't be 'replacing HP' as a hardware vendor.
I don't hate MS, every moment of my life (awake or not), depends on the stability of Microsoft products. They have been good to me, even if only quirky once in a while (*points at Microsoft Office File Validation bringing spreadsheets to a crawl, if ever opening...I'm looking at you*). I just wish that 'all' of the business consumer voice was heard, not just the Investor voice or 'Squirrel' mentality (see this weeks TDS for reference.). Have you ever tried to run Autocad Inventor on a tablet or a smart phone? Heck, these programs have become so large that it takes almost a full horse work station just to run the viewers.....but I digress. American manufacturing environment needs are being ignored, in lieu of *SQUIRREL*, and it's getting annoying.
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I sometimes miss the days when I could use Google to find all kinds of neat stuff, user generated silliness. I sometimes miss the Google of 1999. I do like the fact that it knows all about WoW search terms, and puts them at the top.....one thing I complained about a lack of back when The Sims was the game of the moment. Of course, back in 1999, I complained about the lack of finding places to shop. Of course, sometimes, it's not a lot better...take the search terms "diet mt dew delivery". I get the 'rankup' promotion of the moment, and for whatever reason Mazzio's 50th. The first result is BeverageUniverse, and Drsoda. The 3rd result is the Wikipeida entry...and from what I can tell, there isn't anything on the Wiki page that tells me exactly where I can purchase Diet Dew...so why is it even in the result? Oh I see, cause I chose 'Everything'. So I click Shopping. I am met with Info.com and yahoo.com ad at the top. Everything else is Die Cast vehicles. I just want to know how I can purchase cases of Diet Mountain Dew and have them delivered to my door. No, I don't want to go thru Amazon, have you SEEN those prices per case? $19.99 a case-$31.58 a case. Even 3 cases for $36.00 is too freaking expensive.
Stop thinking locally, and think globally. If something happened in Southwest Missouri (let's say the earth opened a huge sinkhole and took out all of Springfield), how exactly would information about that go out in a way that would let everyone know? My mom doesn't get cable or sat out on the farm, she only gets 'over the air' .... and remember, all the TV stations just fell into the huge sinkhole.......There needs to be a really big 'ohshit' button that sends out info to all mediums....
I had totally forgotten there was supposed to be a test until I read this. I was like...oh ya. My browsers didn't tell me, my OS didn't tell me, my email didn't tell me, even the news stations that I have apps on my phone for didn't even tell me (KNWA, 40/29, KY3, Discovery, NPR, Cnet, CBSNews, Fox10 (Florida), TNT, Action News (Florida), ABCNews, The Weather Channel..all set up to push notifications...didn't get a single one...nothing from Google+ or Facebook...Nothing from Pandora.). . Inside the server room, we can't even hear tornado sirens when they go off, so I wouldn't know anyway if the 'test' was successful or not here in Northwest Arkansas. If the existing tests on the existing broadcast systems are this broken, there is no way that alerts to 'new media' is gonna be in place.
I believe I am totally confused about this comment string. Mission accomplished?!?
Amen. I would love to be able to deploy these things out to the shop floor...it would help, IT, and supervisors, heck, even the regular Joe running a CNC machine. We have several applications that only have Windows versions. I was working on a DesignJet 4000 printer in the Eng office yesterday. Even on my jailbroken iPhone, the pdf file was hard to read, and didn't allow me to make notes in the pdf file, so I ended up printing a copy of the service tech pdf so I could make notes about which step in the instructions that the printer failed/gave errors. Tablets still have a ways to go, in order to meet every business need. Having a decently priced, non-neutered version of Windows is one step.
If this is true, and this is the way the world is leaning, what we may be witnessing with these children that we deem as 'retarded/autistic' is nature in the process of evolving to compensate for the environment change. Spend some time with a highly functioning autistic person. You will see moments of sheer genius.There is also one other thing I have seen come out of these kind of children, less emotion. That may or may not be a good thing. At least, if anything, it would be the death of reality tv!
I never imagined, back when I first was given the diagnosis, that I would ever be able to see her doing those things.
Or the sound of someone chewing on yarn..... *eeeeeee*
That sounds funny and all, but back when my kids were in grade school, I went with them out to the school bus stop 2 days before Halloween. Down the street from us was a guy that always decorated for all holidays. As we stood at the bus stop, we thought, hey, he added a new decoration: a guy hanging from a noose. About an hour later, we saw cops and ambulances in his yard. Yes, indeed, he had hung himself in the yard among his other Halloween decorations.
What's it gonna take? When the world decides that it will no longer bow to the big content creators, won't go to the movies, cuts the TV cord, supports only independent artists that know how to connect with fans, and gives a big fat finger to MPAA/RIAA. Stop watching the regurgitated garbage they keep shoving down our throats, over charging us, demanding we fit THEIR time windows of when you are allowed to watch something. We are the customer here. Not them. The only way to hit em where it hurts is to stop giving them money, and stop watching their stuff (legally or illegally). They will either adapt, or die. Spend your money on someone who will treat you right, and actually provide decent entertainment!
I spend 3 hrs on Rated BG's on Sat night, and then wait till AV weekend to fill in the rest. I have my 4 pc Ruthless. I have done more grinding for my PvE set than I have my PvP set. *shrug*
".... after throwing away a bunch of $2000 HP printers in the last year...." Did you use offbrand toner? *ducks*
There is a whole 2 of us running the whole show. It's just not worth the labor. *shrug*
From a corporate standpoint that doesn't use ink, but toner, it's a no brainer to get only HP toner. I'm sorry, but all that off-shoot/refurb/refill stuff doesn't cut it. We tried it once as a cost cutting measure. After 2 ruined printers, 3x the amount of toner had to purchase, and more IT man hours in dusting out the printers since the toner leaked everywhere.....we didn't save anything on off brand toner.
1. I was able to peel out the people that had found me on Facebook, and leave them on Facebook. Google+ is all about the ones I really wanna talk to without some random person interjecting into the conversation. 2. Zynga took over my Facebook, my fault, I know. So now Facebook is for games, and Google+ is for conversation and posting about us. 3. My kids aren't on Google+, and I hope it stays that way!
I am probably one of the minority that wasn't negatively affected by the split. I was annoyed at not having a 'streaming only' option, mostly because the family unit would order a DVD, then it would get lost in the car, under the couch, etc. I welcomed the time in which I didn't have to go looking for the red envelope under the guinea pig cage.... Not a Netflix shill, I'm just sayin'.....one less thing to keep up with physically....in my world.....where things mysteriously disappear....only to reappear a billion miles from where it was expected to. I think I either have an infestation of gnome rogues, or someone has been playing with teleportation devices.
Amen on the bad idea part. On the surface, it seems good, but I can think of too many memes that could get in the way when looking for something real. Maybe just add the +1 as a filter on the Advanced Search.....
How much has Social Engineering changed since your first tinker?
Probably because they had some software they use that requires Admin in order to even function. Talk to Autodesk and UPS about that one.....although, if there were more human eyes looking at 'suspect emails' in the first place........excuse me, time to run some kids off my lawn....
Yes, thanks for the fish!
Yea, just wait a couple days. You will have plenty to report. -Love Midwest.
You don't think this won't spiral into other aspects of hardware? I can tell you right now that for all the squawk about 'lucrative printer business' try getting parts for any of their high end Plotters. Those parts already don't exist....not to mention a few months ago when the 'HP LaserJet Printer' supply magically disappeared.....while they were "moving the plants to Mexico". Unless you are one of the daily business customers of HP, you have no clue what they 'slight of hand' they are gonna pull. Those of us that have depended on them being reliable is being left with a horrid feeling of having to start all over again.
Unless you can convince Apple to start making a way to run Autodesk Inventor products without having to go to the whole Boot Camp thing (aka double licensing on a single work station is not a smart option for manufacturing)....then no, they won't be 'replacing HP' as a hardware vendor.
Get your cloud off my lawn. It isn't the least bit reliable if that cord outside my window happens to come down when the ice storm hits. :)
I don't hate MS, every moment of my life (awake or not), depends on the stability of Microsoft products. They have been good to me, even if only quirky once in a while (*points at Microsoft Office File Validation bringing spreadsheets to a crawl, if ever opening...I'm looking at you*). I just wish that 'all' of the business consumer voice was heard, not just the Investor voice or 'Squirrel' mentality (see this weeks TDS for reference.). Have you ever tried to run Autocad Inventor on a tablet or a smart phone? Heck, these programs have become so large that it takes almost a full horse work station just to run the viewers.....but I digress. American manufacturing environment needs are being ignored, in lieu of *SQUIRREL*, and it's getting annoying.